“The Horse that Almost Got Away, or Following Your Dreams”

Psychiatrist D. W. Winnicott writes that we often go about our lives with an attitude of compliance, as though the world is something to be fitted in with, demanding adaptation. The attitude of compliance tells us to put our dreams away in the back of the bottom drawer of the chest of drawers. But our dreams are part of creative living, Winnicott says, which makes life worthwhile. On this Sunday, we stand up for the world of dreams and for pulling dreams through into reality as a way of transcending a life dominated by compliance. If you would like to join our service via Zoom, please click here.

The Ecology of Love”

In the science of ecology, we learn that life survives through relationships, through the intricate exchanges of energy, shelter, nourishment, and adaptation that binds every organism into a living web. Our Unitarian Universalist faith teaches the same truth in spiritual language about the concept and lived experience of love, which is the force that keeps an interconnected web from unraveling. The ecological concept becomes a model for theology, reminding us that love is not merely an emotion but a structure, a way love organizes itself toward wholeness. What are the relationships, energies, shelters, and nourishments that bring us to a love centered life? If you would like to join our … The Ecology of Love”を読み続ける