Warts Matter
Zeal is a powerful driving force, motivating both the political right and left. What do our spiritual traditions teach about when our zeal is appropriate? This service will be held … Continue reading Warts Matter
Zeal is a powerful driving force, motivating both the political right and left. What do our spiritual traditions teach about when our zeal is appropriate? This service will be held … Continue reading Warts Matter
This Sunday will be a presentation of the 2021 Ware Lecture presented at the UUA General Assembly. It features two voting rights activists, Stacey Abrams and Desmond Meade. Desmond Meade … Continue reading Voting as Spiritual Practice
The UUA President, Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray, wrote an essay for UU World in May 2021 entitled “Our Commitment to Democracy is Theological”. On this Sunday before Independence Day, we will … Continue reading What Does Democracy Mean to Me?
Rev. Duffy Peet will lead this morning’s service and deliver the sermon for the final time as the settled minister of UUFB. With a significant transition just days away, this … Continue reading Recounting & Celebrating Blessings: A Farewell Sermon
Rabbi Sonja K. Pilz, PhD, is currently the spiritual leader of Congregation Beth Shalom. She earned her doctorate from the department of Rabbinic Literature at Potsdam University in Germany and … Continue reading Celebrating Blessings – The Blessing of Making Choices
When does the blessing come from holding on, and when does it require letting go? We wrestle with this question together in worship. Rev. Gretchen Haley currently serves as the … Continue reading Letting Go for the Blessing
The English language idiom “a blessing in disguise” has been in use a very long time and is likely familiar to all of us. It may be easy to celebrate … Continue reading A Blessing in Disguise
Come join us at our Memorial Day service which will feature readings from some UUFB veterans and those who have served. We will explore the context surrounding the origins of the … Continue reading Memorial Day Service
Reading #682 in our hymnal is attributed to the Navajo Indians of North America. That reading begins; “Beauty is before me, and Beauty is behind me, above me and below … Continue reading How Do We Nurture Beauty?
There is an old saying which asserts that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” It would seem that if that saying contains any truth, there is more beauty … Continue reading Awakening to Beauty