Service Video Easter Sunday sermon is always a tough one for most UU ministers and lay leaders unless the UU congregation is predominantly Christian. The usual default is to focus on the Spring season, the Spring Equinox or Ostara. That has shown to be pretty safe topics, and no one is usually offended by those … Continue reading “Is There a Place for Resurrection in the UU Faith?,” by Tinka Friend
Service Video Stewardship Sermon: Why do you [we] pledge?
Service Video What does it mean to matter? How do you know you matter? Today’s reading takes a hard look at systematic racism and how it affects all of us. Colorblindness is often well-intentioned, an attempt to see everyone as a human being and therefore as the same, without paying too much attention to race and … Continue reading “The Promise of All Lives Mattering,” by Amanda Udis-Kessler
Service Video BUILDING BRIDGES ACROSS DIVERSITIES Summer Sermon Series, Part 4 of 4 To work our way through this ironic dilemma, during (this) month we have examined some particular kinds of difference that tend to cause problems both large and small in UU congregations – differences of theology and spirituality, differences of political stance, differences … Continue reading “BUILDING BRIDGES ACROSS DIVERSITIES: Crossing Over & Meeting Halfway,” by Rev. Melanie Morel-Ensminger
Service video BUILDING BRIDGES ACROSS DIVERSITIES: Summer Sermon Series, Part 3 of 4 The Rev. Melanie Morel-Ensminger is a minister at First Unitarian Universalist Church of New Orleans. She believes in intersectionality, is a music lover, and is a proud mother and grandmother.
Service video BUILDING BRIDGES ACROSS DIVERSITIES: Summer Sermon Series, Part 2 of 4. UU congregations are made up of people holding a wide variety of religious beliefs. In fact, UUism draws from several different faith traditions and we affirm the acceptance and encouragement of diversity. We acknowledge that we need each other and our differences … Continue reading “Building Bridges Across Diversities: Political Differences,” by The Rev. Melanie Morel-Ensminger
Service video BUILDING BRIDGES ACROSS DIVERSITIES Summer Sermon Series, Part 1 of 4 UU congregations are made up of people holding a wide variety of religious beliefs. In fact, UUism draws from several different faith traditions, and we affirm the acceptance and encouragement of diversity. We acknowledge that we need each other and our differences … Continue reading “Building Bridges Across Diversities: Different Beliefs and Spiritualities,” by Rev. Melanie Morel-Ensminger
Service Video The Flower Ceremony, sometimes referred to as Flower Communion or Flower Festival, is an annual ritual that celebrates beauty, human uniqueness, diversity, and community. Originally created in 1923 by Unitarian minister Norbert Capek of Prague, Czechoslovakia, the Flower Ceremony was introduced to the United States by Rev. Maya Capek, Norbert’s widow. In this … Continue reading “Flower Communion,” by Tinka Friend
Service video We have all heard the phrase “The only constant in life is change.” Times change, perspectives change, relationships change. In the midst of these shifting references, is it possible for some things to remain authentic and true? In today’s sermon, Rev Kelly writes “A tree needs roots; and it also needs branches.” What … Continue reading “Holding Fast,” by Rev. Kelly Weisman Asprooth-Jackson
Service video Today’s sermon reading, “The Christian in Me,” is the last, in a series of explorations of three different belief systems found within UU churches, written by Rev. Dr. Bruce Clear. Even though we may not call ourselves, individually, Christian, our denomination has grown from the Christian tradition. The largest majority of UU church … Continue reading “The Christian in Me,” by Rev. Dr. Bruce Clark Clear
