by truuoffice | May 5, 2026 | Reflections, Reflections by Rev. Zenshin Florence Caplow, Video
May Day has many layers of meaning – it is the great pagan fire festival of Beltane; it is “International Workers Day”; it is a distress call (mayday! mayday!); and, this year, “May Day Strong,” a call from labor organizations for...
by truuoffice | Apr 6, 2026 | Reflections, Reflections by Rev. Zenshin Florence Caplow
What can we learn from the natural world about how to survive and bloom in this time, just as flowers bloom after great fires? What can we learn from the indigenous peoples of Turtle Island about surviving in the midst of the continuing genocide they have been...
by truuoffice | Mar 16, 2026 | Reflections, Reflections by Rev. Zenshin Florence Caplow
In March we are exploring “The Practice of Paying Attention” and nothing keeps us from paying attention more than our addictions to busyness and moving fast. This Sunday Rev. Zenshin Florence Caplow will invite us to slow down, do less, and connect with all that is...
by truuoffice | Feb 16, 2026 | Reflections, Reflections by Rev. Zenshin Florence Caplow
On this Sunday of Valentine’s Day weekend, let’s celebrate the radically inclusive and actually heretical teachings of Universalism. If you go to gatherings of UUs, you will see t-shirts that say, “Love at the Center” and “Love the Hell out of This World.” These both...
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...
