Upcoming Services
5th February, Rev Dr Ian Ellis-Jones: ” Omar Khayyam: Sufi mystic or hedonist?”
Was the beloved Persian poet and astronomer Omar Khayyám a Sufi mystic or simply an apologist for hedonism? Ian Ellis-Jones discusses the philosophy of the man who wrote, ‘Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.’
12th February, Dr. Max Lawson: ” The Influence of Ralph Waldo Emerson on Unitarianism”
His influence was enormous, essentially changing the religion forever more.
19 February, Dr. Andrew Usher: ” The Things Which Matter”
A rabbi was known to pray for an hour every morning before starting
work. Someone asked: “What happens when you are really busy? Do you only pray for half or quarter of an hour?”
“No,” was the reply. “When I am really busy, I pray for *two* hours in the morning!”
26 February, Candace Parks: ” The Devil and Martha Stewart”
What’s so great about being perfect?
4th March, Janine Matthews: “Without a Home”.
The state of being ‘homeless’ is not reserved only for the down and outs of society but can in fact be a few lapsed mortgage payments away. Shelter is one of man’s basic needs but does that shelter have to be a 3 bedroom brick home on a quarter acre of land?
