Drawing inspiration from the timeless words of John Donne and Howard Thurman, “No man is an island, no man lives alone,” we continue the theme of interdependence. Together we will explore the depth of personal responsibility in shaping our societal fabric and on what urges us to engage actively in the social orders we live, […]
It has been said, “when members of the Native American Blackfeet tribe meet each other, they don’t ask “How are you?” Instead, they ask “How are the connections?” This month’s Soul Matters theme is Interdependence and we will be exploring the health of how our various individual and communal “connections.” How are your connections to […]
Spring is here, tis’ the season of renewal and rebirth. Simultaneously, I also feel a resonance with Rev. Angel Kyoto William’s words that in this season, “there is something dying in our society, in our culture, and there’s something dying in us individually.” She goes on to say, ”what is dying, I think, is the […]
Donna Pearl Cotterell, educator, author, and activist based in Tallahassee, and the Founder and Director of Indaba Theatre of Florida will use her 40+ years of experience combining theater and art to facilitate deep and meaningful conversations in transformative reconciliation. Please join us Sunday March 24th for this interactive dialogue for racial healing and transformation, […]
Let’s come together as a community to share our creativity and inspire transformation in our lives. Come create art in the Sanctuary, write/share poetry, music around the theme of transformation. Any submissions please send to music.director@uutallahassee.org Sunday services: In-person or virtually on Vimeo.Click here to view the service recording
This Sunday, we continue our exploration of Soul Matters theme of Change and Transformation. Mestiza-Latina, author, and activist, Clarissa Pinkola Estes, has written, “Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach… What is needed […]
In a time when Florida’s legislation is attacking the rights and dignity of transgender people, a 70 year old Unitarian Universalist church, not far from the state’s capital, has hired their first Black and openly Transgender minister. This is the same church that world-renown scholar, author, and Professor Emeritus at FSU, Dr. William R. Jones […]
Most of us want our lives to have mattered. We want to have been contributors, however small, to the world around us. Meaning adds a crucial element to our existence. It goes beyond the material, beyond comfort, beyond happiness, to a deeper level of being. It reaches past our personal needs and gives something to […]
Bryan Stevenson, African American lawyer, activist, professor, author, and the founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, has defined justice as “getting close enough to people… who’ve been discarded and disfavored… to wrap your arms around them and affirm their humanity and their dignity.” Stevenson’s quote is a reflection of Unitarian Universalist principles in action and […]
This Sunday, join Greg DeAngelo as he provides a historical background of the environmental justice (EJ) movement and shares some thoughts regarding how regulatory agencies have recently been emphasizing EJ concerns. He’ll also showcase some EJ-related tools and offer suggestions on how to meaningfully engage in local environmental decision making. Sunday services: In-person or virtually […]
