Loving Our Enemies
by Jaimee McGuire Dust of Snow by AJ Fox Our opening words today are Do Not Be Alone Right Now, by Rev Karen G Johnston. Do not be alone right now. Gather together. Gathering together Read more…
To Be Loved
by Rev Michelle Scott-Huffman An exploration of the many ways we practice love, especially those that build Beloved Community. As Love Moves Outward Activity Our Director of Religious Education, AJ Fox, shared this meditation on Read more…
Walking with the Wind
The Beloved Community [is] not a goal or destination, and it was not any kind of idealistic, Christian utopian dream, but instead a way of being - spiritually, politically, economically, emotionally, intellectually. Beloved Community is an attitude, an orientation of the heart; it’s a disciplined understanding of your own relationship to other people, to everyone else on the planet, to every living thing. If you are religious, this is a religious discipline, and it goes by many names. If you are seeking spiritual wholeness, spiritual balance, it is a spiritual discipline. If you are an ethical humanist, it is a deliberate moral stance. It is a daily practice, a spiritual politics, that requires inclusivity, nonviolence, and the hard discipline of radical hospitality. It requires love, agape...
Imagine Beloved Community
by Michael Rodrigues Jr, Mike Brown, Monica McNeal, and Susanne Bounds Our Chalice Lighting words are from Fulgence Ndagijamana in Lifting Our Voices: Readings in the Living Tradition: When strangers meet, endless possibilities emerge…Each is Read more…
Imagine Equity and Justice
by Rev Michelle Scott-Huffman Our opening words are “It begins now in the imagination” by Rev. Gretchen Haley. It starts hereIn this momentIn this breathYou feel risingIn your chestThis beat building between usThe healing, the Read more…
A Culture of Inclusion
The Welcoming Renewal Committee encourages every member and friend of the congregation to complete the “Trans Inclusion in Congregations” course. The six session self-paced online video and reading series is completed individually. This course is Read more…
Imagine Getting the Chance to Be Who You Needed When You Were Younger
Guest speaker, Rob Blevins, shares about the incredibly imaginative process of shifting the Discovery Center’s mission and resources to meet the needs of the community at the onset of COVID and the ways they are Read more…
Imagine Inspired Leadership
by Rev Michelle Our Opening words today are “There is Room Here for You” by Mary Edes If God is your strength and companionand prayer the means of centering your thoughts,There is room for you Read more…
Imagine 2021
by Colleen Appel “Maybe our most important work is to re-imagine imagination,” writes Scott Tayler about this month’s Soul Matters theme. Colleen Appel asked congregants to submit images and six word descriptions about what they Read more…
Hope in Human Form
by Rev Michelle Scott-Huffman A fresh look at the Christmas story in conversation with the traditions that surrounded Jesus of Nazareth at his birth. Our Opening words today are Winter Solstice, by Rebecca Parker Perhapsfor Read more…
Music in the Stillness
In December we usually host a service that is rich with the music of the season. This Sunday we are bringing you holiday favorites to your home. We look forward to years where we can Read more…
Watch Night and the Eighth Principle
by AJ Fox and Susanne Bounds Join us as we learn more about the tradition of Watch Night services in African American churches and about the 8th UU Principle. Our Opening words today are In Read more…