Using whichever question catches you the most, sit with the question over the month. Bring your experience to your group. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote, “Our lives begin to end the day...
“A certain amount of resistance is good for anybody. It keeps you awake.” Joan Didion “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” Martin Luther King, Jr. “The...
A poem by Native American author Louise Erdrich. This links leads to a podcast from meditation teacher Tara Brach exploring our inner resistance to change. This Huffington Post podcast...
For this month on Resistance, we explore our UU history, offer some thoughtful picture books of children brave enough to resist, and share an affirmation activity. Circles of Light: The Flaming Chalice...
January has roared into Peel Region, cold and snowy with bitter winds, bringing a desire to hibernate and hide, not consider the theme of emergence! What does it mean to be people...
Option A) Open Ended Questions When in a conversation, if we keep our questions open ended and our hearts and minds open to the response, we often find that a deeper, more...
Read the questions over a couple of times before noticing which question resonates with you. Spend time this month on the question, reflecting on a few times. Emergence can be a difficult...
“Emergence is the way complex systems and patterns arise out of a multiplicity of relatively simple interactions.” adrienne maree brown “My ideas have undergone a process of emergence by emergency. When they...
Nova, the PBS science show, has an interactive photo collection offering examples of emergence. You might want to check out this innovative business trying a new economic model: Emergence Media A...
I don’t remember where I found this text, but it is one of my favourites to bring a group together, it begins it is a blessing, it is a blessing to be,...
