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There is no such thing as a life without failure. Failure is inevitable in both big and small ways. And there is an inextricable link between risk-taking, failure, and success. What can we learn from failure and how do we apply those lessons to our individual lives and our communities? (The Chothani family won the sermon in … Continued
Julia Ward Howe (for whom Howe Elementary School in Mt. Lebanon was named) was an early Unitarian feminist and social justice trailblazer whose life and legacy can teach us a lot about moving forward in life despite adversity and personal challenges.
Credo is a Latin word, which is generally translated as “I believe,” but its literal meaning is closer to “what I set my heart to.” Sunnyhill’s Coming of Age (COA) class will share what is close to their hearts in this service, which is a capstone of the COA curriculum.
Jazz legend Miles Davis once famously said: “It’s not the note you play that’s the wrong note – it’s the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong.” Jazz encourages and requires moving forward without entirely knowing where you are going. How might this kind of thinking play out in the rest of … Continued
On this Earth Day, we will consider what we can do here and now to honor our sacred connection to the earth and our responsibility to take care of it.
As athletes continue to break previously unbreakable records, some physiologists argue that our physical limits are determined by our subjective sense of effort rather than the metabolic state of our muscles. How can our internal dialogue affect our achievements as individuals and as a community?
Although we are not often called to articulate them, our most deeply held beliefs about life and the nature of the world can have a profound effect on how we live our lives. We will explore three of these beliefs or rules and how they might guide the way we live our lives.
One of the central themes of Easter is the ultimate triumph of life over death. Even when everything around us seems cloaked in darkness, the potential of resurrection of various kinds still exists for us as individuals and for us as a society. How do we prepare to “rise up” when the time comes?
Blind faith? Leap of faith? Free faith? How does the word “faith” strike you? For some, it is an uncomfortable vestige of a rigid religious past. For others, it remains a positive, re-imagined resource for moving through the joys and sorrows of life. What does it mean to be “faithful?”—not to everything or to what … Continued
If we have any hope of becoming resilient as individuals or as a culture or community, we must learn how to deal with our inherent vulnerability and the inevitability of failure. How do we go about this process so that we are able to act courageously rather than becoming stuck and overwhelmed?
