Delighting Our Spirits This Summer: Centered In Love Summer’s slower pace offers opportunities to experience things we often can’t during the rest of the year. We seek out spiritual delight centered in love through which we nurture feelings of belonging, connectedness, and joy. As Unitarian Universalists we are called to...
‘People with disabilities’ are the country’s largest minority group, and one you can join anytime. Through the eyes of an artist, you’ll learn about disability etiquette, accessible spaces, and beauty beyond disability. Mauree Childress received her Art and Education degrees from UW-La Crosse. She taught art, then worked in television stations in...
Food Ethics and Unitarian Universalism UUs strive to respect the interdependent web of all existence, fostering a sustainable earth. The field of food ethics calls us to examine what we put on our plates and how it affects our relationships in this web. This Sunday we’ll explore the daily and...
What we get wrong about development, PARKING (!) and how thinking different can create better solutions for everyone. Door County communities are grappling with a boom in tourism, relatively rapid population growth and housing shortages for workers of all income levels. Unfortunately, many are trying to solve these problems with outdated...
Being Civil is not for the faint of heart. When extreme opinions and ideologies challenge our rationality, we can stay strong embracing the Speak Your Peace pathway. We will exam how Listening, Showing Respect, and Sharing Constructive Criticism are the keystones of the Speak Your Peace Pathway. Since coalescing in...
Cheerful Hearts, Continual Feast, Cozy Chapel Come learn about Wisconsin’s first pay-what-you-can community cafe, located in the Sherman Park neighborhood of Milwaukee. Listen to the story of how a run-down storefront became a thriving community cafe in the heart of a food desert. Hear stories of humanity being fed in...
Angels I Have Known with Rev. Joan Shiels Rev. Joan Shiels has dedicated most of her life to the search for God. She has always found it a great adventure. An educated theologian and an accomplished storyteller, she has been bringing her messages to UUFDC for over 20 years.
Restorative justice, the type of justice that can heal both the targets of injustice and those responsible for it, can only begin after an acknowledgement of the truth. When it comes to racism, we in the United States have never fully acknowledged the truth. Just as scholars, journalists and teachers...
Much of the “culture war” we are witnessing today seems to center around how personal identity is emerging into social identity. In a culture that is transforming from one dependent on strictly defined social roles to one that thrives on diverse expressions of human spirit, we struggle to overcome fears...
EARTH SUNDAY: Composting is good for the environment, for healthy soil and for healthy food. Dave LaLuzerne retired to Door County after a 40 year career as a pharmacist and herbal apothecary. Interestingly, his last name is the French word for alfalfa. He was born with a green spark in...