Concluding our January theme of Finding Our Center, I’m drawn to the deliberate analogy contained in the proposed UU Values. As we look towards the future of our liberal tradition, we are being called to put Love at the center of our values. Let’s explore this new framing and contemplate attitudes we might adopt to … Continue reading Love At Our Center: An Exploration of Teachings On Compassion
Fifty years ago today the Supreme Court of the United States of America sided 7 to 2 in favor of a person’s right to choose whether to terminate a pregnancy. This landmark decision was a major victory for Women’s Liberation, but it further underscored the fundamental right we all have to bodily autonomy and self-determination. … Continue reading Centered on Justice: Anniversary of Roe v. Wade (Video)
Our faith as we know it today first found it’s roots in the struggle for civil rights led by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and tomorrow these United States will observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day for the 40th time since being signed into law in 1983 by President Reagan. This Sunday, let us … Continue reading Centered on Justice: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
We call ourselves The Living Tradition. What does this mean? And for that matter what does it mean to be a Unitarian Universalist in 2023? We share many things; being covenanted communities, congregational polity, at least 7 principles and 6 sources enshrined within Article 2 of our denominational bylaws, but this has not always been … Continue reading The Living Tradition: Article 2 and U
This Sunday we stand just through the precipice, moving into the new year of 2023 and our theme for the month of January: the Center. Here at 2nd Unitarian we will be exploring the lore behind that old Roman God of beginnings, passageways, endings, and change; Janus, and the legacy this often underlooked figure has … Continue reading Janus: At the Doorway to the Center (Video)
