Rev. Juniper Meadows has served as our minister since May 2022.
The poetry of the 16th century Persian Muslim Sufi mystic Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī has left an indelible mark on the hearts of many, especially the heart of our living tradition. Being the best selling poet in the world, this ought to be little surprise. While language barriers may stifle a pure understanding, we nonetheless … Continue reading Inviting the Beloved: The Poetry of Rumi
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 the Equinox: Mabon
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
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
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. We will celebrate workers of all kinds, that of hands, hearts, and minds, as we center on Love and … Continue reading Inviting Solidarity: The Labor of Our Love (Video)
To be loved is to belong, and to belong is to be changed. We become more than we may have been in relation to others. Indeed, can we be fully human outside of relationships with other people? This Sunday, before Rev. Juniper takes her leave for the month of August, join us for worship and … Continue reading Loved Into Realness (Video)
The Power of Pluralism: Community Organizing and Spiritual Practice For many, if not most Unitarian Universalists, social justice is held as a profound expression of spirituality; an inheritance of change making lovingly carried to this day. For all our passion for the cause, how much do we know about the motions of movements? This Sunday, … Continue reading The Power of Pluralism
Meeting the Moment: Love’s Demands As Unitarian Universalists we affirm the right of free speech and the use of democratic processes both within our congregations and in society at large. While our principles may have recently changed, this remains true, and so it is likely the case that many of us are feeling shaken and … Continue reading Love’s Demands
Every year on the Sunday after Omaha pride, we here at 2nd Unitarian hold our annual Rainbow Blessing to proclaim Love for our queer siblings and selves and to recommit to the continual expansion of Love for Love’s sake. This Sunday, gather with friends and fellow travelers to receive a mark of Love as we … Continue reading The Rainbow Blessing (Video)
How does one persevere in the face of the wicked problems of our day? The mounting complexity of the world reveals itself like a many headed hydra whose body is hard to discern beneath the writhing mass of troubles. While we may not individually have the resources to tip the scales we may consider the … Continue reading To Save the Earth
