Worship Service, April 19, 10:00am In Person and Online Monthly Theme for April: Embracing Possibilities The Nursery will be available during service for infants to preschool-aged children. View / download the Order of Service here soon. Join us for service on Sunday at 10:00 am in person, 10125 Lakehaven Ct., Burke, or … Continue reading Worship Service, April 19
In this service we’ll explore how the spread of Christianity through violent conquest and forced conversion changed the very nature of the faith. We’ll also explore how Christianity’s colonialist expansion within Europe set the stage for European colonial domination through the continuation of violent conquest and forced conversion. Finally, we’ll explore how to resist this … Continue reading “So We All Dressed Up as Wolves and We Looked Fire”
Multigenerational Worship Service In Person and Online Early Christians centered their faith in the resurrection of Jesus. The eucharist became a celebration of how life triumphed over death, a celebration of communal abundance and care. In keeping with the Passover meal it also celebrated liberation from the oppression of empire. This collective liberation, communal care … Continue reading “Paradise Is a Potluck, Y’all!”
This title is a quote from RuPaul that expresses a deep spiritual truth about human identity. Both parts of the statement are important. It matters who we are in our unadorned essence. It matters just as much what drag is placed upon that unadorned essence. Join us as we explore these two spiritual truths together. … Continue reading “We’re All Born Naked, and the Rest Is Drag”
Drawing on wisdom from ancient Jewish texts, a modern Zen master, a Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist, and the zombie-apocalypse world of The Walking Dead, we look for the quiet, resilient hope already alive in us — and the faith and love that keep us working for a better future even when all seems lost. For Reflection: … Continue reading Faith, Hope, and Love … and Zombies
What would it look like to have a better way of promoting Unitarian Universalism? What might a UU Bumper Sticker say that would capture the essence, the Spirit of who we are? This is the question Scott Larson asked me to answer when he purchased this year’s Auction Sermon. (And Dean Wanderer purchased the complementary … Continue reading “Unitarian Universalism in the Key of Life”
This church year, we’ve been exploring the foundations of our theological heritage, so that this foundation can root us deeply into our Shared UU Values as a bulwark against the destruction of our constitutional order in favor of cruelty and greed. This Sunday we will continue this exploration of foundations—the foundations of inequality, injustice, and … Continue reading the underbelly of Omelas (or Surprise! We’re Still Cannibals)
A Multigenerational Service When we open ourselves up to give and receive love, the love grows. Radiates. Ripples. Join us as we explore how a simple smile, a small gift, can ripple out, touching lives around the world. For Reflection: “One way we pay attention to people is to give them compliments. What’s one of … Continue reading When a Ripple Is a Web
Join us this Sunday as we continue to explore nurturing gratitude with an ensemble service featuring reflections from AUUC members Judy Robison, Gene Sible, Nancy Melito, Paulette Lichtman-Panzer For Reflection: “Is the little voice in your head more likely to say, ‘I can do it,’ or ‘I can’t do it?’” “How do you connect with … Continue reading “Getting Through”
Worship Service, Feb. 15, 10:00am In Person and Online Multigenerational Service Monthly Theme for February: Embodying Resilience The Nursery will be available during service for infants to preschool-aged children. View / download the Order of Service here. Join us for service on Sunday at 10:00 am in person, 10125 Lakehaven Ct., Burke, or … Continue reading Worship Service, Feb. 15
Since the 1990s EMDR, the use of bilateral stimulation while re-experiencing a trauma, has been a proven way to process trauma and find healing. Traumatic experiences didn’t just start happening in the 1990s. It’s been around for all of human history. How have people healed from trauma before psychotherapeutic techniques, and even now when those … Continue reading “When Music Is EMDR and the Revolution Isn’t Caught on a Smart Phone”
For a year, pundits and ordinary folks alike have been debating how close we are in the United States to falling into fascism. These past few weeks make it much harder to deny that we’re already there. This Sunday, we’ll honor those who’ve shown up, embodying resilience while practicing resistance, including those who’ve had their … Continue reading “Seeds Buried in Fertile Ground”
