Rev. Juniper Meadows has served as our minister since May 2022.
As a people who would make good trouble, we are in good company. We have no shortage of allies and fellow agents for the common good on our side. Even as we still grieve, still rage, still harbor anxiety, let us allow these feelings to be as a fire in the night, guiding us into … Continue reading One on One, One by One
Fear, grief, anger; these are natural expressions of the human condition. We react, we experience, we feel this world before we know it, but today we know this world to be in dire need of redirection. Perhaps we are feeling a little lost ourselves. For all who carry a heavy heart or a worried mind, … Continue reading Sanctuary
As we move out of October we come upon the intersection of two sacred times important to our 2U Community; Diwali, the pan-Indian celebration of light conquering the darkness, and Samhain, a pagan/earth centered holy day emphasizing the embrace of the dark and the honoring of the departed. This Sunday, let us move through light … Continue reading Light and Darkness
There is no single concept of God that is shared universally by all who call this tradition their own. This is good and right, but this does not mean that we have no shared practices to attend to Spirit and discern it’s demands. As we claim Love as the core of our faith, to listen … Continue reading Listening for God
Deep Listening: Real Relational Repair On this auspicious day we find ourselves intersected by two hard, holy occasions: Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, and Indigenous People’s Day, a time to reflect on the living legacy of the native people of the continent. As we roll past the one year mark of the October … Continue reading Deep Listening
The living Earth cries out for us to take seriously the changing climate. In light of the destruction wreaked by recent storms this feels especially true. At Sunday Worship we will learn new frameworks at the intersection of climate and justice and have the opportunity to weave together some of the threads that join our … Continue reading Listening to the Planet
The written word is something of a miracle; this technology that extends our humanity through time and space, allowing us to touch and to be touched by another mind. A book, any book, this sort of everyday magic. This Sunday, let’s explore the human endeavor to create and share meaning in this year’s Blessing of … Continue reading Blessing of the Books (Video)
This Sunday marks the Autumn Equinox, often known to our Pagan friends as Mabon, the celebration of the hemisphere’s turning towards cooler weather, crunchy leaves, and warm food on the table. It is a day of invitations to the hearth of Love even as we begin to say goodbye to the long days of summer. … Continue reading Inviting Mabon Magic (Video)
Water Communion is an annual celebration in our Living Tradition, one which calls us to bring some water to pour into a common vessel as a symbol of our homecoming following our summertime adventures. This Sunday, you are invited to reflect on the flow, to meddle your waters with our own, and to deepen our … Continue reading Inviting the Flow: Water Communion (Video)
Join us as we celebrate the start of a new year for Religious Education. Religious Education is not just for children! We will hold our annual Backpack Blessing during the service! Students should bring their backpacks and educators their work bags or laptops to be filled with love and blessings from the congregation as we … Continue reading Celebrating Religious Education
