WHUUF is like a river, a constant, a welcoming and loving and like a river, it flows with constantly changing water, sometimes changing routes. We are part of the flowing river. Recognizing all is change, but we are still sustained, allows us to welcome the unknown. Please bring water that represents a physical or metaphorical … Continue reading Flowing, Changing, Sustaining Water of WHUUF: Welcome with Water Communion
Rev. Tracy Springberry returns from her summer rest and study to lead us in our annual Chocolate and Fruit communion with a special backpack blessing for all those who celebrate!
Maybe the best way through life is just to attend to what delights us and gives us joy and not worry so much about all the little things. Our last Donate the Basket for the Winter Tent Drive (mentalhealthportland.org/) is on June 18th.
On this Flower Communion Sunday, we will celebrate the beauty of community in this 100th year of this most famous UU activity. If you can, please bring a flower (or flowers) to share!
Creativity and imagination can pull us into flow and bring us alive. Taking time to create can connect us more deeply with ourselves and existence.
One of the cruelist tricks of western culture has been to take the sacred out of the natural world. Most people over time and still in many cultures can sense their connection to the world. Western culture killed it, by making all things resource and something to be studied objectively as if the world does … Continue reading Making the World Sacred Again
Love Resists: This will be a joyful, celebration of Love and Life and all the ways they resist suffering, harm, and evil!
The culture we live in does not make the majority of people happy, destroys the environment and builds oppression into it’s very blue print. Let’s stop doing this!
This morning we will continue our investigation of suffering across religious faiths. We will explore Christian understandings of why we suffer and how we best cope with suffering and see how this may help us.
Rev. Tracy will share what she’s been thinking about on sabbatical. She will share her current thoughts and feelings about Life, Faith Communities, and WHUUF.
