http://sydneyunitarians.com Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:52:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is the talk given by the Rev. Steve Wilson on the 22nd of January, 2012. Is there really religion beyond faith, and if so what? Is faith in God/a Goddess, Jesus or something similar, ...something bigger,... essential for an effective, practical, valuable, contemporary religious/spiritual life?  Is belief in something bigger... essential ... http://sydneyunitarians.com/a-faithless-faith-is-religion-without-a-supernatural-leap-valid/ An Abridged Version of an Address Delivered at The Spirit of Life Unitarian Fellowship  on the 4th  December 2011. By The Rev. Dr Ian Ellis-Jones 'Everything arises from the mind.' - Buddha Shakyamuni. The great esotericist Manly Palmer Hall once wrote, ‘In Buddhism we have what is probably the oldest and most perfectly integrated ... http://sydneyunitarians.com/the-psychology-of-buddhism/ (Presentation for the service on Sunday 20th  November, 2011 by Eric Stevenson.) Our  mission therefore is so to live in hope that life, being finely tuned, will always be recognisable and valued and demonstrable among us. We are inspired by the hope that it will always be possible for us and ... http://sydneyunitarians.com/hoping-ones-way-to-meaning/ Gordon Livingstone MD on Hope in “Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart” Hachette Press, 2004 “As we contemplate the inevitable losses that we have had to integrate into our lives, the way we grieve, and the meaning that we assign to our experience determine how we face the future. The challenge ... http://sydneyunitarians.com/readings-for-eric-stevensons-hoping-ones-way-to-meaning/ We are surrounded by people and families who share our Unitarian values, such as freedom, reason, tolerance, and self-determination in our theology; Barack Obama and Bishop John Spong spring to mind. Yet they remain “unchurched” or connected to other denominations. Why? How could we have drawn them to us–and do ... http://sydneyunitarians.com/why-don%e2%80%99t-we-have-them-what-keeps-people-from-becoming-unitarians/ Please join Spirit of Life Unitarian Fellowship in welcoming Anthony Venn-Brown as our speaker on 23 January.  Services are held each Sunday as follows.  Visitors welcome. Service:  10:30 - 11:30 followed by coffee, tea and biscuits Location:  Kirribilli Neighbourhood Centre, upstairs gallery.  16-18 Fitzroy Street, Kirribilli, NSW What happens when you come to ... http://sydneyunitarians.com/a-life-of-unlearning-a-spiritual-journey-to-authenticity/ (Presentation for the service on Sunday 17 October, 2010 by Geoff Matthews.) Taken from the ‘Building Your Own Theology’, I led the group in developing a list of eleven ethical statements from their individual perspective and as a fellowship.  This was a fairly easy exercise. Then as a group, I facilitated them ... http://sydneyunitarians.com/ethics-as-unenforceable-obligations-%e2%80%93-the-importance-of-being-good-for-nothing/ Virginia Hastings presented a talk on the 8 August, 2010 on her feelings about kindness - which, as she says, " ... is sometimes easy, sometimes hard." Click here to read the full text of "Kindness" http://sydneyunitarians.com/kindness/ On 1st August, 2010, Geoff Matthews presented a topic 'Horses Birthday Today' and linked our long association of all types of horses in this country with our life as Unitarians.  In his address, he talked of the history of horses in Australia, areas of life we see them such as ... http://sydneyunitarians.com/horses-birthday-today/ ( A talk presented by Candace Parks on 11 July, 2010. ) Although still relatively unknown in Sydney, Unitarianiam has quite a following in the US.  Gary Kowalski is a well-known Unitarian minister and author from Burlington, Vermont and in line with the strong sense of community and support amongst Unitarians ... http://sydneyunitarians.com/lets-dream-together/