Topic: Unitarian Universalist values

Intuition, Authority, & the Pursuit of Truth

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

With Their Backs Against The Wall: From Brown to Callais

We gather this Sunday on the anniversary of Brown vs. Board of Education, a critical ruling in this country’s history which secured the right to an education for African American children and the full integration of schools. An auspicious anniversary given the Supreme Court’s viscous, ideological gutting of the Voting Rights Act in the recent … Continue reading With Their Backs Against The Wall: From Brown to Callais

The Force Awakens

Transformation & The Heroine’s Journey A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, a girl was left on a desert planet, signifying that she was not worth keeping. Rey’s story is less a tale of light-sabers or the fate of the galaxy, and perhaps more about what happens when the self we built … Continue reading The Force Awakens

The Energy of Action

Meet the Moment What is the moment we are in? What are the obstacles and opportunities presented to us? How may we fashion a values based response to meet the moment? For the past several months, leaders at 2U have been wrestling with these questions and this Sunday we aim to infuse this work with … Continue reading The Energy of Action

Easter Sunday: Death & Glory

Easter Sunday means different things to different groups of people. To Protestants and Catholics it is the holiest of days, commemorating the resurrection of Jesus and the birth of the new covenant. For Unitarian Universalists it can take on entirely different dimensions. While we as a tradition are not exclusively Christian, many of our theological … Continue reading Easter Sunday: Death & Glory

Our Whole Lives

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Our living tradition has long played partner in a most wonderful but often misunderstood ministry. OWL, or Our Whole Lives explores human relationships and intimacy through developmentally appropriate curriculum ranging the full breadth of a life, from very young children to elders. This Sunday, let’s learn more about this amazing curriculum developed between Unitarian Universalists … Continue reading Our Whole Lives

Deep River

One could quite easily tell a complete story about the Civil Rights movement without mentioning the term “Unitarian Universalist”, but you would be unable to tell a complete story of our faith without mentioning the movement for Black Empowerment both within and outside of our Living Tradition. This Sunday, let us hear the story of … Continue reading Deep River

Not Practicing

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“The girls had been raised Unitarian (Universalist)…. Enough religion to be respectable but not enough to get in the way.” – Marge Piercy (Fly Away Home). The current state of the nation being what it is, it is difficult for many of us to admit that we align ourselves with any religion at all. Millennials have … Continue reading Not Practicing