Personal Theology: Beyond Categorial Thinking Q&A – Keith Kron, UUA Transition Office

06 Nov

Personal Theology: Beyond Categorial Thinking Q&A - Keith Kron, UUA Transition Office

November 6, 2022    
9:30 am - 10:30 am
9:30 a.m. Please join on Zoom OR in-person in the Fireside Room, the Ministerial Search Committee and UUA Transition Office Trainer, Keith Kron, for a follow up to Saturday's workshop on "Beyond Categorial Thinking."  All your lingering questions will be answered about this wonderful "mind-clarifying" process.  Click the heading above for the Zoom Link.

Personal Theology: ‘Sweat Lodge – Culture/History’ Geno Mendoza – Speaker in-person/Zoom streaming

13 Nov

Personal Theology: ‘Sweat Lodge – Culture/History’ Geno Mendoza - Speaker in-person/Zoom streaming

November 13, 2022    
9:30 am - 10:30 am
9:30 a.m. Intense spiritual experiences are often experienced while participating in a Sweat Lodge ceremony. We are grateful to our Personal Theology speaker, Cuauhtémoc Mendoza (Geno), for sharing about the purification rites and health benefits of the Sweat Lodge.  Geno will take us through the history, culture, and spirituality of Sweat Lodges.  This is a not to be missed presentation.  This talk is best experienced in person at UUCB's Fireside room as our speaker, Geno Mendoza, will be in-person.  And it will also be live streamed on Zoom. Click the heading above for the Zoom link.

Personal Theology: Adult Sexuality: Our Whole Lives (OWL), Alice Lemieux, In-person/Zoom streaming

20 Nov

Personal Theology: Adult Sexuality: Our Whole Lives (OWL), Alice Lemieux, In-person/Zoom streaming

November 20, 2022    
9:30 am - 10:30 am
9:30 Adult Sexuality. Did you know there was OWL--"Our Whole Lives" for ADULTS, too?! Not only does the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) offer curriculum for this, but Alice Lemieux, our presenter, has been trained on all levels of it (that's right, there are multiple levels!) and our director of Family Ministry, Heaven Walker has, too! Come explore what "Our Whole Lives" has to offer you at your stage of life. In this Personal Theology presentation, Alice will show you how perfectly OWL fits into UU theology. Click the heading above for link.

Personal Theology: ‘On Grief’ Presenter, Rev. Michelle Collins

04 Dec

Personal Theology: ‘On Grief’ Presenter, Rev. Michelle Collins

December 4, 2022    
9:30 am - 10:30 am
9:30 a.m. ZOOM and IN-PERSON (Fireside Room). The Personal Theology program is delighted to have Reverend Michelle Collins talk to us on the topic of Grief.  Rev. Dr. Michelle Collins is in her third year as Interim Minister at UUCB.  She is a graduate of Starr King School for the Ministry, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, and Wesley Theological Seminary.  She will talk about the grief that the stressful holiday season can stir in many of us. Click the heading above for the link.

Personal Theology, “Poetry As Anchor,” Claire Baker, UUCB Poet Laureate

08 Jan

Personal Theology, "Poetry As Anchor," Claire Baker, UUCB Poet Laureate

January 8, 2023    
9:30 am - 10:30 am
9:30 - 10:30 On Zoom ONLY, our own Poet Laureate of UUCB, Claire Baker, will be presenting her exquisite poetry on Zoom with the facilitation of Linda Laskowski.  Click the heading for the link to this wonderful presentation.

Personal Theology, “Travels as a Spiritual Practice: Thailand,” Tess Snook O’Riva, Executive Director of UUCB

22 Jan

Personal Theology, "Travels as a Spiritual Practice: Thailand," Tess Snook O'Riva, Executive Director of UUCB

January 22, 2023    
9:30 am - 10:30 am
9:30 - 10:30 In-Person in the Fireside Room and on Zoom. UUCB's wonderful Executive Director, Tess Snook O'Riva, will talk about her recent trip to Thailand and the special spiritual locations she visited and experiences she had. This will be a fascinating and engaging talk with Tess's perspective, insight and humor keeping us riveted. Click the heading for the link, if you're not able to attend in-person in the Fireside Room.

Personal Theology – Kayleen Asbo ‘Dante and The Art of Love’

12 Feb

Personal Theology - Kayleen Asbo ‘Dante and The Art of Love’

February 12, 2023    
9:30 am - 10:30 am
9:30 a.m. ZOOM. Please join the Personal Theology program in welcoming back to UUCB Zoom, Kayleen Asbo, who will presenting "Dante and the Art of Love." In this wonderful multi-media lecture drenched with art from across the ages, Kayleen will chart the evolution of love so perfectly illustrated in Dante's Divine Comedy, from infatuation to enmeshed attachment to liberating compassion and communal connection to the "Love that moves the Sun and all stars". Click the heading for the link.

Personal Theology: “Overland Journey in a VW van from Europe to Asia: Focus on Religion and Cultures” – Tricia Sullivan Presenter

12 Mar

Personal Theology: "Overland Journey in a VW van from Europe to Asia: Focus on Religion and Cultures" - Tricia Sullivan Presenter

March 12, 2023    
9:30 am - 10:30 am
9:30 on ZOOM. Tricia Sullivan's wonderful Personal Theology presentation takes you on a journey from her 2022 memoir “Overland Before the Hippie Trail: Kathmandu and Beyond with a Van A Man and No Plan” which chronicles Tricia and husband, Mick, as a young, freshly married couple, intent on teaching and learning their way around the world! And then Tricia has BONUS adventures from more recent years to mystical and marvelous places.  Click the heading for the link.

Personal Theology – ‘Thriving in Adversity’ with Hana Matt

26 Mar

Personal Theology - ‘Thriving in Adversity’ with Hana Matt

March 26, 2023    
9:30 am - 10:30 am
9:30 a.m. ZOOM ONLY One of our beloved speakers and wisdom-giver, Dr. Hana Matt, is back to give us a summary of the 3 recent, large groundbreaking studies that just came out. They examined doctors, nurses, social workers and chaplains in hospitals during the 3 years of the Covid pandemic. Which people succumbed to burnout, or depression or.... Click the heading above for the rest of the summary and the Zoom link.

Personal Theology – Rev. Michelle Collins ‘Intentional Conclusions’

23 Apr

Personal Theology - Rev. Michelle Collins ‘Intentional Conclusions’

April 23, 2023    
9:30 am - 10:30 am
9:30 a.m. In-Person and Zoom. Rev. Michelle Collins, our energetic and amazing interim minister, is nearing the end of her 3 year service with UUCB. Her final talk for Personal Theology will be:  ‘Intentional Conclusions-how to think about end of life planning.  With a resource workbook that Rev. Michelle has published. Click heading for link.