Carole Hawkins will lead our service with a message by guest speaker Phillip Baber entitled “Socrates, ‘The Matrix,’ and the Color Blue” How can we trust what we think we know? In this sermon, Phillip won’t answer this question, but he will explore the problem of knowledge, how limited we are in our ability to understand our own world, and how … Continue reading Video Service: Socrates, ‘The Matrix,’ and the Color Blue
Claudia Marshall will lead our service with a message by our Affiliated Community Minister Rev. Carmen Emerson entitled “On Being Spiritually Mature” Does our religious tradition value spiritual maturity in the same ways that we value intellectual achievement, and if not, what might happen if we learned to embrace spiritual maturity? What does it even … Continue reading Video Service: On Being Spiritually Mature
Caitlin Regan and Director of Lifespan Religious Education Chris Jarman will lead our Family Worship Service entitled “Let Your Light Shine! Let Your Love Show!” Join Religious Education in celebrating our creativity in learning, growing, and giving. During this time of social distancing, when in-person worship has been suspended, BBUUC will continue our weekly worship … Continue reading Video Service: Let Your Light Shine! Let Your Love Show!
Jennifer Bacmeister will lead our service with a message by our guest minister Rev. Joanna Lubkin entitled “Prayer for Atheists” There’s some sort of joke out there that instead of beginning our prayers with, “Dear God,” Unitarian Universalists begin their prayers, “To Whom It May Concern.” Together, we’ll explore the potential for prayer in our … Continue reading Video Service: Prayer for Atheists
Lee Plumb will lead our service with a message by Rev. Patricia Ray entitled “Survival—Love and Loss in the Time of Corona” As we move into a new wave here in Florida, are you suffering from CIF (Corona Isolation Fatigue)? A sermon on surviving change and making new connections. About our speaker: The Reverend Patricia … Continue reading Video Service: Survival — Love and Loss in the Time of Corona
Donna Zimmerman will lead our service with a message by Dr. Jeffrey Nall entitled “What Would Susan B. Anthony Do?: Insights of Our Feminist Foremothers” August 18, 2020 marks the 100-year anniversary of the feminist movement’s success in winning the right to vote in the United States. On the eve of this milestone, Dr. Jeffrey Nall, adjunct professor of Women, … Continue reading Video Service: What Would Susan B. Anthony Do?: Insights of Our Feminist Foremothers
Lee Plumb will lead our worship with a sermon by Rev. Tracie Barrett entitled “Resting in the Unknown.” With everything going on in our world right now, it can be very scary. We don’t know what is coming next nor how long it will take. Rev. Tracie Barrett will give us some strategies for managing … Continue reading Video Service: Resting in the Unknown
Elizabeth DeCoux will lead our service with a message by Michael Nilon entitled “Lovingkindness in Chaos.” Michael will explore the value of lovingkindness meditation (metta) in times of interpersonal, social, and institutional conflict. About our Guest Speaker: Michael Nilon is a chaplain resident at Baptist Health and a recent graduate from the doctoral program in … Continue reading Video Service: Lovingkindness in Chaos
Carole Hawkins will lead our service with a message by Phillip Baber entitled “July 4th for Two Americas.” On Independence Day 168 years ago, Frederick Douglas eloquently bore witness to two Americas. Much has changed since that time, and much has not. In this sermon Phillip shares his own experience of the two Americas and … Continue reading Video Service: July 4th for Two Americas
Caitlin Regan will lead our worship with a sermon by Rev. Carmen Emerson entitled “Practicing the Sacred Art of Listening” How are we changed by listening? How are we changed by being heard? No matter one’s theology or spirituality, we all have the capacity to practice the sacred art of listening. About our speaker: Rev. … Continue reading Video Service: Practicing the Sacred Art of Listening
