Speaker: Tinka Friend

“BUILDING BRIDGES ACROSS DIVERSITIES: Crossing Over & Meeting Halfway,” by Rev. Melanie Morel-Ensminger

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

“Building Bridges Across Diversities: Political Differences,” by The Rev. Melanie Morel-Ensminger

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

“Building Bridges Across Diversities: Different Beliefs and Spiritualities,” by 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

“Flower Communion,” by Tinka Friend

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

“Holding Fast,” by Rev. Kelly Weisman Asprooth-Jackson

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

“The Christian in Me,” by Rev. Dr. Bruce Clark Clear

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

“Olympia Brown (A Portrayal by Rev. Dr. Janet H. Bowering)

Service video Olympia Brown (1835-1926) dedicated her life to opening doors for women. Among only a handful of women to graduate from college, she received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Antioch in 1860 and three years later became the first woman graduate of a regularly established theological school at St. Lawrence University. She was … Continue reading “Olympia Brown (A Portrayal by Rev. Dr. Janet H. Bowering)

“Fuzzy Questions, Fuzzy Answers,” by the Rev. Dr. Bruce Clark Clear

Service video Do we view life as black & white or as varying shades of gray? Have our experiences taught us that most things in life are absolute or ambiguous? Or something in between? In today’s reading, written by Bruce Clear, we will consider the concept of “fuzziness” and how it relates to UU values … Continue reading “Fuzzy Questions, Fuzzy Answers,” by the Rev. Dr. Bruce Clark Clear