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July’s Theme is Thresholds.
This month’s theme is Thresholds. The Fellowship offers many opportunities and invitations to explore and practice the theme. We will be exploring the theme through out the month in worship and Religious Exploration.
July 6 “ A Ceremony That Makes a Home” with Pre-Rev David Morgen
The power of ceremony is that it marries the mundane to the sacred. As such, ceremonies can both ground us and remind us that we are deeply interconnected with the larger cosmos.
David Morgen is an English professor at Emory University and teaches writing courses mostly centered around games and comics. He graduated from Candler School of Theology in May 2023 and entered into preliminary fellowship as Unitarian Universalist minister in April. He will be ordained by his home congregation, Northwest Unitarian Universalist Congregation, and his internship site, the UU Congregation of Gwinnett, in September. Beginning in August, he will be serving as the minister at the Georgia Mountain Unitarian Universalist Congregation.
July 13 “Pushed, Pulled, or Propelled” with Rev. Dr. Pippin Whitaker
Pushed, pulled, or propelled how we move through the thresholds of our lives shapes what emerges on the other side. Let us draw on wisdom teachings and experience to guide our movement through the thresholds the lie ahead.
July 20 “Leading into Uncertainty with Love” with Rev. Dr. Pippin Whitaker
July 27 “Let the Shelf Be Empty” with Director of Religious Exploration Kahla Childers
Reflection Ideas and Questions
Are you seeking more ways to explore the theme of Thresholds?
Consider reflecting on these quotes:
Our only security is our ability to change. – John Lilly
If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading. – Proverb, author unknown
Those who stand at the threshold of life always waiting for the right time to change are like the person who stands at the bank of a river waiting for the water to pass so they can cross on dry land. – Joseph B. Wirthlin
Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending. – Maria Robinson
Some questions you may use as a prompt for conversation or for a journal entry follow:
- Who taught you the most about leaping through and trusting thresholds?
- Looking back on the last major threshold you crossed, was there something you now wish you’d brought along? Or maybe something you wish you’d left back there?
- What new creation wants to be born in and through you?
- How would someone be able to tell that you’ve made a journey through a spiritual threshold?
