Service video We strive to build a world community of peace, love, and justice, where we each can grow into who we want to be and follow our dreams. Yet we are only as rich as the poorest of the poor, and this is a country which has built itself on leaving people behind. Let … Continue reading “Radical Love: We are in this Together,” by Alec Peck
Service video Our experience of joy at connectedness, of anger at injustices, and of wonder at overwhelming beauty, can be described wordless and ineffable. Perhaps soul is the place where all these experiences meet together with our ideas and our collective unconscious in order to prepare the spiritual feast that is life’s greatest gift. Wayne … Continue reading “Care of the Soul,” by Rev. Dr. Wayne Arnason
What do Unitarian Universalists (UUs) believe? Many UUs find it difficult to answer. Rev. Fred Small explores our beliefs & convictions. He concludes: when someone asks what UUs believe, why we’re speaking out on behalf of rights, or why we bother to go to church on Sunday, just tell them: We are siding with love.
Service Video Humans tend to seek perfection—good luck with that! Now that we have accepted that we live in an imperfect world, we can contemplate imperfect solutions to the challenges we all face. Duct tape has a light side and a dark side, and it holds the universe together. We spend a lot of time … Continue reading “Spiritual Duct Tape,” by Bill Casey
Service Video After listening to the previous sermon series “Building Bridges,” by Rev. Melanie Morel-Ensminger, Wren struggled with what seemed to be a message of tolerance, even for the intolerable. She came to realize that tolerance is quite different from acceptance, and that what one is willing to tolerate can change from situation to situation. … Continue reading “Tolerance is Situation Specific ,” by Wren Monsour
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
The Rev. Manish Mishra-Marzetti, Senior Minister of the First UU Congregation of Ann Arbor, MI, will lead the 2023 Sunday Service at GA. Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Rev. Manish Mishra-Marzetti serves as Senior Minister of the First Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Ann Arbor, Michigan. He is a co-editor of “Conversations with the Sacred: A … Continue reading Sunday Morning worship from the 2023 Unitarian Universalist General Assembly
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
