Sunday Morning Hybrid Service 10:00 AM

UUSL Hybrid Worship Service
Sunday June 15, at 10:00 am

Guest Speaker:  Dan Frye
Theme: Faith as a means of living a contented life during the turbulent times.

  
“Close your eyes, relax, and believe.” These are occasionally the words that we hear when somebody is
undertaking to invoke a sense of faith as part of a clinical exercise or corporate, team-building program. But
faith is so much more than just shutting one’s eyes and hoping for the best. Faith is an outgrowth of trust.
Trust is built and strengthened on a foundation of historical experience and observation; having some
understanding of the nature of human beings; and cultivated by an appreciation of community culture,
reliance on our loved ones and other allies, and, perhaps, just the smallest sprinkle of hope and optimism,
untethered from commonly understood logic models, statistical probabilities, and scientific truths. Faith and
trust, closely related concepts, are inextricably intertwined ideas; trust is learned and earned while faith, I
think, is trust’s closest cousin, built on the confidence-inspiring elements of some of the certainties
associated with trust but expanded by the prospect of possibility, where trust represents the first and firm
foundation of a solid faith, but faith is its own deeper conviction, informed by trust but distinguished by the
presence of a confidence clothed in sacred mystery and positive aspiration. So defined, an unshakable faith
in the good and the right, I think, may represent one of several vehicles that we may use to navigate through
liminal and turbulent times. We shall explore together how faith may be our comforting  companion during these next weeks, months, and years to come.