Sermon by Dr. H.S. Udaykumar
November 29, 2020
In Eastern thought three poisons are named: Greed, Anger, and Misperception; all three lead to individual and collective suffering. The antidote to suffering is compassion. To celebrate the environmental work of the United Nations, the Green Sanctuary Team invites Dr. Udaykumar’s reflections on how the environmental crisis can be addressed by cultivating and practicing compassion towards the planet and all sentient beings.
Sept. 20, 2020 sermon. “You must meet the outer world with your inner world or existence will crush you,” says spiritual teacher Mark Nepo. Developing practices where we can meet the world with our hearts is all the more needed in these pandemic times. UUS Community Minister Lois Cole shares lessons in resilience from her ministry as a hospital chaplain at the UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital.
As we prepare to celebrate Martin Luther King Day in a time of racial and political tension, Rev. Diana Smith reflects on the ways each of us might grow by engaging in the struggle for justice.
Sept. 6, 2020 sermon. This Labor Day, Rev. Diana Smith reflects on what it means to be bound by the threads of a dream to work for something we believe in.
Nov. 1, 2020. Celebrating a Day of Remembrance for all those we love and care about who have died, human and non-human. Rev. Diana Smith also reflects on searching for emotional and spiritual grounding, community, reconciliation, and the shadings of love and hope in a time of grief, uncertainty, waiting, and tension.
Oct. 18, 2020 reflections. In this special Sunday service, members share what they love about the Unitarian Universalist Society, how they support UUS, and how how UUS sustains them.
Dec. 20, 2020 service. As we celebrate the returning of the sun at the winter solstice, Rev. Diana Smith reflects on the duality of darkness and light.