Existentialist philosophy teaches us to become aware of our finite nature and not avoid the anxiety it brings. Embracing our finitude helps us see the big picture and put life into perspective in a way that affects our values and choices. Embracing our finitude will also deepen the levels of attachment and love while teaching us the art of simplifying and letting go.
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Come join in the song for this music-filled service celebrating the UUCC’s 75 year anniversary! This service will feature stories from our congregation’s musical past, performances by UUCC musicians and choral groups, and many opportunities to sing along.
The development of spiritual virtues – loving all of life, even the hard parts; equanimity, compassion – may be entirely a matter of getting our neurons wired a certain way, but the circuitry of spirituality differs from the circuitry of cognition and emotion, though it draws on both.
Our country is experiencing what Timothy Synder terms tyranny and appears to be heading toward authoritarian control. Many (all?) of us are finding the experience scary and frightening. What does our UU value of transformation have to say to us as we strive to resist tyranny and enact a radical transformation of ourselves and our […]