In a culture where “turn the other cheek” is often mistaken for quiet submission, what if Jesus was calling folks to something far more courageous? This Sunday, we’ll explore grace as an act of powerful love; a love rooted in righteous power that resists injustice, insists on dignity, and reclaims our humanity in the face … Continue reading Skillful Spirituality: Indomitable Grace
Rev. Dr. Florence Buck advocated for education as the answer for all issues within both larger society and within Unitarian faith, showing compassion for those neglected by society, progressing in her field despite gender bias, as one of the first women ministers. She loved people and was a leading speaker in the Suffrage movement while … Continue reading Bucking the Patriarchy
They say it’s where the heart is. This week and next, Rev. Juniper will be home in East Tennessee visiting family, but she will also be leaving us a message for us while she’s gone; one exploring the nature of the home, the hearth, and the heart of our lives. What makes a house a … Continue reading Home
The scholar of Buddhism and Environmental Activist Joanna Macy who passed earlier this month spoke of hope not as something we casually possess but as something we do; the process by which we act on behalf of that which is greater than us, at once feeling and fueled by a living, breathing, rooted experience of … Continue reading To Belong to the World: Deep Ecology and the Hope We Live
This week on July 14th, a flower was taken from the world’s bouquet of poets as Andrea Gibson passed from this world into the next. Their life and poetry have touched our tradition, from coffee shop poetry slams to our reading the poem “Ashes” every year at Trans Day of Visibility. This Sunday, let us … Continue reading Lord of the Butterflies: The Life of Andrea Gibson
Pride in Ourselves, our Community and our History Join the Open Arms Trans Social group as we celebrate Pride!
If we were to be a faith of named prophets and saints, few would argue that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. would not be part of that host. While not Unitarian himself, the man left an indelible mark on our tradition, and so it is that on this third Sunday of January, we turn to … Continue reading Love, Power, Story
Every story needs an ending of course. We’ve spoken of the narrative nature of our being, how we know the world through stories. For many of us this upcoming inauguration heralds some tremendous change, some approximation to an end of our own, but is this so? What comes after the ending? How do those of … Continue reading The End of the World
A New Year has dawned, familiar and new all at once, full of promise and anxiety. As we enter into our January theme of living Love through the power of Story, let us reflect upon the raw power of narrative, how it infuses our lives, and what it means to truly be at the start, … Continue reading In the Beginning
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)
