Gratitude versus Thankfulness
How these two different stages of awareness impact our relationship with the Divine.
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Assimilating the Value of Values – The Prerequisite of a Steady Mind
Since childhood we are told to follow certain moral and ethical values, such as non-injury, truthfulness, non-stealing, humility, charity etc. They represent certain Universal pragmatic attitudes that religious scriptures confirm.
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Water Communion
As is traditional in many UU churches across the country, BBUUC will hold our annual Water Sharing ritual. All are invited to bring a small container of water from (or representing) your travels, special places, moments or events from the summer or the year, and place the waters into the communal bowl.
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Celebration of the Ancestors: Samhain Sunday Service
Join BBUUC in honoring the Ancestors in this special Sunday service presented by Jacksonville CUUPS and members of the NE FL Pagan Leadership Coalition. Please bring a photo representing your departed loved ones to place in honor upon the memorial altar.
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From Pedestals of Privilege: Deconstructing Confederate Monuments
A majority of Americans believe the South waged Civil War to defend “states’ rights,” not slavery. Many argue that to remove or relocate Confederate monuments is to revise the past. Do these relics of reconstruction still stand for white privilege?
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Violence in the Time of Noah
Genesis Chapter 6, Verse 13 tells us that “God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.” Of what kind of violence was God speakiing? More Info
Sitting with Yourself, Understanding Impermanence, and Making Changes
Sometimes it is just hard to sit with whatever you are feeling or experiencing while we have a tendency to be so reactive to change. More Info
Stuff: You Can’t Take It With You
a sermon about the stuff that surrounds us and the stuff that fills our lives… We are a nation of hoarders – what are you hoarding?
Reverend Liz Teal specializes in eco-theology, the human-animal bond, and all their healing aspects. She is the Spiritual Director for The Ministry of Animals and the Educational Director for Giving Paws. More Info
Spiritual Involvement or Emotional Entanglement?
Your world is a constantly shifting and changing thing. Most of that has to do with a confusion between what was and what was workable to what is and what is presently workable.
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Letting Go / Forgiveness
A look at forgiveness from one who doesn’t often use the word forgive. Can we just talk about the benefits of letting go?
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