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…
Kibitzing Around the Christmas Tree-In Person and Virtual Worship -Rev. Chris Buice and Catherine Farmer Loya This year the celebration of Chanukah overlaps with the celebration of Christmas. This Sunday…
19th Century Unitarians were not great fans of what they saw as the emotional excesses of the Great Awakening. They preferred to focus on logic, reason and rationality. This Sunday…
Many of the world’s charities get most of their donations during the winter holidays. The impulse to be generous is especially strong during the cold winter months when the need…
The Reverend Johnny Skinner of the Mount Zion Baptist Church often says, “The scripture says “Give thanks in all circumstances.” It does not say, “Give thanks for all circumstances.” This…
Many of the world’s religions place a lot of emphasis on firm beliefs, strong judgements and convictions without compromise. However, in the Unitarian Universalist church we believe in the virtues…
In the 1920’s minstrel shows were common where a white performer would dress up in blackface. Today we recognize such a practice as deeply offensive. Nevertheless, Western religion has done…
Death ends a life but not a relationship. There is a Jewish custom of a couple going to the grave of the deceased and inviting them to the wedding. How…
The Buddha taught that we should have compassion for all sentient beings including those creatures that are hostile to human life. Indigenous people of this continent teach that we should…
You might not expect to hear a sermon about “salvation” on Pride Weekend in a Unitarian Universalist church since the word has so often been used as a weapon against…