A Sermon Written by Glenn Deefholts and Given on October 1st, 2023 Preamble In the movie “The Hours,” Virginia Woolf, played by Nicole Kidman, is with her niece and two nephews. The niece, Angelica, is five. The children have found a dying bird. The four of them see the bird die. Angelica asks Virginia, “Why…
Let me start with a story about gods and creation. An incomprehensibly long time ago, everything that is, got started somehow. Out of all this came primates and some of them began to walk on two legs, developed a pre-frontal cortex and starting asking each other out on dates. These were humans. At that point,…
Many Unitarians speak of that awkward moment when they are asked by a NUH… that’s N.U.H… or Non-Unitarian Human… when we are asked “So what is a Unitarian anyway.” There’s only one question that I have found to be more confounding… “So, why do you guys have a men’s group?” My answer is usually the…
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In conspiracies of men I find the wordless Certitude of beasts bedded in their packs, A comfort of animal barks I can translate Into my own unique tongue of grunts and whistles Searching for the feel of familiar clothes. Our friends are faces in anxious crowds That we hail from the roofs of lofty towers…
Several cards to be played at this years retreat: What is the punchline of your life Journaling Happiness stories
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As a follow-up to our discussion on personal change, I referred to a “system” and book by Dr. Robert Keegan, a Harvard University professor, who has offered a way for us to uncover and label some of our unspoken or unknown assumptions that are keeping us from successfully making changes. Here is a link to…