Spirit

In a conversation with UU World, Rev. Olaoya challenges UUs to unapologetically center love and set aside intellectualism.

“Now and here, in this unlikely, perhaps un-replicated, gorgeous world, this shimmering, sorrowing world, we exist, together . . . We are here now, and we all belong. Beloved.”

As we make sense of the presidential election results, breathe. “Do not let go of faith and hope and love.”

"When fear grips the heart, or despair bows the head, may we bend as heart and head lead us down to touch the ground beneath our feet."

If ever there was a time for you to become / who you always dreamed you could be, it is now

“I never expected a church to be a major part of my life. Unitarian Universalism, however, is so much more than a church to me,” says David Kaye, a UU based in Wisconsin.

In this excerpt from a Skinner House book, Rev. Dr. Adam Robersmith imagines an ecology of love rooted and growing within UU congregations and communities.

Rev. Joan Javier-Duval reflects on the present-day impacts of the crisis in Vermont and asks us to reimagine what’s possible amid the tumult and loss.

This chalice is for losing the script of your life, / the chapters about who you are / in other people’s stories.

I return to the earth / and let her remind me

Monthly visits from the Omega Dance Company have reinvigorated services and enriched congregants’ experiences.

Meadville Lombard Theological School in Chicago is set to graduate its first Spiritual Direction Formation & Certification students in May.