Soul Matters
Welcome to Soul Matters!
Every month this year, we'll examine a different theme through Soul Matters, a Unitarian Universalist theme-based curriculum that encourages deep thinking about spiritual, religious, and philosophical topics. Look for opportunities in Worship, Religious Education, Sharing Groups, and on social media.
Our June theme is Flourishing Together.
Friends, maybe the invitation this month is to pay attention to when you feel like weeping. A theme like flourishing carries the connotation of blooming, as if this month is solely about helping each other blossom brightly into the fullness of all we can be. But maybe it’s also about softening. About waking up to the reality that our culturally-encouraged pursuits of independence haven’t made us safe; they’ve only made us brittle.
Maybe what this month wants most for us is a retrieval of tenderness. A reconnection to that part of us that longs to be vulnerable, that hungers to stop pretending we’re stronger than we are, that understands that flourishing also involves unfolding our ability to say, “I hurt,” “I’m scared,” and “I need help.” Who wouldn’t weep if they discovered that there really was a world like that out there?
