“Faith is love taking the form of aspiration.” ~William Ellery Channing READING ~ from William Ellery Channing's public faith by Jack Mendelsohn in UU WORLD, March/April, 2005. To Channing, the…
Sermons
The sea is where all life begins The ocean is our origin If she dies, nothing survives, No nothing can, nothing can And who will look with awe upon the…
Life becomes religious whenever we make it so: when some new light is seen, when some deeper appreciation is felt, when some larger outlook is gained, when some nobler purpose…
In the spirit of those who fought the State outside of the Stonewall Inn in 1969, we need to be more radical about righting what has been oh-so-wrong for too…
Talk of mysteries! Think of our life in nature, — daily to be shown matter, to come in contact with it, — rocks, trees, wind on our cheeks! the solid…
Your name travels ahead of you like a portent of things to come, a thing from which others make assumptions about people. READING ~ Gary Portnoy and Judy Hart Angelo -“Where…
READING “The Meaning of Memorial Day” (excerpt) by Rev. David Pyle, Chaplain, U.S. Army Reserve and member of the UUA Congregational Life Staff, New England Region It began as “Decoration…
Unitarian Universalists have said for centuries that there is room in our religion for all seekers. Skeptics and poets and scientists are welcome here, as are nonconformists and shy and…
Covenant is the silk that joins Unitarian Universalist (UU) congregations, communities, and individuals together in a web of interconnection. The practice of promising to walk together is the precious core…
They had been saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?” Gospel According to Mark, Chapter 16 READING ~ Gospel…