Stewardship is defined as the “responsible care and management of something that matters.” Here at BBUUC, we focus on the spiritual need to give—to express generosity by sharing time, talent, and treasure. It’s the act of weaving unseen forces into form to create a force for love.
On the power and challenges of paying attention to each other’s stories…
“As Brene Brown puts it, “stories are only a form of connection when someone’s listening and hearing us.” And there’s a lot going on that can get in the way of truly listening and hearing. It’s hard to get out of our own narratives long enough to let someone else’s story stand on its own…”
“I don’t just have a news problem. I have an imagination problem. The constant barrage of media and information takes up so much of my attention that it crowds out everything else, all possibility; the violence and endless isms and oppression and war and climate disaster, the constant and disturbingly flippant refrain in everyday conversation that “The world is on fire” – it is easy to get swept up, to be consumed by it all…”
An encouraging and uplifting exploration of the needs and meaning of mourning, moving beyond the myth of linear, staged grieving and the cultural platitudes we learn early in life to deflect grief. The series concludes with an opportunity to consider advanced care planning as a gift of love to your families. This Sunday’s service covers receiving ongoing support from others.
Wisdom sometimes arrives unbidden from unexpected places. And what seems at first glance to be a piece of broken glass may turn out to be a gem if you just look at it from a different angle. Elizabeth DeCoux offers a sermon about finding the unexpected, even when you don’t realize you’re looking for anything.
