Traveling by train, horse, and boat, Frederick Douglass risked his life every day over decades, speaking to hundreds of thousands of people. In 1840 Douglass asked, “These hands – are they not mine? This body – is it not mine? I am your brother, white as you are. I’m your blood kin. You don’t get […]
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2.16.20, Becoming a People of Resilience
Helen Keller said, “Although the world is filled with suffering, it is also filled with people overcoming it.” People fall down, get set back, and thrown off. Today various members of USG share their own personal experiences and testimonials of how they get back up – how they find resilience. How do find your way […]
2.2.20, Frederick Douglass Chronicles I, Rev. Kent Matthies
Traveling by train, horse, and boat, Frederick Douglass risked his life every day over decades, speaking to hundreds of thousands of people. In 1840 Douglass asked, “These hands – are they not mine? This body – is it not mine? I am your brother, white as you are. I’m your blood kin. You don’t get […]
1.26.20, #MeToo, Dr. King, Rev. Kent Matthies
The new movie Bombshell depicts female employees at Fox News who were insulted, abused, assaulted and then terrorized to not stand up for themselves. Studies indicate that over 30% of women in the United States have experienced domestic violence. This is absolutely terrible and unacceptable in 2020. Dr. King said, “The soft-minded man always fears […]
1.26.20, The Cleopatra Connection, Andrea Durham
Andrea will share lessons from the life of the Pharaoh Cleopatra on integrity and living your own dharma. Andrea Durham is an attorney in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She has worked as a Program Attorney for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development since 1994. Ms. Durham graduated from Temple University with a Bachelor of Science […]
1.12.20, Be Who You Are, Rev. Kent Matthies
Buddhists talk about radical acceptance of self. Daoists talk about the true essence of being. An African proverb talks of singing your song. Unitarian Universalist minister Forrest Church said, “Be who you are.” All these spiritual teachings can guide us to healthy, peaceful and exciting ways of living.
12.29.19, From Awe to Integrity: Right Relations with our UU Heritage, Caroline Bright
As we transition from our December theme of “Awe” to our January theme of “Integrity”, we are still journeying through the Christmas season. Unitarians and Universalists have an important shared Biblical heritage and Christian foundations that we, as a people who seek awe and aspire to integrity, can’t ignore if we want to maintain right relations […]
12.22.19 Of Light and Service
As we reach the shortest day and the longest night of the year, USG will celebrate light and service touching on St. Lucia, Winter Solstice, and Hanukkah. This will be a multigenerational service.
12.15.19, Our Awesome World and Cosmos, Rev Kent Matthies
Science helps us understand the world, and also helps us understand how little we know. When we come to science revelations with an open, curious, spirituality, feelings of awe jump from our hearts. Come explore some of the most fascinating aspects of the scientific discoveries from the last hundred years. For people of every level […]
12.1.19, Waking Up to Awe, Rev. Kent Matthies
Awe is the spiritual theme of the month. We are heading into the holidays where we celebrate big stories of awe, stories about the miraculous birth of a savior and about the return of the sun to light our darkness. Today let us pause and pay attention to our daily experiences of feeling in the […]