Love is the doctrine of this church.
The quest for truth is its sacrament.
And service is its prayer.
This is our great covenant:
To dwell together in peace.
To seek the truth in love.
And to help one another.
To the end that all souls shall grow
In harmony with the divine.
God of our long-suffering night, you have walked with us on
our trails of tears and our long forced marches. You were there, when forced on
tired feet, we stumbled and lay trembling as our tormentors cheered. You were
there, when, dwelling in safety, we lived in unfounded fears. We heard you
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Suffering: A gateway to more compassionate living.
We live in a culture that avoids suffering at all costs and denies the ever presence of death. Yet, suffering and experiencing the death of a loved one can be a gateway to personal freedom and greater joy. How would your life change if you were to accept, truly accept, [ … ]
Some have asked, both critics and supporters, whether Unitarian Universalism is a religion. To that question I respond in the affirmative. What do you think? Come and share your thoughts during this dialogue sermon. Unitarian transcendentalist Rev. Theodore Parker outlined my position when he said: Be ours a religion which, like sunshine goes everywhere; its temple, [ … ]