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At Two Rivers Unitarian Universalist (TRUU), we are a vibrant, open-minded community committed to exploring and embodying the values of love, justice, and peace. We welcome people of all backgrounds and beliefs to join us on our journey of spiritual growth

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“Days Of Awe” by Niki Delson Jews across the world consider “The Days of Awe” — the ten days between Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) and Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement) — a sacred opportunity for spiritual transformation…
23.09.2025 15:57 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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“Vedic and Celtic Spiritual Wisdom” by Charis Caldwell, M.Phil. M.Div. This month, Charis Caldwell continues our search for wisdom by weaving together two distinct but kindred traditions: ancient Vedism from the Indian subcontinent and Celtic spirituality from norther…
16.09.2025 15:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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“The Power of Covenant” by Rev. Zenshin Florence Caplow The heart of all Unitarian Universalist congregations is our covenant with each other. Unlike many other American denominations that share a creed, often recited each Sunday, Unitarian Universalist…
08.09.2025 21:53 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Two Rivers Unitarian Universalists launches children's program – The Sopris Sun On Aug. 17, the Two Rivers Unitarian Universalists (TRUU) congregation revived its children’s program and featured a musical performance consisting of

Big thanks to @soprissun.bsky.social & reporter Myki Jones for this lovely piece on TRUU’s new Children’s Program—a joyful blend of creativity, community & UU values. 🌈 Sundays at 10 AM in Carbondale!
soprissun.com/two-rivers-u...

04.09.2025 22:46 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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“The People Who Brought You Weekends” by Steve Brooks This Labor Day Weekend, join TRUU for a rousing celebration of the songs and stories that shaped the American labor movement. UU folk singer and storyteller, Steve Brooks, returns with a spirited, …
01.09.2025 04:37 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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“Just us, or Justice?” by Kate Friesen What is justice, really—and who gets to decide? Join TRUU for a thoughtful and engaging Social Justice Sunday as we explore deep questions about morality, power, and responsibility. Can we honor di…
25.08.2025 15:43 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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“The Creation Spirituality of John Denver” by The Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof Celebrate the launch of our children’s programs with a joy-filled, music-rich service that brings together families, friends, and fresh beginnings! Featuring the beloved songs of John Denver, perfo…
18.08.2025 15:06 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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“Wisdom from the Primal Traditions” by Charis Caldwell, M.Phil. M.Div. Before doctrine and dogma, there were drumbeats, dreams, and deep connection to the land. In this opening message, guest speaker Charis Caldwell invites us to explore the world’s earliest spiritual…
10.08.2025 20:51 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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“A Short Walk With Our Unitarian Universalist Heroes” by Rev. Zenshin Florence Caplow In this service, Rev. Florence Caplow will share stories from inspiring Unitarian Universalists through the centuries, men and women who were free thinkers, abolitionists, peaceful warriors, and so…
04.08.2025 14:47 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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“Letting Go” by Aaron Brown In a world that prizes striving, managing, and achieving, what does it mean to simply let go? As art, business, politics, and academia urge us to take on more, spirituality calls us in the opposite…
28.07.2025 04:19 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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A Sprint Through Our Cultural Wisdom Traditions, by Charis Caldwell Greetings… Beginning in August, on one Sunday each month, I will be welcoming you into a conversation I have been hosting within myself for most of my life. Part philosophical exercise, part spirit…
24.07.2025 16:00 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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“What Remains” by Aaron Brown What does it mean to leave a legacy? Is it what we build, what we give, how we’re remembered, or something more mysterious? This Sunday, we will explore the enduring human longing to live a life th…
21.07.2025 21:35 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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“Change Is Inevitable; Choosing Love Anyway” by Rev. Zenshin Florence Caplow As Mary Oliver wrote, “To live in this world you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes…
07.07.2025 15:23 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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“A Conservative View of Social Justice: Exploring Common Ground” by Caleb Waller TRUU is a caring and open-minded community of brave, curious and compassionate thinkers and doers. We are diverse in faith, ethnicity, history and spirituality but aligned in our desire to make a d…
23.06.2025 22:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Continuing this month’s exploration of freedom, we will further investigate the paradox that the deepest form of liberation may begin not with changing the world around us, but with finding and ali…
17.06.2025 18:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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🌈 A free pride short film event just for kids 9+! Our friends at TACAW host Kid Flicks: Pride on Wed, June 11 @ 6PM—uplifting LGBTQ+ stories that affirm identity & spark conversation. Free with RSVP: tacaw.org/calendar/kid... #pridemonth #lgbtqyouth

