Host and Presenter: Ryan Terry

What is it and how do we get it? The inspiration for this sermon comes from a TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) talk by Catholic Benedictine monk and interfaith scholar David Steindle-Rast.

According to Steindle-Rast, the one thing all humans have in common is that each of us wants to be happy, and happiness, Steindle-Rast suggests, is born from gratitude.

This is an an inspiring lesson in slowing down, looking where you’re going, and above all, being grateful.

Join us this Sunday as we discuss the concepts of happiness and gratitude.

Videos on this Topic and Further Information

Brother David Steindl-Rast, a Benedictine monk, meditates and writes on “the gentle power” of gratefulness.

Many first met Brother David Steindl-Rast through a viral video called “Nature. Beauty. Gratitude,” where Louie Schwartzberg’s footage of time-lapse flowers in bloom is narrated by Brother David’s moving words asking us to simply be … grateful. Since 1953, Brother David has been a monk of Mount Saviour Benedictine monastery in New York, dividing his time between hermitic contemplation, writing and lecturing. He’s the cofounder of gratefulness.org, supporting ANG*L (A Network for Grateful Living).

He was one of the first Roman Catholics to participate in Buddhist-Christian dialogue, and is the author of The Ground We Share, a text on Buddhist and Christian practice, written with Robert Aitken Roshi. His other books include Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer and Deeper Than Words. His most recent book is 99 Blessings, a series of prayers for the general reader — whether people of faith, agnostics, or uncertain.

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What is a Unitarian-Universalist? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNtaUTjZB9Q

Host/Presenters:  Ken Whiting/Cynthia Hindes
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A Look at the Spring Equinox: Balance/Stability/Flexibility:

The Spring Equinox is just four days away coming up Thursday, March 20th. As the equinoxes are a time of balance i.e. equal lengths of days and nights in the cycle of the year it is a good time for us to examine and perhaps aline our own internal balance. Please join us for this interesting topic presented by Cynthia Hindes, a member of the Wiccan faith.

Videos for Your Review

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Please park in the front of the building.

For information, please contact Ken Whiting at 734-9161.
UU World Magazine Online Edition: http://www.uuworld.org/
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations: http://uua.org
Church of the Larger Fellowship: http://www.questformeaning.org/
What is a Unitarian-Universalist? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNtaUTjZB9Q

“All You Need in Love”

Host/Presenters:

Mary McGinnis and Karen Fothergill

A Unitarian Universalist Look at the Beatles: All You Need in Love

Presented by Mary McGinnis and Karen Fothergill. Together, we explore the poetry of the  Beatles songs and share the history of the four boys from Liverpool and how their music influenced the world.

 All You Need is Love & More
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-pFAFsTFTI&list=RDs-pFAFsTFTI

Story of the Beatles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZSHsJjsh-Y

The Magic Valley Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship meets every Sunday beginning at 10:30 AM at the Twin Falls Senior Center, 530 Shoshone Street West in Twin Falls.

Newcomers are always welcome. Child care is available. We are handicapped accessible.

Please park in the front of the building.

For information, please contact Ken Whiting at 734-9161.

Physical Location:
Twin Falls Senior Center
530 Shoshone Street West

UU World Magazine Online Edition: http://www.uuworld.org/  
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations: http://uua.org  
Church of the Larger Fellowship: http://www.questformeaning.org/  
What is a Unitarian-Universalist? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNtaUTjZB9Q

Host/Presenter: Ray Cross

This Sunday the Magic Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship’s program will be a scientific look at near-death experiences titled Near-death Experiences and the Brain.  The presenter is Dr. Andrew Newberg.

Dr. Newberg is Director of research at the Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  He has published extensively on brain function, brain imaging, and the study of religious and spiritual experiences. This look at near death experiences is quite different from the normal scientific approach that you may have considered in the past.

The Magic Valley Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship meets every Sunday beginning at 10:30 AM at the Twin Falls Senior Center, 530 Shoshone Street West in Twin Falls.

Newcomers are always welcome. Child care is available. We are handicapped accessible.

Please park in the front of the building.

For those of you who would like to have a preview of Dr. Newburg’s thoughts please listen to this recording from National Public Radio:

http://www.npr.org/2010/12/15/132078267/neurotheology-where-religion-and-science-collide

For further information, please contact Ken Whiting at 734-9161.

UU World Magazine Online Edition: http://www.uuworld.org/
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations: http://uua.org
Church of the Larger Fellowship: http://www.questformeaning.org/
What is a Unitarian-Universalist? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNtaUTjZB9Q