You’ve likely heard the words “Beloved Community” before. At the end of worship, Rev. Juniper often evokes this idea in her benediction “Let us rock, roll, and move towards that Beloved Community on the horizon.” Our congregation is beginning to reenter a period of study in anticipation of the 8th principle which also echoes this … Continue reading What is the Beloved Community?
Join 2nd Unitarian as we welcome our friends from the Lincoln Unitarian Church for a special collaborative Water Communion! Rev. Oscar Lewis of Lincoln and Rev. Juniper Meadows of Omaha will offer reflections and invite attendees to participate in our traditional Water Communion ritual. In person participants are invited to bring water with them to … Continue reading Water Communion
Batman vs. Scooby Doo Labor Day is a recognition and celebration of the contributions of the worker as well as the advances in labor rights throughout American history. Therefore, it is also a day to recognize and acknowledge the fact that, despite progress, America still treats those who labor, far less than righteously. Let us … Continue reading Batman vs. Scooby Doo
Join us this Sunday as we celebrate the arts through music.
Language is often thought of in terms of speech or the written word; confined to the pen or the tongue. The capacity to communicate, however, resides not only in humans but in a luminous landscape of beings. Even we humans often communicate outside the bounds of speech and writing. Artists for example! Join us this … Continue reading The Luminous Language: Paint Communion
Please join us this Sunday as we celebrate our volunteers!! Come be a part of our avalanche of appreciation for those who selflessly give their time, talents, and treasure to Second Unitarian Church. This is a service that promises to be fun for all ages with special musical guests from the A Street Band. Join … Continue reading The Work of Heart
The mystics all seem to say essentially the same thing. Mystery, mystery, its mystery all the way down; an ineffable love that gets deeper the closer you look. Many of these mystics and spiritual mavericks found the capacity to communicate their revelations not in standard writing but in the elegant prose only afforded by poetry. … Continue reading Celebrating the Arts: The Magic of Poetry
Why do we play? Often, play is construed as a thing for children; idle fancies and wastes of time. In our culture so geared towards the grind, towards work for works own sake, it is absolutely vital that we tap into the stuff of play that sings in our primate hearts; reconnecting to the wonders … Continue reading Playful Spirits: Your Animal Heart
Here at 2nd Unitarian we have been asking ourselves “What are our values?” What are we about as a people here in this caravan of no-despair? There are movements in our denomination that might suggest an avenue towards centering a collective set of values. As our larger institution experiments and plays with possible futures, let … Continue reading The Living Tradition: Values
How does one live in the trouble? When laws and legal systems vilify your body and what you do with your body in the name of love, how do you survive? It is said that life without celebration is a long road without an inn, and as we are celebrating Omaha pride this week we … Continue reading Queer Joy: Glitter Communion
