There’s an App for That
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…
The Epidemic of Loneliness (and the Cure of Community)
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…
Theology in a Yellow Vest
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…
Rev. Chris Buice
When Doing Nothing Accomplishes Something
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…
There’s a River Flowin’ in My Soul: Water Communion
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…
The Burnout Baptist Church (and Other Possibilities)
12 Step Recovery Groups tell us we need to reconnect with our inner child. In Red Bay, Alabama, there is a congregation called the Burnout Baptist Church, humor unintentional. How…
Is Poor a 4 Letter Word?
Liberation theology seeks freedom for people from the root causes of poverty. We rarely hear politicians speak about the poor these days. All the emphasis is on the middle class.…
The UU Penalty Box
Roller derby has a penalty box for players who break the rules. For the season of Lent we will ask the question, "What would a Unitarian Universalist have to do…
One Love, One Heart
In a Unitarian Universalist church the text for the sermon may come from a Bible or from a reggae song. This Sunday it will be a reggae song.
#BLM: An Understatement
All too often the slogan Black Lives Matter gets shorten to the hashtag #BLM. Even before it was shortened it was still an understatement. This Sunday we will explore why…