Sundays: 12 noon (CT) in-person and online
Presenter, Bob Koches Service Associate, Wendy Fox Join us for a deeply moving service featuring a reflection by Bob Koches, who at 85 years young brings us a lifetime of insight on navigating the transition from the summer to the winter of our lives. Bob looks back on a profound lesson that has stayed with … Continue reading “A Winter’s Reflection”
Presenter, Richard Clarke Service Associate, Carol Johnson What happens when modern physics and ancient Indian wisdom arrive at surprisingly similar questions about reality? This talk explores the fascinating connections between quantum pioneers Werner Heisenberg and Erwin Schrödinger and other Quantum physicists in Indian philosophy. Central to the story is Heisenberg’s 1929 meeting with Rabindranath Tagore, … Continue reading “When Quantum Physics and Ancient Wisdom “Converge
Trudy Crippen, Presenter June Eguchi, Service Associate Trudy Crippen, one of the original founders of the Lake Chapala Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, will deliver this Sunday’s message about the Islam in Malaysia and Indonesia, and her time working in both countries. Crippen will examine the cultural and historical factors that have influenced the Islam of Southeast … Continue reading “My Year of Living Dangerously”
Presenter, Rev. Matt Alspaugh Service Associate, Gaylee Temkin Religious naturalism begins with a naturalistic worldview, using science as a basis for understanding what is real. This it combines with a religious orientation, including spiritual feelings like wonder and gratitude, and values rooted in nature, such as cooperation within groups and balance in ecosystems. This combination … Continue reading “Making Our Way in the Universe: The Path of Religious Naturalism”
Sean Donovan, Presenter Annie Morris, Service Associate Sean traces his theology to an unlikely source — editing a church newsletter in Knoxville for minister Kathleen Rolenz, where he slipped in Whitehead and Boehme. He distinguishes evil (a moral category requiring an agent) from suffering (which doesn’t), arguing neither is explained by a God who is … Continue reading “Process Theology”
Presenter: Ted Fahy Service Associate: D’Vorah Kelley All ancient civilizations – Mayan, Navajo, Akkadian, Hindu, Hebrew – have had origin stories, including Gods, to explain the beginnings of the world and of humanity. Today, the sense of awe in the presence of the vast unknown that characterizes those stories has largely disappeared – and so … Continue reading “Why We Need God”
Presenter: Rev. A. Shirley Service Associate: Hyacinthe Miller Musician: Wiley Beveridge The Rev. Sarah A. Shirley, Rector of St. Andrew Anglican Church will be the guest speaker at the Lake Chapala Unitarian Universalist Fellowship on Sunday, May 24. Her presentation will address such questions as, What is unity? Is it achievable on the earthly plane? … Continue reading Unity: Variations on a Theme”
Presenter: Richard Clarke Service Associate: Carol Johnson Richard Clarke will explore the Tibetan Book of the Dead as a guide not just for dying, but for living with clarity in the later years of life. Drawing on Tibetan Buddhist wisdom and the open, questioning spirit of Unitarian Universalism, he shows how the “Bardo”—the space between what was … Continue reading “What We Can Learn from the Tibetan Book of the Dead”
Presenters: Frank Watson, D’Vorah Kelley, Bob Koches Service Associate: Bob Craft Each of us is on a spiritual journey. Each of us is following our own path through life. Join us Sunday, April 12 as three of our members of the Lake Chapala Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Riberas share their personal spiritual journey and how … Continue reading “Sharing Our Spiritual Journeys”
Presenter: Priscilla Taylor Service Associate: Ted Fahy Priscilla Taylor, retired Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, will present her talk, “We Are All Just Walking Each Other Home” during the December 7th gathering of the Lake Chapala Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Ram Dass, originally Richard Alpert and Harvard professor, is said to have made this statement during one of … Continue reading “We Are All Just Walking Each Other Home”
