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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Today’s service continues our connection to UU Soul Matters themes and will be exploring the topic of Justice & Equity. Feminist and political activist Angela Davis is famously quoted for her inversion of Al-Anon’s serenity prayer, “I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.” Many […]
Today’s service returns us to the theme of Liberating Love and continues the conversation on love as a gift that can inspire bravery. Many would agree that Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Is a great example of a leader that believed in the liberating power of love. MLK is famously quoted in saying, “Power […]
This Sunday, we continue our connection to UU Soul Matters themes and will be exploring the topic of Liberating Love. Author and activist James Baldwin has said, “Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.” As we enter into this new year, let us begin […]
All-Church Christmas PageantThis is an Multi-Generational All-Church Service; WE NEED YOUR PARTICIPATIONCome one, come all! Join the joy of a Justice-Themed Christmas pageant! This event will feature congregational singing and a Unitarian Universalist reinterpretation of the story of Christmas with its core message of peace and love. No acting experience necessary. ALL ages joyfully welcome.We […]
Have any of you heard about Festivus? It’s an alternative holiday that is based on an episode of the t.v. show Seinfeld, “The Strike,” in December 1997. This humorous and unusual holiday is commonly celebrated December 23rd as a secular tradition centering family and good cheer. Festivus celebrations would often include a bare pole wrapped […]
