Our September Touchstones theme is “Awakening.” So, here’s the deal. You are born. You take your first breath, gasping like a fish out of water, which, in a sense, you are. Everything sounds strange now because noise travels through air instead of the amniotic fluid of the womb. They lay you down in your mother’s … Continue reading September 2022 Touchstones: Awakening
Submitted by Peter Livant With this offering, appearing every month, the Board tries to convey to the whole Fellowship what issues the Board is thinking about and what all that thinking and discussing adds up to so far. The official records of what transpires at Board meetings, that is, the approved Minutes, are published in … Continue reading Blips on the Board’s Radar Volume 1, Number 1, August, 2022
Auburn Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (AUUF) seeks to hire a temporary custodian at our Auburn, Alabama campus starting immediately for a minimum of 3 hours per week to perform general cleaning and maintenance of the fellowship buildings, furnishings and equipment in order to provide a clean, comfortable and safe environment for the programs of the fellowship. … Continue reading AUUF is Seeking a Temporary Custodian!
We could insist on straight lines, alternative facts, unchanging clarity, and comforting deceit to hold back time and change, and everything else that induces fear and anxiety in the world. Instead, we live with ambiguity and embrace paradox because this leads to truth, even if tentative, and wisdom instead of certainty. All of the above … Continue reading August 2022 Touchstones: Ambiguity/Paradox
Our July Touchstones theme is “Circle of Life.” As Chief Black Elk said, “Everything the Power of the World does is done in a circle.” Yin and yang, these complementary opposites are expressed in a circle. We live in circles within circles. The rotation of the Milky Way, the solar year, the seasons, solstice and … Continue reading July 2022 Touchstones: Circle of Life
Pictures from the Installation of Rev. Chris Rothbauer. Thanks to Noriko Aoi for taking pictures during the installation, to the visiting clergy who participated, and to the members and friends of AUUF who made this such a memorable day!
The root of courage is corage, the Old French word for heart (as the seat of emotions). In Middle English, uses included bold corage meaning “brave heart.” As Aristotle said, “Courage is the first of human virtues because it makes all others possible.” Courage is essential to wield power non-violently in opposition to all that … Continue reading May 2022 Touchstones: Courage
Theological reflection is an essential process to identify first principles, clarify values, take seriously that which we do not believe, explore those ideas that make us uncomfortable and/or challenge us, and ensure that our beliefs are life enhancing. As Rilke said, sometimes it is necessary to live the questions in order to experience the answer … Continue reading April 2022 Touchstones: Theological Reflection
Life depends on balance. It is the principle of yin and yang. Dark and light, hot and cold, wet and dry. Sometimes balance is easy, like being on a seesaw. At other times, it is a high-wire act with all the risk that entails when things have gone dangerously out of balance. Repair of … Continue reading March 2022 Touchstones: Balance
The regather team met Tuesday, February 1 and went over the latest info from COVID Act Now. There is good news. The wave peaked on or about January 22 and has been falling markedly. It still has not reached pre-Omicron levels but that is coming and, as per our guidelines, we will need to give … Continue reading February Regathering Update
