It’s natural to be uncomfortable with uncertainty. It can often be terrifying but it can also be very exciting. Uncertainty can drive fear, curiosity, innovation, for we yearn for the wonder of discovery, that feeling of experiencing something for the first time. The more we know, the more we realize how little we know. We all hold a part of this Truth we are stumbling towards. And so we stumble together to find our part in the universe.

Alec Peck has been a practicing UU for 27 years, and has a deep passion for the intellectual and spiritual challenges which arise from exploring the six sources of our living tradition. He was raised in a UU church, chosen by his father, raised Quaker, and mother, raised Jewish (though both Humanist in practice). Alec studied natural science at Creighton University, a Jesuit institution, and is now completing his Ph.D. at UC Riverside while serving as chair of the Worship Committee here at UUCR.

Topics: Growth, Hope, Interdependence: We honor the interdependent web of all existence and acknowledge our place in it., Principle 3. A free and responsible search for truth and meaning, Science, Spiritual Journey