Rev. Juniper Meadows has served as our minister since May 2022.
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
Join us for our annual Flower Service. This is a beloved Unitarian Universalist tradition, where we celebrate the beauty of community and uniqueness. You’re welcome to bring a flower to share as we create a collective bouquet, symbolizing the diversity and interconnectedness of our congregation.
The presence of positive masculine role models and healthy fathers in our lives can leave an indelible mark upon the forming heart; one providing security, courage, and support that we may carry with us all our days. This Sunday, let us celebrate such fathers. We will hear from several of our congregation’s fathers about what … Continue reading Father’s Day
When Gilbert Baker and a few friends hand-stitched the first rainbow flags in 1978, they were reaching for something a symbol could do that words could not: gather a scattered people under one sky to unite them in a sense of belonging. In the decades since, that single flag has multiplied into many. Stripes have … Continue reading Pride Flag Day
In the course of human history, few inventions come close to the impact of the computer; a device we are all at least somewhat familiar with, capable of handling and processing information in a way the average human brain simply cannot. To a high degree we owe such a marvel to the 20th century father … Continue reading Thinking Machines & the Life of Alan Turing
Join your friends at 2nd Unitarian for a very special service commemorating our 50th anniversary! We will be hearing from speakers young and old as we lift up our legacy, celebrate our present, and envision the future of our faith community.
May 25th marks the birthday of Ralph Waldo Emerson, public speaker, Unitarian minister, and often considered the father of Transcendentalism; that quintessentially American philosophical movement that saw divinity reflected in nature, believing that direct personal insight into truth was more reliable than institutional authority or received doctrine. This Sunday, let us reconnect with these roots; … Continue reading Intuition, Authority, & the Pursuit of Truth
