Exploring the renewal to be found in joy and awe.

Exploring the intersection of the spiritual practice of remembering and our Unitarian Universalist value of pluralism.

On this Mother’s Day, our world beset by war and division, we acknowledge the peace advocate roots of Mother’s Day, the multiple ways mothering can manifest, and the many feelings this day can give rise to.

Feeling the oneness of the many without forgetting the many in the one.

Living so much of our lives on the internet, surfing the World Wide Web, we can be placeless. Today we explore our interdependence with the places where we live and find ourselves. Our sense of place is part of our sense of self, and connecting with place can be a profound spiritual act. We can … Continue reading The Place of Interdependence

We honor the interdependent web of all existence. With reverence for the great web of life and with humility, we acknowledge our place in it.

Holding interdependence not simply as a fact of existence but as a value we hold, we find ourselves in webs of relationships; and in honoring those relationships we find ourselves called to live into responsibilities of care and repair. Today, with the help of Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg, we explore how Maimonides ideas about repentance as … Continue reading Repairing to the Web

Today is Easter, and we’re also in the midst of Ramadan – religious holidays that in their different ways encourage us to celebrate and live into transformation. When a butterfly emerges from its chrysalis, it has achieved a transformation. But its living is not done. Now it has to live in an entirely different way. … Continue reading Living Transformation

We admire the changemakers, the people we think of as making a difference. If we hold “transformation” as a value, this kind of purposeful, activist transformation or change can be what we often think about. However, living in a world of change and transformation also means navigating changes that we did not intend and transformations … Continue reading This Is Not the Change I Chose

Transformation is our religious exploration theme for March. We adapt to the changing world. We covenant to collectively transform and grow spiritually and ethically. Openness to change is fundamental to our Unitarian and Universalist heritages, never complete and never perfect.