Rev. Juniper Meadows has served as our minister since May 2022.
The Earth is home to all we love, all we know, and we are part of it all. This Sunday we reaffirm our Love for our common home and recommit to its care, making room for grief beneath a twisting climate and seeking a path forward as collective stewards of this precious planet.
This Easter, we celebrate resurrection as a living metaphor for liberation. As spring returns and life rises green again we reflect on the many ways we are called to roll away the stones of stigma, shame, and unjust prohibition. In a fun convergence of calendar and spirit, this year’s Easter also falls on 4/20—a day … Continue reading A Very Special Easter Service: 4/20 Edition (Video)
As Unitarian Universalists, we root our faith in Love beyond dogma; beyond the rigid lines of lock step that would divide us from our neighbors and the world. In a time marked by the cruel and reckless disappearing of legal occupants of this country, the termination of visas, and the rounding up of simple tourists, … Continue reading Sharing Sanctuary
Found in traditions around the world, from Coyote and Hermes to Eshu, Loki, and Krishna, trickster figures challenge our assumptions, stir up transformation, and remind us that the divine is not only found in order and certainty, but also in laughter, ambiguity, and the dance of the unexpected. This Sunday as we enter into our … Continue reading Joy: Trickster Gods (Video)
This Sunday marks Trans Day of Visibility, an annual observance of the role trans people play in our society. This Sunday, join our 2U community as we wrap up March with a celebration of trans joy, lifting up trans leaders in our community and honoring the many contributions trans people make to the world as … Continue reading Alive in the World: Trans Joy
Lately, powerful figures in the United States have suggested something astounding. Empathy is a sin. The great weakness of Western culture. To our living tradition which names Love as the heart of our faith, even as we value diverse perspectives, such a thought is simply horrible. To diminish this aspect of our being that makes … Continue reading The Heresy of Empathy (Video)
One need only live through a few cycles of the sun to come to the clear connection between natural cycles such as seasons, tides, and migration patterns with the whole of life itself. The world sings to us in rhythms. In an age of fear, when the very ground itself feels unsteady, may we turn … Continue reading Trust the Rhythms of the World
There is a crack in everything. Whether by wounds carved in loss, addiction, the relentless weight of mental illness, or an unspoken hurt, no one really makes it through this life unscathed. How do we speak of this? How may we share without burdening others? Some may carry the quiet fractures of loneliness solo, trying … Continue reading Kintsugi Souls (Video)
It’s no secret, churches all across this country are having to grapple with some hard truths. Budgets are tight, times are tough, and hard decisions lay in our future. You know what we need? A miracle. This Sunday, we’ll talk brass tacks without making a meal out of our financial realities. There is more to … Continue reading Miracle Sunday (Video)
Valentine’s Day is for lovers, but are we not all lovers after life? For many people, days like this can be hard. Hours spent reflecting on loves lost, loves never known. This Sunday, let us turn inwards and turn our hearts over in our hands. What is this force we call desire? What could be … Continue reading What the Heart Wants
