During this time of the pandemic all worship services, events and activities are online. Please join our virtual worship service on Sundays at 10:00 a.m.
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With Gary Piazzon.
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In her 1987 book The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future, author Riane Eisler describes the history and possibilities of two radically different cultural paradigms: Partnership and … read more.
Artwork by Kathleen Myers.
Today we celebrate the gifts of the UUCWI community as we wrap up our annual Stewardship Campaign. The future of a congregation is best grounded in the congregation’s values and built upon its strengths. This morning, I’ll share a bit of … read more.
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In their 2001 Beacon Press book, Proverbs of Ashes: Violence, Redemptive Suffering, and the Search for What Saves Us, theologians Rita Nakashima Brock and Rebecca Ann Parker explore the harmful impacts of Christian ideas that human beings are “saved” through their … read more.
Artwork by Kathleen Myers.
Each Sunday, we kindle a flaming chalice, symbol of Unitarian Universalism. Together, we share the privilege and responsibility of keeping the flame of this tradition alive here at UUCWI, by renewing our membership and making our financial commitments to UUCWI. Our … read more.
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What does it mean to commit to membership at UUCWI? This morning, I reprise a sermon from two years ago for this service in which we reaffirm our … read more.
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Beloved Community seems to be perpetually elusive. What might happen if we understood Beloved Community as a practice, or a path, rather than a destination or achievement?
The Civil Rights Movement was fueled by faith borne of the experience of a love that holds everyone and everything in its embrace. The values and commitments that emerge from the experience of that encompassing love look very much like our UU Principles, but I … read more.
In 2017, in the midst of another racially charged moment in Unitarian Universalism, our Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) appointed a Commission on Institutional Change, charged with “supporting long-term cultural and institutional change that redeems the essential promise and ideals of Unitarian Universalism,” specifically with regard … read more.
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with Terra Anderson, Ruth Richards, Joann Roomes, Eileen Soskin, and Ken Merrell
On this Christmas Eve, … read more.
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From the vantage point of one on earth, the sun appears to pause in its trajectory through the sky at the precise moment of the winter solstice. That apparent pause is pregnant with the promise of light and warmth. … read more.
