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
We will honor the end of 2024 with a Stone Communion.
This Sunday join us as we celebrate Playful Presence.
On this darkest night of the year we gather to mark the dying of the light and it’s dawning rebirth with the sharing of song, space, and gathered light. Join us at the solstice sunset, 5 PM on Saturday, December 21st here at 2nd Unitarian, and stick around for fellowship as we warm our hearts … Continue reading Yule & The Luminous Dark
Have you paused to notice the magic of the world lately? Beneath the rush of the road, the crush of buildings, the layered pavement, it is all too easy to fail to notice the sublime in the ordinary: the wisdom in the eyes of a passerby, the laughter of a child, grass penetrating the concrete. … Continue reading Encountering Divinity in the Ordinary (Video)
Bodhi Day marks the annual celebration of the day Siddhartha Gautama reached enlightenment, thus ushering Buddhism into the world. Today Buddhism is a true world religion, plentiful with regional and cultural variations, practices, and beliefs. As we deepen our explorations in Presence this month, let us gather to reflect on this living tradition and it’s … Continue reading Bodhi Day (Video)
We often speak of ministry as just a thing that ministers do, those ordained folks with their flashy clothes and fancy degrees, but everyone has a ministry of some sort. Whether that is a ministry of time, a ministry of talent, or a ministry of treasure, a ministry is … Continue reading
