Speaker: Rev. Jim Coakley

What My Yard Taught Me This Summer

This summer my partner and I undertook a major renovation of our front yard. Unexpectedly, I learned quite a bit about managing expectations, my need for control, being patient, and the interdependent web. It has become a spiritual practice.

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The Untold Story of Unitarians and Universalists

Many congregations proudly display a poster depicting 100 “noteworthy” Unitarians and Universalists. Sadly, many were left off the poster because they didn’t fit the historical stereotype of who we thought we were. Come hear some of the untold stories of equally noteworthy figures and how … read more.

Delight Your Spirit This Summer

Summer’s slower pace offers opportunities to experience things we often can’t find time for during the rest of the year. Unitarian Universalists have always been known to pursue personal summertime spiritual delights because historically many of our congregations took the summer off. Even though … read more.

Flower Communion

Join us for our annual Flower Communion, a uniquely UU ritual originally created by Unitarian minister Norbert Čapek in 1923 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. It is a celebration of beauty, diversity, and community. Participants are invited to bring a flower, and during the ceremony, choose … read more.

We Are a People of Creativity

Unitarian Universalists are by nature independent thinkers, seekers of new ideas, and grounded in what some would call “romantic” optimism. Our positive creativity seeks to balance the negativity we often find in our broken world. We have reason to be proud.

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The Rights of Nature

Environmentalism has always resisted the dominant cultural view that nature is merely a resource for humans for seemingly unending consumption. The Rights of Nature is a growing global movement to transform Indigenous values into enforceable laws that can protect the planet for all life. … read more.

Spiritual Resistance

The Christian Easter story of descending into a dark tomb of death and returning to the light of life is a great metaphor for spiritual resistance. As our society seems to be descending into a tomb of fear, anxiety and despair, Unitarian Universalism keeps … read more.