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Our Soul’s Address: The Body

Our Soul’s Address: The Body

Barbara Brown Taylor wrote “…there comes a time when it is vastly important for your spiritual health to drop your clothes, look in the mirror, and say, ‘Here I am. This is the body-like-no-other that my life has shaped. I live here. This is my soul’s address....

Easter  Sunday: Repentance and Repair

Easter  Sunday: Repentance and Repair

The resurrection we know for sure.  Oh, to be born again, and again, and again in one lifetime. (Inspired by Repentance and Repair by Danya Ruttenberg, which is the UU ‘Common Read’ for 2024). 

​​Room at the Table with Guest Speaker Li Kynvi​​

​​Room at the Table with Guest Speaker Li Kynvi​​

In some parts of the country, politicians seem to be asking “How do we make transgender people more invisible with fewer human rights?” This morning we’re asking, instead, “How can we grow to extend an ever-deeper welcome to trans and non-binary people? How do we open...

The Laughter of the Sufis: The Ego as Friend or Foe?

The Laughter of the Sufis: The Ego as Friend or Foe?

Drawing on the mystical branch of Islam, we will consider the ego and the help and hindrance it can be in our development as human beings. What’s so funny about all of our struggles anyway? This is personal…and cultural…and political.

Packing a Spiritual Backpack for Hard Times

Packing a Spiritual Backpack for Hard Times

Join guest speaker Rev. Jo Murphy.
Throughout the years many articles have discussed what to put in your emergency bag. As climate change ramps up, I have seen more articles about preparing a bag for the end of the world. As UU’s, what do we put in our spiritual backpack for hard times? What tools does our faith provide us with to couple with our emergency knives and fire starters? Today we will explore what we already have and what we should gather for our spiritual emergency bag. 

The Good Place

The Good Place

Why does it matter that First Parish in Sudbury exists? Why is it important that Unitarian Universalism has a voice in the world? What does this “Good Place” mean in individual lives? (and, oh, by the way…it’s the beginning of our Stewardship Drive).

The Daily Round

The Daily Round

Does the phrase “spiritual practice” mean anything to you? Why or why not? Is there something you do every day that connects you with something more than life as usual?  What might that be? Why might it be keenly helpful?  Or maybe not?  Let’s explore. 

Understanding the Baha’i Religion

Understanding the Baha’i Religion

Join us for Understanding the Baha’i Religion. According to Baha’i teachings, religion is revealed in an orderly and progressive way by a single God through manifestations of God. Baha’i is a newer world religion started in Iran in the 19th century. As of 2020, there were about 8 million Baha’i’s in the world. Such an interesting tradition with clear similarities to Unitarian Universalism, and some important differences too. Why did UUism form? And, why any religion?