The Flower Communion is an annual ritual that celebrates beauty, human uniqueness, diversity, and community. This year we celebrate on Mother’s Day, honoring the beauty, uniqueness and diversity or all the people in our lives who have mothered us as well as our Mother Earth. There will be two alters set up for this multigenerational … Continue reading Flower Communion & Honoring the Mothers in Our Lives
Amidst the Radical Reformation of the 1500’s, the only Unitarian kingdom in history declared freedom of conscience and religious toleration. 400 years later, the Unitarian Universalist faith moved beyond Christianity to draw inspiration from many sources. This means that the person sitting next to you at church probably has beliefs that differ from yours. Rev. … Continue reading Agreeing to Disagree: Pluralism in Our Past, Present & Future
“True goodness is like water. Water’s good for everything. It doesn’t compete. It goes right to the low, loathesome places, and so finds the way.” –Lao Tsu, translated by Urusula K. LeGuin Thousands of years ago in China, during a time of political and social upheaval, a small volume was written to help people find … Continue reading Flowing Along the Way: Lessons from the Tao te Ching