Join us as speaker Betsy Lang discusses, “Origin and Deeper Meanings on Summer Solstice.” We all know that the Summer Solstice on June 21st is the day with the longest amount of daylight. But what is the origin and deeper meaning? Today we will delve deeper into it’s roots covering not only Indigenous rituals but those that … Continue reading Origin and Deeper Meanings on Summer Solstice
Speaker Carter Smith of Sioux City will speak on “Living the Sixth Principal with Pride.” Bio: Carter Smith was born and raised on a farm in rural Minnesota, where he participated in the day to day operations of the farm, while attending public school as a closeted individual.  The local climate caused Carter to decide to remain in the closet, and he moved south after graduating High School, to attend the University of South Dakota (USD).  ​Carter … Continue reading Living the Sixth Principal with Pride
This week’s topic is “Wild and Precious Life.” This service will ask several All Souls members to take the final line from The Summer Day by Mary Oliver and share with the congregation. “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
Gentle Yoga and a Potluck. Please dress in comfortable clothes. Mike Huber will guide a gentle chair and mat yoga session in the Sanctuary. Afterwards, we will reconvene downstairs in Eliza’s Kitchen for a potluck. Please bring a prepared dish to pass. We will provide dinnerware and drinks.
Linda Hallstrom, All Souls’ President-Elect, will talk about the long and winding road that finally and joyfully brought her to All Souls and Unitarian Universalism. Those who helped to guide her journey include Eliza Tupper Wilkes, Walt Whitman, and Mark Sanderson!
Rev. Knapp says, “Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking both spent a life time working on what is called a unified field theory, or, in popular parlance, “a theory of everything.” In a way, so have I. They did not find their theory. I believe I have found mine!”
Mindfulness poems invite us to bring our full self to whatever moment we’re in and truly live it. They encourage us to be more present, more attentive and compassionate, in the living of our days. They grant us a taste of being good enough, just as we are, in this world, just as it is—even … Continue reading The Good Medicine of Mindfulness Poetry
Yesterday, Rev. Fritz Hudson ended his sermon with a quote from Pablo Neruda: “We pass through solitude and difficulty, isolation and silence, to find that enchanted place where we can dance our clumsy dance and sing our sorrowful song (before others). But in that dance, and in that song, the most ancient rites of conscience … Continue reading A Playful Spirit – a State of Grace
Do to weather conditions April 15 services have been cancelled.
There are at least three stories about our “treasure” that is hidden, lost, and yet somehow recovered: Native American, Christian and Jewish. What is required to find and reclaim our “treasure”?  And once we discover the treasure, what is the best use of the resources entrusted to our care?
