Canaries in a Coal Mine
A canary in a coal mine once served as an early detector of danger from odorless and colorless gases. Are there other dangers for which we need early detection? Theologically…
A canary in a coal mine once served as an early detector of danger from odorless and colorless gases. Are there other dangers for which we need early detection? Theologically…
How can we affirm our humanity in an age of technology? Will bricks and mortar churches eventually be replaced by an app on your phone? This morning we will reflect…
Medical researchers are naming loneliness as a growing threat to public health. This Sunday we will reflect on how building community in our congregation can help address this crisis. This…
Suicide affects us all, but what is it? Why do people sometimes feel the need to take there own life? How do our beliefs about and understandings of suicide affect…
Some people associate “the church” with wealth, power, privilege and the status quo but this summer our minister encountered Jesus on the Metro in Paris wearing a yellow vest over…
The theologian Walter Brueggemann speaks of resting as a form of activism. This Sunday we will look at the idea of Sabbath, a day of rest, through the lens of…
The headline in the newspaper read, “Unitarians Divided” in the aftermath of the General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association this summer in Spokane, Washington. However, our parish minister returns…
Liberation Theology is a framework and movement grounded in the social gospels that states that true followers must work toward a just society, bring about social and political change and…
Often, whether we are the one saying goodbye or the one letting go, how we live into the future has been changed forever. Pam will reflect on leave-taking as her…
A lot of Americans--and most assuredly most Unitarian Universalists--are low on hope these days. The Accidentals--TVUUC members Bill Dabbs, Paul Davis, Laurie Knox, Tina McMillan, John McNair, and Carolyn Rogers--have…