Guest Speaker-Stephanie B. Cook-ADA Coordinator City of Knoxville People with and without disabilities have historically worked together to make changes leading to a more inclusive society for everyone. Today, facilities…
Personal Beliefs and Commitments is a weekly discussion group exploring the beliefs and values that guide our individual lives. The topic each week — along with an introduction and suggested…
“There is no better description for what electrons do than dancing,” wrote Ella Frances Sanders. The dance of subatomic particles in the microcosm is a reminder of the dance of…
What if peace isn’t quiet? In this reflection, we explore the tension between silence and truth, and the role disruption plays in creating a more honest, expansive kind of peace.…
The mystics lift up the value of silence. “Nothing is so much like God as stillness,” wrote Meister Eckhart. We all need times of quiet built into our lives. However…
In Southern culture there is a lot of emphasis on politeness, good manners and being nice. However, being nice is not always the same thing as being good. This Sunday…
This Sunday we will explore what it means to be a Unitarian Universalist by singing both classic and contemporary hymns. Saint Augustine said that when we sing we pray twice.…
In Granada Spain, there is a museum dedicated to the Spanish Inquisition which contains many unsettling exhibits that demonstrate the cruelties human beings are capable of committing in the name…
We continue to witness the oppression of transgender, nonbinary, and gender-expansive people. This Sunday, join Rev. Lóre Stevens, Minister of Oak Ridge UU Church as we honor the choice of…
For some people the moment of awakening is when they say to themselves, “There is no way I am going to teach my children what I learned in Sunday School.”…