Rosh Hashanah & Renewal Rosh Hashanah marks the beginning of the Jewish new year; an invitation into a season of reflection, renewal, and possibility. This Sunday, we will explore how the themes of Rosh Hashanah, turning toward what is life-giving, seeking repair in our relationships, and listening for the still small voice that calls us … Continue reading Return Again
As the summer draws to a close and folks return from vacation adventures and time in the sun, we at 2nd Unitarian Church of Omaha prepare for our ingathering service and the ceremony of Water Communion. All are invited to bring a bottle of water for the service. It can be from somewhere you went … Continue reading Water Communion
“The girls had been raised Unitarian (Universalist)…. Enough religion to be respectable but not enough to get in the way.” – Marge Piercy (Fly Away Home). The current state of the nation being what it is, it is difficult for many of us to admit that we align ourselves with any religion at all. Millennials have … Continue reading Not Practicing
The Labors of Love What comes to mind when we consider Labor Day? Unions, pay increases? A day off from work? This Sunday, you are invited to join us as we explore the work that weaves our modern society together and the struggle for justice paid in blood, sweat, and tears that have produced the … Continue reading Solidarity Forever
Love, Power, & the Ministry of Mr. Rogers You would be hard pressed to find someone untouched by the ministry of the late and great Mr. Rogers. With courage, love, and a neighborly heart, his was a calling to guide people of all ages, especially young people, to respect themselves, their community, and to deal … Continue reading A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
In a culture where “turn the other cheek” is often mistaken for quiet submission, what if Jesus was calling folks to something far more courageous? This Sunday, we’ll explore grace as an act of powerful love; a love rooted in righteous power that resists injustice, insists on dignity, and reclaims our humanity in the face … Continue reading Skillful Spirituality: Indomitable Grace
Rev. Dr. Florence Buck advocated for education as the answer for all issues within both larger society and within Unitarian faith, showing compassion for those neglected by society, progressing in her field despite gender bias, as one of the first women ministers. She loved people and was a leading speaker in the Suffrage movement while … Continue reading Bucking the Patriarchy
They say it’s where the heart is. This week and next, Rev. Juniper will be home in East Tennessee visiting family, but she will also be leaving us a message for us while she’s gone; one exploring the nature of the home, the hearth, and the heart of our lives. What makes a house a … Continue reading Home
The scholar of Buddhism and Environmental Activist Joanna Macy who passed earlier this month spoke of hope not as something we casually possess but as something we do; the process by which we act on behalf of that which is greater than us, at once feeling and fueled by a living, breathing, rooted experience of … Continue reading To Belong to the World: Deep Ecology and the Hope We Live
This week on July 14th, a flower was taken from the world’s bouquet of poets as Andrea Gibson passed from this world into the next. Their life and poetry have touched our tradition, from coffee shop poetry slams to our reading the poem “Ashes” every year at Trans Day of Visibility. This Sunday, let us … Continue reading Lord of the Butterflies: The Life of Andrea Gibson
