by truuoffice | Feb 9, 2026 | Reflections
What if I told you a hardy resilience was already and always available to you? You may then ask, “How do I access this?” Let me explain. There are two distinct forms of resilience – psychological and spiritual. These correspond to the two aims of meditation. The first...
by truuoffice | Jan 26, 2026 | Reflections, Social Justice
Local author, journalist, and naturalist Paul Andersen has been telling Aspen’s story for more than four decades, chronicling how one small mountain town became a laboratory for big humanist ideas. In his recent book, Dr. Schweitzer at the Birth of the Aspen Idea,...
by truuoffice | Jan 20, 2026 | Reflections, Reflections by Rev. Zenshin Florence Caplow
In 1966, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addressed hundreds of mostly white Unitarian Universalists. In his speech he said to them, “There is nothing more tragic than to sleep through a revolution.” What did he mean? And what does this mean for us today,...
by truuoffice | Jan 14, 2026 | Reflections, Reflections by Rev. Zenshin Florence Caplow, Social Justice
Sometimes people look around a room and say, disparagingly, “Everyone here has gray hair.” Or someone attends a demonstration and says, with discouragement, “Where are the young people?” Does it matter how old we are? Why? Let’s explore...
by truuoffice | Dec 27, 2025 | Reflections
On this Solstice Sunday morning, we gather to welcome back the light. Drawing on the myth of Persephone and Demeter, we’ll reflect on what it means to emerge from a season of darkness with new wisdom, tenderness, and strength. Through simple ritual, song, and shared...
by truuoffice | Dec 9, 2025 | Reflections, Reflections by Charis Caldwell, M.Phil. M.Div.
In our final gathering of the series, Charis Caldwell shares wisdom insights from Taoism – an ancient tradition that has long emphasised “the Way” as a means of spiritual insight and liberation. What might it look like to walk the Way today, during a time of...
