Easter Sunday: Lo, the Earth Awakes Again
In this multi-generational service, we celebrate seasonal renewal through music, story, and spoken message. We also celebrate the traditional UU Flower Ceremony, created by Unitarian Norbert Capek.
In this multi-generational service, we celebrate seasonal renewal through music, story, and spoken message. We also celebrate the traditional UU Flower Ceremony, created by Unitarian Norbert Capek.
In contrast with fundamentalism, liberalism asserts that religious truth is not fixed and theology is informed by the current, reasoned knowledge about the world.
Come, attend this special celebration for updates on the pledge drive and how UUFD is “gearing up for the future” as ministerial search goes forward.
Stewardship means responsible management of something entrusted to one’s care. Stewardship means giving part of ourselves to other people and projects.
What do we mean by this term ‘faith formation’ and what constitutes ‘lifespan faith formation?’
Over Christmas, I saw the new movie The Color Purple, which addresses themes about racial marginalization also included in another block-buster of a decade ago, Twelve Years a Slave. The earlier chronicles a free black man from up-state New York caught in slavery on southern … read more.
Much in our UU heritage promotes endless human advancement, onward and upward forever. This optimistic modernist view has recently been challenged by Rev. Nancy McDonald Ladd, who “calls religious progressives to greater authenticity and truth-telling rather than blind optimism.”
How might greater truth-telling make religious … read more.
Unitarian Universalism’s greatest diversity challenge may be about class. While the values of this liberal faith promote equity, equality, and diversity, congregations tend to be populated by educated professionals. How does social class influence congregational life, here at UUFD and denominationally. What does class have … read more.
What do you think of when you think of home? The words from UUFD Affirmation, “To serve human need,” calls us to respond to the need for a safe space to live, to be who we are, yet income disparity has led to a housing … read more.
Modern UU identity owes much to historical Universalism, established in the late eighteenth century. Core to this popular American denomination, Universalism was a heretical theology defined by an all-encompassing love which leaves no one out, a stark counter to prevailing Calvinism. In the 21st century, … read more.