Topic: Monthly Themes

Love Everybody Alive: The Theology of Carsie Blanton

Unitarian Universalism is moving towards defining itself as a faith community built upon a foundation of love. This week, worship leader Eva Wingren shares thoughts on what it means to practice the spiritual discipline of love, through the lens of her experience with polyamory. Featuring … read more.

Love Perseveres

[We apologize for tech/recording issues from this service. You can watch Brad the Dad’s complete message on YouTube here.]

LOVE. That sometimes over-romanticized emotion is our human superpower. The need for love is hardwired into human beings – and the depth of it made it … read more.

Burning Bowl Service

With the marking of the Winter Solstice two weeks ago, we have begun another circle around the sun together.  As is our tradition at JRUUC, today we’ll participate in a fire communion ritual to center ourselves, seal our intentions, and lose our hesitations, as we … read more.

On Ministry and Mystery

There are mysteries that are simply part of life, ever present as part of the relationships with ourselves and each other as we stay, leave, and return.  This morning, as we prepare for Rev. Karen’s sabbatical time, we’ll explore how we might remain curious in … read more.

Not Knowing, But Wondering

Mystery stories are a top genre at the bookstore and the library. We love them, as long as they aren’t our stories. For ourselves, in our own lives, we often want to know what’s coming and know we are prepared for it. This week, we … read more.

Waiting on a Mystery

For Christians, this is the first Sunday of Advent, the season of waiting and preparation for the birth of their Savior.  It is a time of deep hope, and it begins with the story/mystery of a woman being told by an angel that she would … read more.

Gratitude, Generosity…and Unlearning Colonization

Thanksgiving weekend is complicated.  This morning, we’ll explore how we might acknowledge the mourning of our indigenous siblings and challenge the myths that have been created and perpetuated by the colonizers of this land, while still practicing the generosity that’s come to be associated with … read more.