"UU's 3rd Principle (Acceptance of One Another and Encouragement to Spiritual Growth in Our Congregations)," by Marion Zenker, presented by Tom Tyson.
Mar
3
4:00 PM16:00

"UU's 3rd Principle (Acceptance of One Another and Encouragement to Spiritual Growth in Our Congregations)," by Marion Zenker, presented by Tom Tyson.

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Marion Zenker was a founder and long-time lay leader of Black Hills Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. She died on September 28. This sermon and subsequent sermons of hers are timeless analyses of UU’s 7 Principles and are being presented again in honor of Marion.

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"Being the Calm in the Storm," a video sermon by Rev. Michael Doud, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Flint, MI, moderated by Susan Hixson.
Jan
21
4:00 PM16:00

"Being the Calm in the Storm," a video sermon by Rev. Michael Doud, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Flint, MI, moderated by Susan Hixson.

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“Post-doom, is a concept articulated by Michael Dowd in his quest to ‘find the gift’ beyond mere acceptance that ongoing climate change would inevitably lead to civilizational collapse. As Dowd reflected in a 2022 essay, ‘Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance: where are you in the vaunted stages of grief? And is doom automatically the end point?’"

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"What the 'Unicorn' Can Teach Us About Truth and the Search for Meaning," by Vivian Jenkins
Oct
15
4:00 PM16:00

"What the 'Unicorn' Can Teach Us About Truth and the Search for Meaning," by Vivian Jenkins

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The body of paleontological research regarding the unicorn is small, but significant. Perhaps surprisingly, the efforts to reconstruct a fossilized skeleton have led to insights into the behavior of higher-order species. Let us celebrate National Fossil Day (Wed. Oct. 11) and the fossilized unicorn’s contribution to furthering man’s understanding of nature.

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"The Serviceberry--an Economy of Abundance," by Robin Wall Kimmerer (author of Braiding Sweetgrass)
Sep
10
4:00 PM16:00

"The Serviceberry--an Economy of Abundance," by Robin Wall Kimmerer (author of Braiding Sweetgrass)

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As Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds, she considers the ethic of reciprocity that lies at the heart of the gift economy. How, she asks, can we learn from Indigenous wisdom and ecological systems to reimagine currencies of exchange?

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