Unitarian Universalist Church of Jacksonville

In this Valentine’s Day sermon, Phillip explores the fetishization of romantic love, and urges us to embrace the transformative pain of rejection.

Dr. Strange, the role of magic in the comic book universe, and the role of magic in our own.

Participants in the Women’s March on Washington share their experiences of this historic event.

Amid the fear and anxiety of an uncertain future, Phillip draws from our Universalist heritage and Christian scriptures and urges us to love ourselves, our neighbors, and our enemies.

How Martin Luther King’s legacy was co-opted by the very people he stood against.

Referenced in the sermon: Here is a list of Black-led organizations you can directly contribute to in order to support the current racial justice movement(s). This list comes from SURJ.

Donna Janesky looks back at 2016.

Former UUCJ member, now a program leader for UUSC (Unitarian Universalist Service Committee), Rebecca Burns gives a first-person account of the work that UUSC does.

Learn more about UUSC at http://www.uusc.org.

Further exploration of the burgeoning of white supremacy during Trump’s rise to power, and the role that our church must play in resisting this rise of white nationalism.

Exploring the relationship between faith and politics, Phillip argues that our values as UU’s entail a political fight for social justice and equality.

Here is the opinion piece referenced in the sermon: Why I Left White Nationalism by R. Derek Black

A post-election message for all ages.