Les Leopold
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For this Zoom Meeting we will be bringing our own topics to discuss. There is much going on in the world. So let's share our thoughts.
Bring your own coffee and snacks, too.
The Zoom link will be provided in the announcement emails. Be sure to choose the correct event.
Let's Chill for the Holidays
We've been pretty wound up about recent events and the current administration, but with the Holidays coming up we need to take a shot at relaxing. It will all still be here next year.
So, let's take a moment to talk about what is going well and new things that are working in our favor. Also, remember to chill for Thanksgiving dinner.
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Note the time change!!!
Britt Hartley will be talking at the ForUUm event at TVUUC. For ForUUm discussion ideas see:
TVUUC ForUUm - This Month
Her book, No Nonsense Spirituality: All the Tools No Belief Required, will be the general topic of discussion:
In “No Nonsense Spirituality,” author and philosopher, Britt Hartley offers a groundbreaking exploration that marries the rigor of rational inquiry with the depths of human spirituality. Best of all? No faith in the unbelievable is required.
Drawing from the wellsprings of science, philosophy, religion, and psychology, this illuminating work charts a course for those who seek a meaningful life without dogma or woo. Hartley draws on her work as an atheist spiritual director to provide practical guidelines for navigating a secular approach to ritual, morality, awe, transcendence, wisdom, community, intuition, connection, and meaning that can withstand the harsh truths of reality.
With wisdom gleaned from the best of rationalism and the timeless insights of religion, “No Nonsense Spirituality” offers pathways to the good life that honor the complexity of the human experience. Engaging, thought-provoking, and deeply resonant, this book invites readers to explore a new understanding of what it means to live the good life in the middle of a culture that ranges from cold skepticism to the unhealthy truth claims of religion and pseudoscience that cannot stand up to modern sensibilities.
So, if you have time grab a copy of the book and read ahead. If not, just join us at TVUUC for some interesting discussions and meet some new friends. This is the first in-person book club event in a long time!
Last Chance for 2025!
Okay, you only have 3 days to complete your New Year's resolutions, find the cure for cancer, and save the world from tyranny. How are you going to do it? Well, maybe you will have to scale it back a little. What is the one thing you got done, hope to get done, or disappointed that you didn't get done? How is all this turning out?
So, did 2025 work out for you? Better or worse than average?
