Uu Fellowship Of San Luis Obispo County

Today, we reflect on the complications, conflicts, and confusion that often circle around fatherhood in our present culture. What are healthy models of masculinity? How do we approach gender roles in parenting and simply being a person?

Beauty, the saying goes, is in the eye of the beholder. But how is it that we come to recognize beauty? What qualities does it hold?

As we remember loved ones who have died today, we can't help but wonder about the possibilities of what happens after death. Most of us join with Iris Dement's sentiment: let the mystery be. However, sometimes the mystery won't let us be.

Curiosity, it is said, can be an antidote to cynicism. Rather than resting in our certainty of the worst, how can we be curious about even the most troubling things that are happening in our lives and in our world?

Oncology chaplain and popular guest speaker Michael Eselun will share some deeply personal reflections about junior high school -- a pivotal and often painful time that leaves indelible memories for many of us. In dialogue with some of those 13-year-old perceptions, what might be discovered about inherent worth, dignity and compassion?

Today, we welcome new members: a joyous celebration. But as much information as we have sought to provide, you can see the question in their eyes: what happens now?

Celebrate the 49th Earth Day with poetry, music, mime, storytelling, dance, unique decorations, insightful readings, and much more with your worship leaders, Susan Lara, Steve Brown, and Judith Bernstein.

To say that Jesus represents different things to different people...well, it's true, but it doesn't get us very far. If we tried fashioning all those differing perspectives into a whole, what would it look like? How do we view Jesus--and the Easter celebration--today?

What does it mean to be wholehearted? How do we bring that quality into our lives together?

By exchanging flowers, we show our willingness to walk together in our Search for truth, disregarding all that might divide us. Each person takes home a flower brought by someone else - thus symbolizing our shared celebration in community. This communion of sharing is essential to a free people of a free religion.

Besides being a title of a Hermann Hesse novel, it also suggests a journey toward enlightenment that many in the West have engaged by adopting religious practices from the East. Where has your own free and responsible search for truth and meaning led? What mementos have you gathered from the journey?

There is never enough to go around.That is a message that is all around us. It is a fear that burns within us. It seems to be confirmed in the world. It is a "given." How might we fashion a different expectation?

It used to be a question: at what point did one give up wandering in search of a location and simply ask someone for directions. These days, the wonders of GPS have made it pretty difficult to get lost...right?

Where do we place our trust when it comes to understanding ourselves and our earthly home?

How do we build the trust that allows us to have challenging conversations? How do we make space in our congregation for vulnerability?

"The most beautiful people you have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen." - Elizabeth Kubler Ross

Hold fast to dreams, Langston Hughes tells us. But don't our dreams need to have some connection to reality? What is truly possible?

"I took the road less traveled by and that made all the difference," writes Robert Frost. What is it that made "all the difference" in your life?

It's that time of year for turning over new leaves, starting new habits, ending old habits, and all-around self-improvement. Day 6: How's it going?

How might we respond to the intertwining of joy and sorrow with compassion and hope?