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November 13th Service: “A Queer Perspective on Love”

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Be drunk on love, because love is all that exists. It is Love and the Lover that lives eternally, don’t lend your heart to anything else; all else is borrowed. –Rumi

There is within the Sufi tradition the idea that everything is but a reflection of the divine. The tradition teaches that the more one polishes his or her heart the more one can see just how vast and interconnected the ocean of love we call reality really is. From Jesus to Rumi.

James Tidmarsh will share portions of his journey and will also explain why he believes that radical lovemaking is essential not only for one’s spiritual health but for the well being of the world as well.

Speaker: James Tidmarsh

Worship Associate: Dale Bostock

October 30 Service: How do we decide what to believe?

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Ryan Terry will be leading a group discussion this week.  The topic will be “how do we decide what to believe?”  How does one determine if a statement is true or false? What makes one augment weak and unbelievable and another argument strong and believable? What role should critical thinking play in our decision to believe various claims?  Is there a correct way to evaluate the philosophical claims and theories made by others, or is it all a matter of opinion?  We will discuss these and other questions at our meeting this Sunday.

October 9 Service: Living Without Shields

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Resistance is to push against an experience; to shout at life that this needs to change now, that we will not put up with or tolerate a condition. Resistance is to put up a block in an attempt to shield or protect ourselves from an experience. Allowance is to lower our shields, put down our weapons of defense and open ourselves to what is.

Speaker: Julie Merrick