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Paying attention changes us, and changed people act differently. What happens when pluralism meets injustice and the difference between tolerance and complicity becomes too plain to avoid, too obvious to ignore? Can the moral courage of a community sustain social witness when it becomes faith in action? What’s the difference between urgency and anxiety, and … Continue reading Faith with a Backbone – When Attention Becomes Action
Staying present in tension is moral courage in miniature. Respecting another’s identity, culture, or viewpoint without the need to dominate or replace it allows the differences to coexist side-by-side, the elements to retain their meaning, and shows goodwill without sacrificing one’s own comfort or personal identity.
Longtime UUCN member Joseph ‘Denis’ Lanoue joins us with his big spirit, storytelling talent, and generous heart with a message shaped by lived experience, friendship, and the power of perseverance.
Difference doesn’t diminish us.
Handled with curiosity, it enlarges us.
Paying attention — truly paying attention — is a spiritual practice that deepens pluralism, reveals our gifts, and strengthens community.
Our service will discuss observing water as a metaphor for life, change, resilience, personal growth, letting go of control, and finding stillness amid disruption.
Ralph Waldo Emerson’s wisdom and words inspire todays service topic:
Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can.
It’s the second Sunday of January, 2026, and if you’re thinking about calling it quits on your resolutions, don’t! This Sunday is a good day to jump back in!
Help UUCN welcome our newest speaker, Rev. William Zelazny, as he helps us pick up the “Challenge of Having a Happy New Year.”
