Mind & Spirit Archives - Unitarian Universalist Church of Pensacola https://uupensacola.org/topic/mind-and-spirit/ Welcome to UUCP Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:11:30 +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 Mind & Spirit Archives - Unitarian Universalist Church of Pensacola https://uupensacola.org/topic/mind-and-spirit/ 32 32 Exploring Mature Spirituality https://uupensacola.org/services/exploring-mature-spirituality/ Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:11:30 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=13913 Presenter: Julie Patton, friend of UUCP, retired LCSW and Community Activist. This talk is a reflection on mutability, our present societal impasse, and the future of religions. The presenter will offer an updated image of the nature of Being and will suggest that Unitarian Universalism is uniquely poised to assume a central role in the … Continue reading Exploring Mature Spirituality

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]]> 13913 Stirring Our Moral Imagination https://uupensacola.org/services/stirring-our-moral-imagination/ Sun, 22 Mar 2026 18:47:26 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=13878 From our earliest days, Americans are led to believe that we are autonomous individuals, free of moral obligations or community attachments. Our UU faith, however, is rooted in covenant, which expresses our commitments to one another in an interconnected society. As this nation experiences a moral crisis of greed, hatred, and violence, we UUs are called to engage … Continue reading Stirring Our Moral Imagination

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]]> 13878 Miracles and Wonders https://uupensacola.org/services/miracles-and-wonders/ Sun, 22 Mar 2026 18:46:15 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=13876 “How Much Do We Really Know about Jesus?” Not much, according to the best-selling scholar Elaine Pagels. Her new book, Miracles and Wonders, nonetheless treats Christianity seriously on a deeper level than fundamentalists and literal-minded atheists do. It’s a surprising and fascinating book.

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]]> 13876 Flower Communion 2026 https://uupensacola.org/services/flower-communion-2026/ Sun, 22 Mar 2026 18:44:38 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=13874 Join us for the Flower Communion, the annual Unitarian Universalist tradition created by Czechoslovakian minister Norbert Capek in 1923. We will celebrate hope, community, rebirth, and renewal, all themes found in many spring traditions and holidays observed in both Eastern and Western cultures. We invite everyone to bring a flower to place in the vases … Continue reading Flower Communion 2026

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]]> 13874 What is Safety While In a Diverse Community? https://uupensacola.org/services/what-is-safety-while-in-a-diverse-community/ Sun, 22 Feb 2026 19:09:47 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=13824 How do we embody our values as UUs in an intentional community with people from diverse backgrounds? From culture to civic alignment, to even simply etiquette around expression, how are we stewarding the next generation while fully exploring what it means to be human? Presented by Honor Bell III (they/them), CRE and Admin. Fifth Sunday: … Continue reading What is Safety While In a Diverse Community?

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]]> 13824 Tending the Spark: A Women’s History Month Service https://uupensacola.org/services/tending-the-spark-a-womens-history-month-service/ Sun, 22 Feb 2026 19:08:09 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=13822 “And we will care for each other / as the world around us unravels / And we will tend to the spark / of hope that lives within our grieving hearts.” These are the words that started our first FemFest Song Circle gathering one year ago and the group has met monthly ever since at … Continue reading Tending the Spark: A Women’s History Month Service

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]]> 13822 Reimagining the Sacred: Metta Valley Gospel and the “Good News” We Need https://uupensacola.org/services/reimagining-the-sacred-metta-valley-gospel-and-the-good-news-we-need/ Sun, 22 Feb 2026 19:04:45 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=13818 In this talk, Zachary Helton will share the story behind his new novel, Metta Valley Gospel—what it is, where it came from, and why it feels urgently needed in this cultural moment. What happens when we retell the stories that formed us? What new possibilities emerge when compassion becomes the center of the narrative? Join … Continue reading Reimagining the Sacred: Metta Valley Gospel and the “Good News” We Need

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]]> 13818 The Big Adventure https://uupensacola.org/services/the-big-adventure/ Sun, 25 Jan 2026 18:37:00 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=13727 The Big Adventure, this thing we call… LIFE! Join us for a talk with Ric Kindle about his travels around the country with Hazel Nuts. He will share lessons learned from traveling and others ‘relearned’ about this Life!!

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]]> 13727 Our Gospel and Blues Inspiration https://uupensacola.org/services/our-gospel-and-blues-inspiration/ Sat, 06 Dec 2025 00:38:04 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=13571 Join us in bringing in the New Year. UUCP’s musicians, instrumentalists and vocalists will create a special service to uplift our spirits for the winter season moving toward the light.

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]]> 13571 Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” as Unitarian Thesis https://uupensacola.org/services/charles-dickens-a-christmas-carol-as-unitarian-thesis/ Sat, 06 Dec 2025 00:36:56 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=13569 Presenter: Pat Gleich, Ph.D., Social Science and Sociology.  Charles Dickens 1843 novella, A Christmas Carol, exposes Dickens’ Unitarian roots and demonstrates that a profound inner transformation is possible even without explicit religious references. He shows that a person can undergo a deep personal renewal—one that inspires compassion and generosity toward others. Through Scrooge’s dramatic change … Continue reading Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” as Unitarian Thesis

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