Have patience with everything unresolved in your heart
and to try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms
or books written in a very foreign language…
Go into yourself and see how deep the place is from which your life flows.
— from Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
As Unitarian Universalists, we have chosen a free faith that calls us to grow our souls and serve the world, and to do this in community. Over the course of the year, in the words and music of Sunday services, in small groups and discussion circles, in classes for adults, children and youth, and in personal reflection and practice, our life together is anchored in a series of spiritual themes – one each month through the cycle of the year. We invite you to engage the monthly themes in a number of ways:
Theme Circles – Facilitated by Lay Leaders and Staff
Monthly sessions beginning in October
Our Theme Circles meet monthly, and use a packet of readings that are published monthly to stimulate conversation and connection. If you are interested in joining or facilitating a Theme Circle, click on the register link below. You can choose a general group, exploring a variety of topics, or a more specific cohort of folks like you: maybe you’ve recently lost a job, or are parenting young children or parenting adult children who are struggling, maybe you are living in senior housing, or maybe you’re living far away from here.
Contact: Amy Peterson, dre [at] wbuuc.org
Living the Questions: Themes for 2024-25
Here you’ll find the themes for the current year, and resources including readings and poetry, as well as guiding questions for each month. The intention of the themed year is to help Unitarian Universalists build a robust spiritual and ethical vocabulary. The themes are points of departure for religious liberals seeking to think, speak and act theologically, prophetically and prayerfully. The themes reclaim religious language, casting old terms in a new key to deepen spiritual grounding and sharpen moral reasoning. Our theme packets are intentionally geared toward all ages to remind us that this is a life-long journey.
Click on the themes below to download the monthly packet.
May 2025: The Practice of Imagination
April 2025: The Practice of Joy
March 2025: The Practice of Trust
February 2025: The Practice of Inclusion
January 2025: The Practice of Story
December 2024: The Practice of Presence
November 2024: The Practice of Repair
October 2024: The Practice of Deep Listening
September 2024: The Practice of Invitation