Joyce Smandra Archives - Unitarian Universalist Church of Pensacola https://uupensacola.org/speaker/joyce-smandra/ Welcome to UUCP Sat, 11 Oct 2025 18:06:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://uupensacola.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Chalice-new-uucp-2-150x150.png Joyce Smandra Archives - Unitarian Universalist Church of Pensacola https://uupensacola.org/speaker/joyce-smandra/ 32 32 I AM: Sayings of Jesus https://uupensacola.org/services/i-am-sayings-of-jesus/ Wed, 14 Jul 2021 00:51:26 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=9304 In this talk Joyce Smandra will be sharing with us Jesus as teacher and mystic. Jesus knew his days were numbered, and he realized that his disciples did not understand that it was not him personally, but his teachings and way of life that that they needed.  While moving about to avoid the authorities, Jesus … Continue reading I AM: Sayings of Jesus

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]]> 9304 Virtual Service: What the Cosmos Reveals https://uupensacola.org/services/what-the-cosmos-reveals/ Thu, 12 Mar 2020 23:59:30 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=7859 What the Cosmos Reveals, a Sunday Service with talk by UUCP member Joyce Smandra featuring a Story for All Ages from Rev. Alice Syltie and music from Denise D’Angelo. Cosmology is revelatory. Joyce discusses the wisdom we can derive from the science and mystery of the cosmos. Understanding ourselves within the universe may help us … Continue reading Virtual Service: What the Cosmos Reveals

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]]> 7859 Solitude, Silence and Belonging https://uupensacola.org/services/solitude-silence-and-belonging/ Wed, 02 Oct 2019 14:14:16 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=7189 Joyce Smandra will share her journey through some spiritual traditions that she encountered as she sought meaning in her life. These traditions include practices done in silence and solitude that allow her to touch the gentleness of her inner depths, to find the place where she belongs to her soul. Having connected with her inner … Continue reading Solitude, Silence and Belonging

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]]> 7189 UU Mystics in Community https://uupensacola.org/services/uu-mystics/ Thu, 04 Apr 2019 16:54:33 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=6421 Because I was raised in the Russian Orthodox Church, I seem to have mysticism in my genes. During my spiritual journey, my contact with three teachers has guided me on the mystic path. Matt Fox taught me about the Christian mysticism of Meister Eckhart. Brian Swimme showed me how the new story of the universe … Continue reading UU Mystics in Community

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