Every individual is on a spiritual journey. For some, the journey is an exciting adventure; others barely acknowledge it.<\/p>\n
Members of the Sedona Unitarian Universalist Fellowship respect each other\u2019s journeys and beliefs. They want everyone to feel free to map that journey for themselves.<\/p>\n
The routes they take may vary as much as human characteristics do. Some people\u2019s journeys range widely\u2014they may leave an orthodox faith and strike out to find a new direction. Others stay close to home\u2014they find renewed inspiration by reinterpreting their traditional heritage.<\/p>\n
Each person\u2019s story has its own origins, dead ends, detours, smooth\u00a0paving, and destination. Each moves at its own pace.<\/p>\n
At every stage of life, new questions and responses arise. UU congregations try to provide stimulating and secure places where members can continue their individual quests.<\/p>\n
For example, Marilyn Bolin (raised in Clarksville, Iowa) was brought up in a conventional church.\u00a0 As an adolescent, she started questioning her beliefs.\u00a0She decided that freedom to choose and honesty were the two values she held most dear.\u00a0 She felt restrained from exercising those values within her family’s tradition, drifted away, and eventually left that fold completely.<\/p>\n
After about a year, she felt a real void in her life.\u00a0 She tried a UU Sunday morning service.\u00a0 Here\u2019s what she discovered:<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was stimulating and exciting. I was warmly accepted and found people willing to share themselves. I never felt put down for my ideas and I went home feeling like a participant rather than an observer, and much more alive and aware. For the first time in my life, I discovered the need for community, and I found that need being met. I now feel I have a spiritual life that I am free to explore in my own way. I have found a church that fits me, rather than me fitting the church. I am home!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Every individual is on a spiritual journey. For some, the journey is an exciting adventure; others barely acknowledge it. Members of the Sedona Unitarian Universalist Fellowship respect each other\u2019s journeys and beliefs. They want everyone to feel free to map that journey for themselves. The routes they take may vary as much as human characteristics … Continue reading Unitarian Journeys [#105]<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8614"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8910,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8614\/revisions\/8910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}