For generations, Unitarians have set Jesus and Socrates side‑by‑side as moral teachers. This Sunday we imagine them in conversation, exploring how their shared courage, compassion, and questions can guide our own lives.  A playful title opens a deeper exploration of what Jesus and Socrates share: courage, compassion, and the art of asking better questions. What … Continue reading Jesus and Socrates Walk into a Bar

Everyone has a journey that led them to where they are now.  Today Commissioned Lay Minister Teri Cornell speaks about our 3rd principal, “acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregations”.  And shares her spiritual journey story from Catholicisim, Presbyterianism, Unitarianism Universalism and now an interest in Kitchen Witchery.  And how … Continue reading The Welcome Table: A Spiritual Journey

Early Unitarian thinkers placed extraordinary emphasis on the formation of character—long before “character” became a buzzword associated with contemporary right‑wing moralism. For them, character was not a weapon of judgment but a spiritual discipline: the slow, communal shaping of integrity, compassion, and moral courage. In an age when public life feels starved of such qualities, … Continue reading Salvation by Character

The UU commitment to the development of moral imagination means that art holds a special place in our movement not just as a past time or an aesthetic, but as a means of making meaning.  Today we celebrate the creative spirit as central to the human act of becoming. Also, this Sunday, a children’s art … Continue reading Art as Spiritual Practice

The term “Duty” often feels heavy, even crushing. A term seemingly made for others driven by militaristic or ideological bent that ends up as an obstacle to progress, rather than a path. However as Unitarian-Universalists and, indeed, as people, we do have a Duty. One that is not beholden to a rigid form or hard, … Continue reading Where Our Duty Lies