Religious Exploration Blog
Posts from our Director of Religious Exploration and news about religious exploration events.
- RE April 12, 2026 April 14, 2026This week we hope to welcome Ella, Maisie, Logan , Parker, Robin and Gus home from their vacation travels. We are excited to hear about your adventures! Vacations give us such a great opportunity to consider ideas like “ how can we make the world a better place”. We will be sharing such suggestions with our RE friends in some fun ways! A visitor, ...
- RE April 5, 2026 April 14, 2026April–All month long we will be exploring how we can embrace possibilities. This week we are exploring how we can embrace the possibility of building a better world. Sometimes people treat each other unfairly. Our UU faith reminds us that it is possible to build a better world and everyone of us has a part to play with our words, our kindness, our creativity or ...
- RE March 29, 2026 April 14, 2026This month’s theme continues to be Paying Attention. Epictetus, a Greek Stoic philosopher said, “you become what you give your attention to. If you don’t choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will”. We will be Paying attention to our relationship with water. World Water Day is March 22 .We will be considering the many ways water usage is present ...
- RE March 22, 2026 April 14, 2026This month’s theme continues to be Paying Attention. Epictetus, a Greek Stoic philosopher said, “you become what you give your attention to. If you don’t choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will”. We will be Paying attention to our relationship with water. World Water Day is March 22 .We will be considering the many ways water usage is present ...
- RE March 15, 2026 April 14, 2026The Power of Paying Attention to the Present Moment. What a timely reminder for all of us! All month long, we are exploring how powerful attention is. This week, we are focusing on the power of paying attention to the present moment. As we do that, we will have the chance to explore some of the ways we can recenter ourselves in a world ...
- RE March 8, 2026 April 14, 2026The RE theme for March is Paying Attention. Last Sunday we talked about the power of paying attention to our impact on others. We used the power of giving compliments to others to demonstrate this action. This week we will talk about the power of Paying Attention to Inequality. We will also talk about International Women’s Day (Sunday, March 8) and use examples of several ...
- RE March 1, 2026 April 14, 2026As we start a new month, our RE theme is Paying Attention and this week’s focus will center around paying attention to our impact on others. Our small actions can make a big impact. Our words, reactions and attitudes don’t stay inside of us. They spill out into the world and affect other people. Since March 1st, this Sunday, is World Compliment Day, we ...
- RE February 22, 2026 April 14, 2026What is a bear with no teeth called? What, you say? All month long we are exploring sources of resilience. This week we are exploring how humor is an important option. Humor and wit are such important components of being a Unitarian Universalist. Fun and laughter help us stretch and bounce back, even if it’s a groaner! As we discuss this important tool of resistance, we ...
- RE February 15, 2026 April 14, 2026A special Sunday means Family Sunday! Community in rhythm and song. Enjoy Matt Meyer, musician, drummer and modern circuit-rider! Matt offers a dynamic experience of music’s enduring power to teach us about ourselves and each other. We aim to build the kind of Beloved Community that we know is possible… and is needed now, more than ever. Kids will stay for the entire service upstairs ...
- This Week In RE February 8, 2026 February 5, 2026Grit… this is the season for it! It’s all over the road and being tracked into our homes. But in RE this week we will be addressing GRIT as a positive personality trait. Resilience in the form of grit is how many successful people accomplish goals. Even when things are hard, grit keeps us on ...