Countless studies have shown that what we expect shapes what happens. How might we examine and question our own expectations and assumptions, and use our mind to try and shake … Continue reading “How Expectations Can ‘Bend Reality’”
As people of faith and conscience we are called to help heal our planet and work for climate justice. But the scope of the climate crisis so often leaves us … Continue reading “Shifting Energy: From Fossil Fuels to Climate Action”
What is your vision for this community? And, what might you bring this year, to help make that vision come true? A folk tale from Africa and China provides a … Continue reading “What Will You Bring to the Feast?” – Ingathering and Water Communion
Why is UUism so difficult to explain? Can it really be a religion if it has no single creed, or belief? What do UUs believe in common? David Early, Worship … Continue reading “Is Unitarian Universalism Really a Religion?”
“The children are our future” goes the common refrain—of course, they are also our present, and young people are often powerful leaders. What are our responsibilities to our young people … Continue reading “Look to the Children”
The Flower Communion was created by the Czech Unitarian Minister, Norbet Čapak, as a celebration of beauty, uniqueness, diversity, and community diversity. Please bring fresh cut flowers for this Spring … Continue reading Flower Communion
There’s a word in Zen Buddhism, Shoshin, that means “Beginner’s Mind” a concept that refers to having an attitude of openness, leaving aside preconceptions and seeing things with new eyes. … Continue reading “Approaching Life with a Beginner’s Mind”
The Easter story invites us to look for hope even when all seems lost. With Global Warming threatening our planet, where do we find a sense of hope and possibility? … Continue reading Resurrecting Earth: An Easter and Earth Day Service
As Unitarian Universalists we affirm the inherent worth and dignity of every person, but also our inherent wholeness. Even though all of us have our broken places, we are all, … Continue reading On Brokenness and Wholeness
In our commitment to dismantling white supremacy as a system, white Unitarian Universalists are still learning to decentering our whiteness so that people of color are brought from the margins … Continue reading The Promise and the Practice
