Man on Wire: The First Step - Audio
1) What first steps have you already taken in your life?? 2) How might you faithfully offer your own gifts, to inspire someone else?
Aug 16, 2015•26 min
WellSprings Congregation
Weekly messages from WellSprings Congregation - a Community charged full with the charge of the soul. We are a Unitarian Universalist congregation located in Chester Springs, PA. To find out more, please visit www.wellspringsuu.org
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Chef: It's the Ingredients, Not the Menu - Audio
Inspired by the Jon Favreau movie "Chef," Rev. Ken Beldon, himself an amateur chef, encourages us to look at the raw ingredients of our lives instead of always looking at the menu for what we want and need. This is the latest in the SpiritFlix message series, finding meaning in movies.
Aug 09, 2015•20 min
Trainwreck: What Kind of Freedom? - Audio
1) When have you experienced heart-growth: the relationship between one expression of caring and the connections to a wider circle of compassion? 2) Where do you experience the most meaningful moments of “freedom with” in your life?
Aug 02, 2015•30 min
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: Leaving, Letting Go, and Loving - Audio
In the beloved '80s classic "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial," a little boy' s chance friendship with an alien teaches him about the delight of love and the sting of letting go. Rev. Ken Beldon gives an emotional sermon about the difference between letting go and moving on. This is the latest installment in the WellSprings summer movie series, SpiritFlix, finding meaning in movies.
Jul 26, 2015•23 min
Birdman: Goodbye to Your Idols - Audio
When have you let go of an image you had of yourself so that you could experience life in a more true and deep way? What “false idols” have you worshiped in your life?
Jul 20, 2015•26 min
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good,Very Bad Day: Common Enemy - Audio
1) Are you, or one of your loved ones, stuck in any situations that seem impossible to escape? 2) What would it look like to open to vulnerability in that situation? Who might you reach out to?
Jul 12, 2015•26 min
Interstellar: The End is Where We Start - Audio
1) What are the most significant w/ow moments of your life? 2) What ends in your life have provided you the most meaningful starts?
Jul 06, 2015•24 min
Inside Out: Moved to Life - Audio
1) If you have a dominant emotion, how do you integrate it into the life of your other feelings? 2) Where are you being moved in your life right now?
Jun 29, 2015•24 min
Wild: Long Walk Home - Audio
1) What guilt do you carry around? How or where do you carry it? 2) What possibilities has guilt closed off for you, and how might you re-open those doors?
Jun 21, 2015•29 min
The Babadook: Soul Excavation - Audio
"Babadook," the popular horror movie, really is a psychological excavation of unhealed grief. Don't negate the sadness of your own heart, says Rev. Ken Beldon. This is the part of this summer's SpiritFlix message series, finding meaning in movies.
Jun 14, 2015•27 min
The LEGO Movie: Nothing Special, Everything Awesome - Audio
Everything is awesome in Rev. Ken Beldon's message about "The LEGO Movie," where an ordinary construction worker, Emmet, is told he's The Special, the one person who can save the world. What does it mean to be "special?" This is the first of this summer's SpiritFlix series, finding meaning in movies. "Ultimately Lego pieces are designed for one thing: to connect...and so are we." ~~Rev. Ken Beldon
Jun 08, 2015•25 min
Oh, The Places You'll Go: Being Astray - Audio
1) What kind of “graduation day” might you be in the midst of right now? 2) Where is the call of love and devotion showing up in your life?
May 24, 2015•25 min
Goodnight Moon: Resting in Trust - Audio
1) How do you get "out of your mind and into your life?" 2) Where and when have you most experienced the loving awareness that connects your life with the larger life?
May 17, 2015•22 min
Life, Larger Than Life - Audio
1) What have been the most important chrysalis moments in your life? 2) When you know that forms of life change, how do you then hold your identity lightly and with love?
May 10, 2015•26 min
The Man Who Didn't Wash His Dishes: Voldemort - Audio
1) What have you noticed about your reactions this past week in response to the events in Baltimore? 2) When was a time in your life when the cost of staying the course was too much to bear, and you had to make a change?
May 03, 2015•28 min
Everyone Poops: Keeping It Real - Audio
1) How do you bring Universalism down to earth? 2) How do you look with the eyes of the heart at your body and others' bodies?
Apr 26, 2015•26 min
Extra Yarn: Joy Gets You Nothing...But Joy - Audio
1) How do you recapture playfulness when you feel yourself getting stuck in competition? 2) Where do you experience extra yarn/extra grace in your life? Make time to play!
Apr 20, 2015•22 min
There's No Such Thing as a Dragon: Your Attention, Please - Audio
1) Have you ever turned toward a dragon in your life? What difference did it make for you? 2) How do you take "a long, loving look at the real?"
Apr 12, 2015•21 min
Going and Staying - Audio
How do you draw close to "The Great Matter" of Life and Death? When in your life have you noticed that something/one that has gone has also stayed with you?
Apr 05, 2015•25 min
I Want My Hat Back: Our True Desires - Audio
The thing you lack doesn't mean you are lacking. What sort of thing does your "wanting mind" typically latch on to these days? What's the true reward that might be waiting for you, beneath the craving?
Mar 29, 2015•23 min
King Looie Katz: The Spaces That Connect Us - Audio
How do you turn away from triangles and toward direct, even if difficult, communication that respects yourself and others? What would it look like if you turned your next "always" or "never" into an inquiry into "what's here, right now?"
Mar 22, 2015•27 min
ISH: Good Enough - Audio
Weekly messages from WellSprings Congregation - a Community charged full with the charge of the soul. We are a Unitarian Universalist congregation located in Chester Springs, PA. To find out more, please visit www.wellspringsuu.org
Mar 15, 2015•32 min
May You Live in Blessing - Audio
You ARE so loved. Even among life's hurts, the love and blessing is always there. Do not respond to hurt with harm, rather be a blessing. May you live in blessing...the grace of healing and blessing!
Mar 08, 2015•29 min
Heart Practice - Audio
Compassion for both those hurt and those that caused the hurt. Healing our hearts.
Mar 01, 2015•28 min
A Curious Universe - Audio
Curiosity is sometimes considered a spiritual virtue. It can lead to discovery and growth.
Feb 15, 2015•26 min
Reoccupying the Heart - Audio
"You don't need to defeat doubt. You don't need to be fearless. You just need your curiosity to be a step ahead of your doubt and fear." --Rev. Ken Beldon
Feb 08, 2015•24 min
The Opening Under the Ice - Audio
"Your face will freeze like that!" That has literally never happened to a child, but it does happen symbolically to adults who forget our capacity for joy.
Feb 01, 2015•26 min
Knit Together - Audio
Weekly messages from WellSprings Congregation - a Community charged full with the charge of the soul. We are a Unitarian Universalist congregation located in Chester Springs, PA. To find out more, please visit www.wellspringsuu.org
Jan 25, 2015•24 min
Monica--Charged-Full Living - Audio
Monica shares her story of long-term recovery and healing, along with occasions of deep pain that opened the way for deep healing leading to transformation.
Jan 12, 2015•8 min
Opening at the Close - Audio
Sitting in awareness of our pain and grief can help us open the way through our mourning to embracing and celebrating the love that never dies.
Jan 11, 2015•11 min
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