The Great World House segment recounts the origin: in 1923, Norbert Čapek, founder of the modern Unitarian church in Czechoslovakia, asked each congregant to bring a single flower. Placed together in one vase, blessed, and exchanged — each person carrying home a flower someone else brought — the ceremony offered his largely ex-Catholic congregation a communion rooted not in bread and wine but in nature herself: receive the gift, cherish the gift, pass the gift on. The Voice o

For International Women's Day, we'll continue our exploration of the work of Simone Weil - moving from her work on attention as spiritual practice, to her social justice oriented work on the necessity of duties preceding rights. "Beloved community is not where everyone gets their rights. It is where everyone has taken up their obligations." The second service in a three-part Simone Weil series honoring Women's History Month — delivered on International Women's Day — centers W

"Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer." The first service in a three-part Simone Weil series honoring Women's History Month centers Weil's teaching, from Gravity and Grace, that we cure our faults by attention and not by will — and that inner supplication is the only reasonable way. The sermon was delivered on a hard morning: the Great World House holds both the memorial of Rev. Meg Barnhouse — a matriarch of Unitarian Universalism, honored with the story of how elephants c

On (or around) the first Sunday of each month, we explore our Soul Matters theme. For this month, that's Practicing Resistance.

On the first Sunday of each month, we explore our Soul Matters theme. For this month, that's Choosing Hope.

On (or around) the first Sunday of each month, we explore our Soul Matters theme. For the month of November, that's Nurturing Gratitude. Full Video of Service Available on Youtube : Podcast of the Sermon Available on Youtube and Spotify : Youtube:

This Sunday we'll ask how our Soul Matters theme, of Cultivating Compassion, intersects with our call to Generosity, Generosity of spirit. Generosity with our time, energy, talent and treasure. Podcast of the Sermon Available on Youtube and Spotify : Youtube: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1rPFerU2tkkVohiVPZ3ygj?si=fhmDuQ2-Rj6EmGJ20HTEUQ

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“You could ask what would be a good use of my life, thinking the answer is going to be a career choice or something, but I would say the...

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"Now if you listen closely I'll tell you what I know Storm clouds are gathering The wind is gonna blow The human race is suffering And I...

Do not try to save the whole world or do anything grandiose. Instead, create a clearing in the dense forest of your life and wait there...