Heaven is a Garden: Flower Communion - Rev Chris Buice and Catherine Farmer Loya This year our annual flower communion falls on Easter Sunday. Historian Gary Wills wrote, “The desert…
During Ramadan Muslims give up food and drink during the daylight hours. Christians often give up something for Lent -cigarettes, sodas, social media, fatty foods etc. Is there anything in…
At the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church our mission is “To create a welcoming community that nurtures spiritual growth and challenges us to transform the world through acts of love…
Most Sundays at TVUUC, grownups stay in the sanctuary for the full service while the kids & youth go down the hall to their Religious Exploration (RE) spaces. Join us…
In high school before there were cell phones, bored students used to pass notes in class. Recently Chris discovered a box of notes from his high school years, many of…
Has cable news got you where you want to pull the covers over your head in the morning? Well, come to church anyhow in your jammies! In this special intergenerational…
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was both bold and humble. The idea of “modesty” has been weaponized to keep the oppressed in their place. And yet the biblical idea of…
Victor Hugo once wrote, “Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.” Hugo’s novel Les Miserables was adapted into a musical that…
This Christmas Eve we will celebrate a traditional Lessons and Carols service (with some non-traditional and distinctly Unitarian Universalist elements.) There will be a Story for All Ages, readings from…
Comparative mythologist Joseph Campbell advised his students to, “Follow your bliss.” However, winter is a time when many experience Seasonal Affective Disorder - S.A.D. So how do we follow our…