View the video here. Certain seasons in our lives can ask more of us than we may be prepared to give. As we hit the 4 year mark of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have an opportunity to examine how we experience this anniversary collectively and individually. We also know that our intersectional fight for justice … Continue reading Practices and Strategies for Difficult Times
View the video here. Our human lives are marked by stages and changes and milestones of growth. Pagan communities use the framework Maiden, Mother, Crone to describe these phases. Other communities have their own terms. What can we learn about ourselves from examining the stages of life. How do we transform from day to day … Continue reading The Cycle Continues
View the video here. As we kick off the 2024-2025 annual budget drive, we gather to reconnect and recommit to who we are and who we want to be for our community. Together we will explore the spiritual discipline of generosity
View the video here. The word reparations is one that raises hackles even in the most progressive circles. And studies suggest financial reparations for slavery, while not healing the wounds and trauma of enslavement, would put black families on equitable footing with white families in terms of generational wealth. What does a theology of covenant … Continue reading A Covenantal Theology of Reparations
View the video here. Despite Alabama’s commitment to the death penalty and the recent media coverage of several high-profile executions, Alabamians don’t currently have many spaces– educational, religious, or otherwise– for discussing the ethics and practice of extreme punishment. Today we will consider why it is important to initiate these discussions in our homes, communities, … Continue reading Why We Should Be Talking about Capital Punishment- and How to Start the Conversation
View the video here. In Unitarian Universalism, we are deeply diverse in our beliefs about what happens after death. Some of us might believe that our souls continue to evolve and grow or reincarnate into new forms after we die, while others of us might believe that we simply cease to exist after the body … Continue reading An Afterlife We Can Agree On
View the video here. Our second UU principle calls us to build “justice, equity and compassion in human relations.” What does equity look like? How do we build a faith community and a world that goes beyond simple equality, so that everyone regardless of ability can thrive? Please join Rev. Jaimie and Kristen Warrington, for … Continue reading More than Equal
