We will look at the story in the Christian Scriptures often called the “Temptations of Jesus.” This story provides a glimpse of the struggle that Jesus faced to conform to options available to him in the Jewish religion of his culture, and how he ultimately avoided the temptation to conform. He chose to carve his own path of spirituality and experienced the free and responsible search for truth and meaning.
Abundance? The Earth Is Asking.
Politicos on the Left and Right have used the buzz words abundance and scarcity for decades to justify their government policies and practices. But too few have ever paid enough attention to Earth’s all-encompassing ecology—and our UU Seventh Principle, “Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.”