LRE’s Chalica Holiday Pageant
The Chalica Holiday Pageant is loosely based on the Spirit Play Story about our Promises. Together the children explore each Promise, and how they connect to our sources and Holiday traditions.
Archives: Services
Arcs and Orbits, Karmic Connections
An exploration of relationships and being mindful about our connections to others.
Books Nurture Souls and Build Sanctuaries
A sermon containing thoughts about a way to reach out as well as nurturing our own soul and building our own sanctuary. In addition, our Giving Tree opportunity for the Christmas Season this year will be introduced.
Our First Unitarian Universalist Principle
Our first principle asks us to affirm and promote the dignity and worth of every person. But what does that mean? Does everybody have dignity and worth, even mass murderers? Linda will discuss how our first principle came about, why it is so fundamental to our faith, and how we, as Unitarian Universalists, can honor it.
Living Thanks: A Pilgrim’s Progress
Two Thanksgivings ago when Mark made a pilgrimage to Maryland for his father’s illness, Ron Rothberg delivered his sermon “Living Thanks.” Now, Mark revisits his observations on the philosophy and spirituality of thankfulness in light of his own “pilgrim’s progress” toward a life lived in thanks.
The Art of War and the Trouble with Combat Metaphors
In this talk, Prof. Mattice will draw on material from the ancient Chinese classic, Sunzi’s Art of War, and contemporary work on metaphor, to think through the problems associated with viewing argument and disagreement through combative metaphors.
Life after Death from a Baha’i Perspective
As we dedicate BBUUC’s beautiful Memorial Garden*, does it serve to only soothe our hearts or are the intended spirits aware of it? Is there life after death? Are our spirits conscious and aware? Can we perceive events in the material realm?
CUUPS Samhain Service
Join the BBUUC in honoring the Ancestors in this special Sunday service presented by Jacksonville CUUPS. Please bring a photo representing your departed loved ones to place in honor upon the memorial altar.
Agnotology: The Study of Ignorance
We need to be smart about what ‘dumbs us down.’ In other words, being ignorant is not so much an art, as it is a science….and in this day and age, what we don’t know really is killing us
How Jesus Became Christ
How scholars trace the transformation of a peasant teacher into a universal savior.