Rev. Chuck Freeman: Temperance: Perusing his Who’s Who of UUs book over the years, the inquisitive Rev. has made a curious observation. Unitarians and Universalists were leaders in the temperance movement. This seems so out of character for UUs of today! What does this moral stand say about our forebearers’ approach to faith/society and ours?
Rev. Chuck Freeman: When Life Turns Your Wine to Vinegar, Make a Bouquet of Flowers!: We celebrate the Unitarian tradition of Flower Communion this morning.
Live Oak Congregation: Poetry Service: Second annual Poetry Service! Join your friends and neighbors in a celebration of the beauty and power of the written word. Readers and artists will include Live Oak members and friends of our church family. If you love poetry (and who doesn’t?), don’t miss this unique, special, intellectually stimulating, and spiritually engaging service.
Rev. Kathleen Ellis: Time Shifting: Today marks the beginning of Daylight Savings Time, so set your clocks forward and join us in contemplating various facets of time. For kids, time seems to slow down in anticipation of birthdays or other special events; it slows in an emergency, when all senses focus on the immediate action. Yet a month goes by in a flash; evolution is measured in eons; computers operate in nanoseconds; Zen meditation focuses on the present moment. Let’s look at our relationship to time.
