{"id":9067,"date":"2025-10-22T16:31:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T23:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/?post_type=uu_services&#038;p=9067"},"modified":"2025-10-22T16:31:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T23:31:50","slug":"of-fingers-and-moons","status":"publish","type":"uu_services","link":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/services\/of-fingers-and-moons\/","title":{"rendered":"Of Fingers and Moons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Buddha once said, <em>\u201cMy teachings are like a finger pointing to the moon. Don\u2019t mistake the finger for the moon.\u201d<\/em> This Sunday, we explore the difference between the symbols and stories we use to describe truth\u2014and the deeper truths themselves. As Unitarian Universalists, we draw from many sources: scripture, poetry, science, silence. But do we sometimes confuse the forms of our faith with its essence? What happens when we cling too tightly to the finger and lose sight of the moon? Join us for a service of reflection on the spiritual journey\u2014the mystery, the metaphors, and the invitation to look beyond what is merely pointing, toward what is ultimately illuminating.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reading: Thich Nhat Hanh, <\/strong><em><strong>The Miracle of Mindfulness<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Buddha once said, \u201cMy teachings are like a finger pointing to the moon. Don\u2019t mistake the finger for the moon.\u201d This Sunday, we explore the difference between the symbols and stories we use to describe truth\u2014and the deeper truths themselves. As Unitarian Universalists, we draw from many sources: scripture, poetry, science, silence. But do &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/services\/of-fingers-and-moons\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Of Fingers and Moons<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"uu_service_speaker":[161],"uu_service_topics":[],"class_list":["post-9067","uu_services","type-uu_services","status-publish","hentry","uu_service_speaker-rev-anthony-mtuaswa-johnson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uu_services\/9067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uu_services"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/uu_services"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9067"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uu_services\/9067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9068,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uu_services\/9067\/revisions\/9068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"uu_service_speaker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uu_service_speaker?post=9067"},{"taxonomy":"uu_service_topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uu_service_topics?post=9067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}