Speaker today is Dr. Gordon Bixel. “The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg”
Unitarian Universalist Congregation EastColumbus, Ohio
Thanksgiving Day
November 18th, 2007 Filed under: Services by Marco ValdezGrowth in Numbers & Commitment
November 11th, 2007 Filed under: Services by Marco ValdezTHE FIVE REPORTS
from the growth conference.
Betty Aiken
Stan Bradley
Becka Calhoun
Sue Crowley
James Crowley
Board Meeting
“The commitment we make to one another, the promises we make to one another as a congregation, as an association, are what creates church community.” The Reverend Rebecca Parker
Boiling Frogs? What’s that got to do with Armistice Day? - John Martin
November 4th, 2007 Filed under: Services by Marco Valdez
Jack Burgess: His Poetry, expression views on social justice.
October 28th, 2007 Filed under: Services by SysopCreation Spirituality
October 21st, 2007 Filed under: Services by SysopCreation, then, at its core, is about relation. It is the spiraling, dancing, crouching, spiring, leaping, surprising act of relatedness, of communing, of responding, of letting go, of being. Being is about relation. Eckhart says that, “relation is the essence of everything that exists and that “isness is God.” - Matthew Fox
Reading:
“The New Creation Story” by Matthew Fox.
Topic: Creation Spirituality: An Introduction
Speaker: Fr. Michael Tigner, OP
Suggested Reading on or related to the topic of Creation Spirituality:
Original Blessing by Matthew Fox
Creation Spirituality by Matthew Fox
Any works by or about the following:
Hildegard of Bingen
Julian of Norwich
Mechtild of Magdeburg
Francis of Assisi
About the Speaker:
Fr. Michael Tigner, OP is Rector of Sacred Heart Anglican Church. He is the Master of the Emergent Order of Preachers, a Postmodern Dominican Order. He is also President of the Emergent School of Theology, where the first semester will commence in September 2008.
Jim Crowley: Leonard Cohen’s New Songs
October 7th, 2007 Filed under: Services by SysopTestimony by Marco Valdez
September 23rd, 2007 Filed under: Services by Marco Valdez“A testimonial of my study of ubiquitous energy, my human nature to react with it and how to become Love conscious in an effort to continue my journey towards enlightenment.”
- Marco Valdez
Recommended Reading:
Buddhism view of selfcenteredness.
The works of author Frithjof Schuon.
The works of author Thaddeus Golas.
Breaking the light speed limit: Drs. Nimitz and Stahlhofen, University of Koblenz.
What the Bleep (do we know)?
September 16th, 2007 Filed under: Services by SysopSpeaker: James Crowley
Subject: “What the Bleep do we know?”
Eugene Ionesco said: “It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question”. What could he have meant? Is not the knowledge in the contents of the answer?
Quite often we might think that we gain knowledge from the answers that people give us. Think carefully for a moment! Is it really the answer that enlightens?
Firstly, if you are not able to as a question, there is no need for an answer. So then, it seems appropriate to say that “It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question”.
Secondly, if you stop at the first answer you get, there is no further enlightenment. It is only if the answer triggers you to think of the next question that you further get enlightened.
More knowledge and the joy of learning actually exists in the ability to keep asking more questions when you do not know enough. If you went away satisfied with the first answer you got but not asking for more because it is too much trouble to understand further, then you cannot really drill into matters and get the full extent of knowledge.
There is great power in questions. I cannot remember where I read this technique about asking yourself this question every morning, “What am I happy about?” Sometimes the answer is not very positive.
Then the next question to ask is “What can I be happy about?” When you ask yourself this question, there seems to be another meaning to “It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.” To be enlightened, we must ask the right question.
How often do we ask ourselves “What is life so tough?” Will it not be different if we asked ourselves “What can I do to respond to the situation in hand?” instead?
The next time you ask a question or do not want to ask a question, remember that “It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question”
Published by Regina Maniam on March, 25, 2007 07:26am.
Open Forum
September 9th, 2007 Filed under: Services by SysopOpen Forum: Presented by the Fellowship.
September
The months passed by quick this year
And now you see September’s here.
There’s a whispered secret in the wind
As you feel the breeze against your ear.
Listen close and you will find
The hidden wishes in your mind.
The dreams abandoned months ago
No longer wish to be denied.
Gently they return again
In the soft September wind
To sooth your fears and warm your soul
So open up and let them in.
Take some time and share with me
The man that you have grown to be.
And by the time September’s passed
You’ll see true love is here with me.
(At Last)
Copyright Darla Holt 2007
Water Communion
September 2nd, 2007 Filed under: Services by SysopCongregation sharing water with stories of summer to follow: a walk to Blacklick Creek to pour our gathered water to mingle with water of the world.