RJ Jones explores how we can transform conflict into growth and personal struggle into strength. By developing constructive conflict resolution skills and resilient coping strategies, we discover that true joy comes not from avoiding the troubles of this life altogether, but from facing them with love, wisdom, and courage.
The 2500 year old teachings of the Buddha on compassion, interconnectedness, and living an examined life can serve us well in today’s turbulent, divisive times. This talk focuses on how we can use the teachings of the Buddha to helps attain both personal and global peace and security.
What does it mean to serve as a leader in a Unitarian Universalist congregation? This Sunday’s Invitation to Leadership will help us explore leadership as a spiritual practice.
Join us as Deirdre (Dee) Church helps us explore and grow our own capacity for supporting trans people through direct action. Using her expertise as a clinical therapist, Dee will discuss the pendulum of hyper-activism and burnout that so many activists face, how to slow down our nervous systems to make intentional actions, and how to soften emotional barriers that stop us from embodying our justice-seeking principles.