Unitarianism

Our Unitarian Universalist Tree of Life

May 7, 2023

Beloved Community, Love and Justice, Sermon, Spirituality, Stewardship, Unitarian Universalism, World Religions

Christianity, Constantine, Democracy, First Council of Nicea, Heresy, Jesus, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Unitarianism, Universalism

When one imagines a religion, something human-made may immediately come to mind: perhaps religious architecture like Angkor Wat, the vast ancient Hindu temple complex in Cambodia; or Islam’s Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem; or Chartres Cathedral in Paris. Something spacious and sizable in stone and glass, shaped by human hands. Yet I am struck…
The Eclectic Church of the Future

Aug 16, 2020

Beloved Community, Sermon, Social Events, Spirituality, Unitarian Universalism, World Religions

cultural misappropriation, Henry David Thoreau, Heresy, Joseph Priestley, Spiritual eclecticism, spiritual fusion, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Unitarianism, Universalism

We begin today at the very beginning of our Unitarian Universalist faith, 2000 years ago, with certain Jesus-followers who did not believe Jesus was equal to God. Jesus was very special in some sense, but not equal to God. Call these Jesus followers Unitarians. There were also those who did not believe that God would…