What can we each do regularly to build a more inclusive and diverse society? What actions can we offer to live into the values we espouse? Can we even talk about them as ‘spiritual practices’ that make us better people and the world a better place? (And we revive our Annual Social Justice Sunday!) We hope … Continue reading Spending Your Privilege
W.H. Auden wrote “September 1, 1939” about WWII. Our work remains: to build solidarity, to uphold justice, to shine our light, and love bravely in a world too full of desperate loneliness and alienation. We hope to see you in person! Our COVID policy has been suspended and masking is now optional. Online information ..https://zoom.us/j/95471218370?pwd=aDNjcnhIb3ZSeHlHTjdwanh6c1g1dz09 … Continue reading To Show an Affirming Flame
Join us for the 2024 UU Climate Justice Revival in which we are called to “Reimagine Together: From an Extractive Age to a New Era.” This ‘new era’ needs our connections, our nourishment, and our vision for the blossoming future. We hope to see you in person! Our COVID policy has been suspended and masking … Continue reading Prevailing Green
Rev. Susan Ritchie of North Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Lewis Center Ohio has offered to have us as their guests for their Sunday worship. We will view the live worship service in Ohio from our own sanctuary at UUCB. Unitarian Universalism has generally been optimistic about our social future, noting that the arch of the moral universe … Continue reading Onwards and Upwards
Join us for a First Sunday worship and workshop on the monthly theme of Justice and Equity. Through story and song, we will explore these key values of Unitarian Universalism together. We hope to see you in person! Our COVID policy has been suspended and masking is now optional. Online information ..https://zoom.us/j/97989696520?pwd=ZG9NclFYQm9VV0NTb2VhNVM0R00xQT09 Meeting ID: 979 8969 … Continue reading The Equality State
Not everyone is convinced that the moral arc of the universe bends towards justice. Whether we are inclined to be sympathetic to the idea of inevitable progress or have a more ambivalent view of the universe, tough times can bring crippling doubt. Are we constrained to working toward justice only when we have this “faith” … Continue reading Radical Creativity in Uncertain Times
One or two of these quadrants of spirituality probably come easy to us. The other two or three might be like a foreign language. It is important to find balance between them, especially in liminal seasons. Rev. James Galasinski has served the UU Church of Canton, NY since 2016. Before that, he served congregations in Wisconsin … Continue reading Thinking, Being, Doing, Feeling
Let’s explore the historical roots of some concepts of afterlife as we consider what justice means to us and to our neighbors. Rev. T. J. FitzGerald serves as Minister of Community Care and Engagement at First Unitarian Church of Dallas. He has previously served congregations in Portland, Oregon and Honolulu, Hawaii. His recent book Together Again: Reconstructing … Continue reading Divine Justice
Reproductive rights are being undermined, our democracy has taken a heavy political blow, Nazis are back in the public square, our society is divided, and corporations continue to post record profits while regular folks suffer economically. And it is not mere pablum when I affirm: even still, all these fascists are bound to lose. We … Continue reading How This All Gets Better
As we witness violence happen to innocent people from every walk of life how do we as Unitarian Universalists respond? How do we teach the children to live in- between the events? How do we inspire ourselves to live in hope? Note: The plan is to host Rev. Denise Walden, the new Executive Director of … Continue reading Beyond Thoughts and Prayers
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