Minister

Human Rights. Again and again and again.   Perhaps your heart is heavy, too, with all the ways human rights are under attack right now. Of course, protecting human rights is an on-going struggle, but lately it seems to be especially so.   The news from Ukraine is grim and dire. So many lives have been lost […]

This past Sunday, I spoke about the history of Unitarians, Universalists and Unitarian Universalists in the work for racial justice. You can access the service recording here.   In the service, I mentioned two great resources about the “empowerment controversy” of 1968-1970, which divided the new denomination and caused many black UUs to leave.The first is […]

With COVID cases coming down and vaccination rates going up, the Health & Safety Task Force decided to relax the OUUC guidance just a bit and begin gathering for services again. We continue to consider everyone in our community and how we can best care for each other. Starting this Sunday, February 27, we will […]

This month we have been exploring the spiritual theme of empower, one of six words in the OUUC mission statement to welcome and wonder, embrace and empower, bridge and become. To empower is simply to share our power. So, to empower we must understand our power. In the service on February 13, I spoke of […]

Dear Ones, it’s been a tough week.  Today I am reminded that sometimes words aren’t enough or even what we need. So, today I offer two things to help sustain us for the days to come.  The first is the prayer from last Sunday’s service, written by Unitarian Universalist minister Leslie Takahashi, titled “Prayer for […]