Yar, mateys! For a congregation of free-bootin’ buccaneers of the spirit, the lives of pirates may be attractive. They weren’t exactly moral paragons, but many were democratic and some were comparatively quite feminist. Let’s infuse 2020 with a bit of enlightened pirate energy! First Zuumitarian is an online gathering with music, silence, encouraging words and … Continue reading Worship Like a Pirate
We’ll celebrate labor and laborers, with a sharper perspective given us by the pandemic. First Zuumitarian is an online gathering with music, silence, encouraging words and the faces of friends. There will be opportunities to talk & listen with other members/friends during Cafe Hour after the service.
Studying children and marshmallows can teach us about human nature—but probably not in the way you think! We’ll explore the real lessons from that (in)famous study. First Zuumitarian is an online gathering with music, silence, encouraging words and the faces of friends. There will be opportunities to talk & listen with other members/friends during Cafe … Continue reading Marshmallow Willpower
We’ll celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment by noting the progress of some women – and the remaining work for all humans First Zuumitarian is an online gathering with music, silence, encouraging words and the faces of friends. There will be opportunities to talk & listen with other members/friends during Cafe Hour after … Continue reading Come A Long Way
“Questions are more important than answers,” writes the humanist technologist Terry Heick. He continues, “because questions seek and frame and expose while answers, at their best, are temporary responses whose accuracy changes and shift and decays over time, needing to be reformed and remade and reevaluated as the world itself changes.” We could hardly agree … Continue reading Questions Zoom
The concept of defunding police departments has been around a while, but it’s gained a great deal of momentum this year. What does it mean? How might it work? Would it work? What do our UU Principles suggest about the idea? First Zuumitarian is an online gathering with music, silence, encouraging words and the faces … Continue reading Defund the Police?!!
We’ll celebrate the (inclusive, welcoming, evolutionary aspects of our) nation’s independence. First Zuumitarian is an online gathering with music, silence, encouraging words and the faces of friends. There will be opportunities to talk & listen with other members/friends during Cafe Hour after the service.
According to Bo Lozoff’s book, “We’re All Doing Time: A Guide for Getting Free,” Buddhist practice can help prisoners survive and evolve. Seems like it might work those whose lives are limited by a pandemic… First Zuumitarian is an online gathering with music, silence, encouraging words and the faces of friends. There will be opportunities … Continue reading Buddhism in Prison & Pandemic
“Ain’t no time to hate; barely time to wait” sang the Grateful Dead, on their Workingman’s Dead album, released on this date 50 years ago. We’ll celebrate the wisdom and the joy on that album & other sources. First Zuumitarian is an online gathering with music, silence, encouraging words and the faces of friends. There … Continue reading No Time to Hate
How some other interpretations of the biblical “Tower of Babel” story might guide us in these interesting times. First Zuumitarian is an online gathering with music, silence, encouraging words and the faces of friends. There will be opportunities to talk & listen with other members/friends during Cafe Hour after the service.
