Ori and Rom Brafman

Diligent Joy

Feb 7, 2021

Love and Justice, Science and Spirituality, Sermon, Spiritual Biography, Spirituality, Stewardship, Wellness

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I begin this morning by sharing a personal story from years ago, when I was a graduate student working for my Master’s in Philosophy. This was back in the early 1990s, which was a time when my relationship with my Dad was strained, and strange. Once in a blue moon, when we would speak, he…
The Power of We

Jan 12, 2020

Beloved Community, Science and Spirituality, Sermon, Stewardship, Unitarian Universalism

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At times, I am asked about what Unitarian Universalists have in the way of scriptures. What’s our sacred text, what’s our holy book? What do you say to that, when you believe that truth is abundantly present in the world, comes from many sources, and never ends in its evolution? How do you bind something…