10.06.2025 17:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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“Harriet and Moses: From Hush Harbors to the Far Horizon” by Aaron Brown Freedom is not only a political condition—it is a spiritual practice. This Sunday, we draw wisdom from two great guides to liberation: Harriet Tubman and Moses. Each walked a path shaped by instinc…
09.06.2025 14:06 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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“Nobody’s Free Until Everybody Is Free: Freedom and the Beloved Community” by Rev. Zenshin Florence Caplow These words by the great civil rights activist Fanny Lou Hamer point us toward the reality of our deep interconnection. Rev. Florence Caplow will reflect on the liberatory teachings of Beloved Comm…
03.06.2025 14:13 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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“Stagger Onward Rejoicing”: The Power of Poetry to Keep Us Going by Rev. Zenshin Florence Caplow Stagger onward rejoicing. The poet W,H. Auden penned these words in 1941, when he and other poets were “deeply concerned with the worldwide economic depression, the Spanish Civil War, the ris…
23.05.2025 19:52 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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“Mothers, Messes, and Grace” by Aaron Brown Love, at its best, is a powerful act of imagination. This Mother’s Day, we explore how the kind of love many parents feel for their growing children—tender, hopeful, forgiving—can be transfor…
12.05.2025 19:09 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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“The Worlds We Imagine” by Aaron Brown Our world is built not only from bricks and steel, but from stories—from generations of dreams imagined into being. From money to gender, nations to religions, much of what we call reality is simpl…
05.05.2025 17:29 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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“Love Letters to the Earth” by Rev. Zenshin Florence Caplow For this spring Sunday before Earth Day, we will hear excerpts of “Love Letters to the Earth” by Vietnamese Zen monk Thich Nhat Hanh, and consider the power of our own love for the natu…
21.04.2025 22:01 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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3 Questions to ask yourself when things get overwhelming During last Sunday’s service with the TRUU community, Aaron Brown shared the following process for greeting yourself with gentle curiosity when things start to feel overwhelming. Begin by recognizi…
18.04.2025 13:53 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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“The Rise of Joy” by Aaron Brown Our attention is our dearest wealth and our most potent power. How we invest it determines how we experience the world. If we allow our attention to be consumed by agents of fear, our fear will gro…
09.04.2025 04:50 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Let yourself be held by the season. Go outside. Breathe. Be reminded: we are part of something larger.

Quote from "The Beautiful World Beside the Broken One" by Margaret Renkl—last Sunday’s reading at TRUU.

#TRUU #SpringEmergence #GroundedHope

08.04.2025 03:04 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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What a fun and meaningful morning at TRUU, with Aaron delivering a wisdom story and reflection inspired by none other than Ted Lasso. If Ted is on his way to becoming a UU saint, when do we celebrate his holiday—and how? Biscuits with the Boss, anyone?

#BeCuriousNotJudgmental

07.04.2025 02:41 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Hundreds of #HandsOff protests are happening today across the U.S., opposing threats to Social Security, Medicare & more.
📍Our local protest: Glenwood Springs, Sayre Park, 3:30–5PM
Info: www.mobilize.us/handsoff/eve...
You’ll likely spot some TRUU folks!

05.04.2025 15:52 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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April’s here, and our theme at TRUU is JOY! 🌼

A national survey named the top 5 simple joys (check the graphic👇 and full list here: bit.ly/3FNeiSp).

But we’d add: singing off-key, deep coffee hour chats, being trusted to think for yourself—and yep, more coffee. ☕

What brings you joy?

01.04.2025 22:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Current Social Justice Issues, March 30th, 2025 Our Unitarian Universalist principles—of justice, equity, and compassion—are under threat. How do we respond with courage and clarity, without losing our grounding in love and dignity? This Sunday,…
01.04.2025 00:34 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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I asked DALL-E to create this image based on my takeaways from yesterday’s TRUU service. Aaron’s message feels incredibly timely—offering ideas about what might really be happening behind the scenes and how to navigate it. This one might be worth your time: www.youtube.com/live/w1W_AqZ... (🌻 Micha)

17.03.2025 17:24 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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