The end of the year brings a confluence of religious holidays—Hanukkah (Jewish), Christmas (Christian), Ashira (Islam), and Yule (Pagan). No matter the religious holiday, our culture has imposed a veneer of commercialism on top of the season. How do we choose what has religious meaning to us? What rituals do we hold onto and why? How do we navigate this “holiday” season as Unitarian Universalists?

The end of the year brings a confluence of religious holidays—Hanukkah (Jewish), Christmas (Christian), Ashira (Islam), and Yule (Pagan). No matter the religious holiday, our culture has imposed a veneer of commercialism on top of the season. How do we choose what has religious meaning to us? What rituals do we hold onto and why? How do we navigate this “holiday” season as Unitarian Universalists?

As eight members of our community prepare to leave to participate in the Parliament of the World’s Religions, let us consider what is to be gained by talking to people of other faiths. Is such dialogue just to make us feel good, or could it really make a difference? The choir sings today.

As eight members of our community prepare to leave to participate in the Parliament of the World’s Religions, let us consider what is to be gained by talking to people of other faiths. Is such dialogue just to make us feel good, or could it really make a difference? The choir sings today.

Today we welcome new members into our community and reflect on some of the foundational values of our UU faith. How can we explain our way of being religious to others? How can we better understand it for ourselves? These are questions that deserve an answer. We will try to do them justice.

Today we welcome new members into our community and reflect on some of the foundational values of our UU faith. How can we explain our way of being religious to others? How can we better understand it for ourselves? These are questions that deserve an answer. We will try to do them justice.

The definition and how we use a covenant in Unitarian Universalist Polity is derived from early Congregationalist structure brought by the Pilgrims and Puritans to the colonies. To join a church one entered into covenant—the individual covenanting with the community and both covenanting with the “higher ideal” that they agreed upon: a sacred triangle, if you will. We’ll explore the relationship of the individual and community and that “higher ideal.”

The definition and how we use a covenant in Unitarian Universalist Polity is derived from early Congregationalist structure brought by the Pilgrims and Puritans to the colonies. To join a church one entered into covenant—the individual covenanting with the community and both covenanting with the “higher ideal” that they agreed upon: a sacred triangle, if you will. We’ll explore the relationship of the individual and community and that “higher ideal.”