Rev. David Schwartz

Laughter heals. We don't laugh away our pain to numb ourselves to reality, but we embrace the silly, the absurd, and delightful as equally a part of life.

Brene Brown says that fitting in happens when you change yourself to be in the community, but belonging happens when you can be your most authentic self in community. How can we as individuals and a community practice belonging here and to/with each other?

The Rev. Dr. Lewis McGee, ordained a Unitarian in 1949, was one of the first Black UU religious leaders. Preaching at the intersection of justice, race, and humanism, his story suggest that to be a "free religion for all souls," means facing the complexity of our own history and how complicity in injustice gets disguised by "reasonable concerns."

The Rev. Dr. Lewis McGee, ordained a Unitarian in 1949, was one of the first Black UU religious leaders. Preaching at the intersection of justice, race, and humanism, his story suggest that to be a "free religion for all souls," means facing the complexity of our own history and how complicity in injustice gets disguised by "reasonable concerns."

Our community is a sort of a paradox: deeply rooted in our history and values, we keep on transforming and changing and growing every day.

Our community is a sort of a paradox: deeply rooted in our history and values, we keep on transforming and changing and growing every day.

In the first half of the service, pose your theological questions, questions about Unitarian Universalism, and questions about David -- and Rev. David will answer them in the sermon, on the spot.

In the first half of the service, pose your theological questions, questions about Unitarian Universalism, and questions about David -- and Rev. David will answer them in the sermon, on the spot.

Theologian Walter Brueggemann writes that the progressive church has three central prophetic tasks -- three key ways that we speak truth to power -- realism in the face of ideology, grief while the world is in denial, and hope with the world is in despair.

Theologian Walter Brueggemann writes that the progressive church has three central prophetic tasks -- three key ways that we speak truth to power -- realism in the face of ideology, grief while the world is in denial, and hope with the world is in despair.

Celebrate spring with this all-ages earth-centered service! We gather at 5:00 for snacks and crafts, then our equinox ritual at 5:30 and a potluck meal to follow.

The Passover Seder retells the story of the Jewish people leaving Egypt 3,000 years ago. Whether you have Jewish roots or not, you are warmly invited!