Church of the Larger Fellowship UU Worship

The concept of moral injury is a phenomenon of distress when people witness horrors that contradict one's deeply held beliefs. Humans in the past few decades have been experiencing moral injury when we witness the horrors in Gaza and the horrors here in the U.S. with seemingly no way to stop them. We will explore ways to maintain our sense of self, justice and the will to continue fighting for a kind and equitable world.

If self-care is communal care and communal care is self-care, who benefits when we hide or dim our light; our unique manifestation of the Source/Force of life? Join us this week as we re-shape and reframe our relationship to ourselves and the (often problematic) metaphor of light.

Poet Toi Derricotte once wrote that “joy is an act of resistance.” We will claim joy as a necessary act of defiance to an authoritarian state and as a source of strength. We will tap into the sources of our joy and embody them in the world.

We’re told we’re depressed, have ADHD, experience anxiety. Too often, the treatments for those ailments don’t get at the deeper spiritual issues: financial and housing insecurity, increasingly authoritarian regimes, discrimination and violence. What is the treatment for this pain of our hearts and spirits?

An improvisational worship on empire and resistance made necessary by a disruption in the Force (aka our technical capabilities).

Community provides us with an incredible opportunity to bring our cares and concerns to one another. Often, we are taught not to be a burden or to invoke our own strength when we are dealing with difficult times. We will explore the ways that collective grief can create opportunities.

With Easter upon us much will be said about resurrection and renewal. But what about sacrifice? What does it mean to sacrifice for our faith? Join us as we explore Sacrificial Faith.

It is Spring, the season of regeneration and resurrection. Signs of new and returning life are all around us in nature but how do we humans resurrect our joy, fullness, dreams, and visions when they have been buried ?

Texts:

The Sound of the Genuine:https://www.dailygood.org/story/1846/the-sound-of-the-genuine-howard-thurman/

Gospel of John: 11:38-44

A community centered on love and care is transformative. It allows us to blossom fully into who we are. It holds us as we try on new ways of being. We will explore this kind of community together today.

In times of collapse, it is vital that we are able to imagine a future beyond what we have already known. How do we approach the future creatively while living through decline?