The ancient Japanese custom of “Forest Bathing” remains remarkably relevant and useful to us today, as we understand more of the science of how the trees can heal us.
Author: Tym K (Tym K)
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Healing
Rev. Alice King explores the monthly transformational theme of Healing and what we do in times such as these.
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The Ancestors Service
This sermon addresses the intense anxiety surrounding the 2020 presidential election, which was marked by a global health crisis and threats to democratic stability.
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No Courage Without Danger
As we head into the final stretch of the election, we move into the next chapter of whatever comes next. What does our faith call us to?
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Climate in the Pulpits
Michael Carter Jr. is an 11th generation American/farmer, and is the 5th generation to farm on Carter Farms, his family’s century farm in Orange County, Virginia where he gives workshops on how to grow and market ethnic vegetables. With Virginia State University, he is the Small Farm Resource Center Coordinator for the Small Farm Outreach Program. Virginia Association of Biological Farmers (VABF) and Virginia Foodshed Capital have him sit on their respective boards of directors. He also serves as the state coordinator for the Black Church Food Security Network and as the food safety coordinator for the Six State Farm to Table organization. He acquired an agricultural economics degree from North Carolina A&T State University and has worked in Ghana, Kenya, and Israel as an agronomist and organic agricultural consultant. As a cliometrician, curriculum developer, and program coordinator for his educational, cultural, and vocational platforms, Hen Asem (Our Story) and Africulture, he teaches and expounds on the contributions of Africans and African Americans to agriculture worldwide and trains students, educators, and professionals in African cultural understanding, empathy, and implicit bias recognition.
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Love Is the Spirit – Part 2
Honoring the anniversary of the first Universalist sermon in the US.
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Renewal of Covenant and Principles
What would it mean to really live our covenant and our principles? Some UU congregations have already adopted an Eighth Principle…is this something for UUCL to consider?