Rev. Juniper Meadows has served as our minister since May 2022.
National Coming Out Day is an annual LGBTQ awareness day observed on October 11 to support anyone “coming out of the closet”. First celebrated in the United States in 1988, the initial idea was grounded in the feminist and gay liberation spirit of the personal being political, and the emphasis on the most basic form … Continue reading National Coming Out Day
Even for one for whom saints and their days have little weight, St. Francis of Assisi is one yet still often admired. He is the patron saint of animals and ecology, often invoked over the blessings of animals and wildlife. Poet, war chaplain, peace-maker; this Sunday let us reflect upon the human life and more-than-human … Continue reading The Life & Ministry of St. Francis
You would be hard pressed to find someone untouched by the ministry of the late and great Mr. Rogers. A true paragon of pluralism, his was a calling to guide people of all ages, especially young people, to respect themselves, their community, and to deal more kindly with one another. This Sunday, won’t you please … Continue reading A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: Pluralism & the Ministry of Fred Rogers
We celebrate that we are all sacred beings, diverse in culture, experience, and theology. We covenant to learn from one another in our free and responsible search for truth and meaning. We embrace our differences and commonalities with Love, curiosity, and respect. So it reads within our covenant of values under Pluralism which calls upon … Continue reading Pluralism: Love, Curiosity, & Respect
While other languages may carry various terms to define the particulates of Love, here in the English speaking west we have just the one word; one which has been pecked at by the vultures of culture for as long as folks have had a longing in their hearts, change in their pockets, and a desire … Continue reading Love At The Center: Something New, Something Wild, Something Beautiful
Has it ever felt as if you were more than simply the one stable mind piloting your body through the world? Perhaps you feel like you are somehow different at work or at play, at home or at church, with one group of people as opposed to another group. Perhaps we have often wondered what … Continue reading A Mirror, Mosaic: Multiplicities of the Self & the Undivided Life
We live in a time that keeps insisting there is too much of us. “Shrink” it says. Take up less room. Earn your place by disappearing a little more. This Sunday, let us proclaim the opposite. Pluralism calls us to celebrate that we are all sacred beings, and that all leaves no body behind. Every … Continue reading Claiming Space: Fat Liberation
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: We Are Light
Ours is a faith which calls us to honor, uphold, and promote the living power or true pluralism; creating spaces where all sorts of people can belong and thrive no matter how they think, feel, or move through the world. This Sunday let us explore the legacy of disability advocacy, nurturing the spiritual practice of … Continue reading The Shape We’re In: Disability, Pluralism, and the Beloved Community
Every year, Unitarian Universalists from around the world rally to do the business of our denomination and discern a clear direction for our faith. In recent years, every other year, this gathering has been conducted online as a means of promoting accessibility and connecting faithful UUs to the beating heart of our tradition. This Sunday, … Continue reading GA 2026 Sermon – Disciples of Love
