Sunday, May 5, 2019 10:45am M.E. Tanabe [People] go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering [at all]. — … Continue reading Asking Questions
Sunday, April 28, 2019 10:45am The Green Sanctuary and Music Committees have collaborated on a special service to honor Unitarian Universalist’s seventh principle to maintain and develop a strong connection with mother earth and the web of life. The musical group, Something Different, will play their own nature- inspired compositions, with Pat Smith and Karen … Continue reading Green Sanctuary and Something Different
Sunday, April 14, 2019 10:45am Put our statement of purpose into action and join us as we celebrate journeying as a family. This rite of passage has become a Tree of Life favorite over the years; our Joyful Journey students will share their first Faith Statements! Come see what our 7 principles mean to our … Continue reading Joyful Journey
Sunday, April 21, 2019 10:45am Easter can be a confusing holiday for Unitarian Universalists. The Almost Rev. Kevin DeBeck will discuss what meaning religious liberals can take away from this holiday.
This month while looking for an image to represent wholeness, I kept running across the Zen Buddhist enso – like the one pictured here with this blog. According to Wikipedia, these Japanese circles symbolize “absolute enlightenment, strength, elegance, the universe, and the void.” Although there are a myriad possible meanings implied with the enso, when the circle is created … Continue reading Soul Matters at Tree of Life: Being a Community of Wholeness
Dear Congregation and Friends of Tree of Life, I am writing this letter to notify you all of my intention to resign my role as Music Director here at Tree of Life at the end of this summer. I have been applying to graduate programs in the hopes of resuming my education with the ultimate … Continue reading A Sweet Goodbye
As the need to address global climate change becomes increasingly urgent, UU’s have responded by launching the Commit2Respond initiative. Through Commit2Respond, individuals, congregations, and organizations are being asked to commit to take action in the next two years in each of three ways.
Sunday, March 24, 2019 10:45am The Almost Rev. Kevin DeBeck The United Methodist Church is now discerning whether to accept LGBTQ ministers and congregants. The Almost Rev. Kevin DeBeck will compare what happened at their most recent Special Session of their General Conference to our own General Assembly in Boston 50 years ago and talk … Continue reading The Plank in Our Own Eye
Sunday, March 17, 2019, 10:45am Gina Swinney We often think of metaphors such as roads or rivers to describe our personal life journeys. Twists in the road and bends in the river denote times of greatest conflict, joy or personal growth. But these metaphors beg the question about where it is that we are going. … Continue reading Small Step – Giant Leap
Sunday, April 7, 2019, 10:45am Jamie Boyce The journey of healing invites us to clarify our intentions about the life we crave and the world we wish to create. On that path we may run into our tenderness and pain and discover our reactivity towards change. How do we work with our intentions to facilitate … Continue reading “Healing Our Intentions, Owning Our Impact “
