Sermon by Stephen Atkinson. Forrest Church was a renowned Unitarian minister in the last decades of the last century. He wrote, among many other things. “How to Begin (Changing Your […]

Sermon by Rev. Dr. Stephen Atkinson. Pluralism is, according to Google, “a… system in which two or more… groups, principles, sources of authority, etc. co-exist.” The definition doesn’t add “peacefully!” […]

Sermon by Rev. Dr. Stephen Atkinson. We Unitarian Universalists talk a lot about Interdependence, and maybe we started doing that some while before this became a Big Idea for our […]

Sermon by Rev. Dr. Stephen Atkinson. A past Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association Institute on “Excellence in Ministry” had a theme something like “Be Transformed!” It got me thinking about the […]

Sermon by Stephen Atkinson. Justice and Equity can seem like cool, intellectual aims that apply to groups or populations yet aren’t less important or valuable for that reason. Still, where […]

Sermon by Stephen Atkinson. On first look at this month’s theme, I wondered, “Is love liberating us? Or are we liberating love?” Either way, these are powerful questions. I must […]

Sermon by Stephen Atkinson. The darkness of December; the season of Advent; the winter solstice; the miracle stories of Christmas… together these enliven the sense of Wonder. Wonder is a […]

Sermon by Stephen Atkinson. This service will be online only. Values ground every aspect of human society, whether they’re explicit or not. Some values can be found in virtually every […]

Sermon by Stephen Atkinson. Note: This service will be online only. Whatever our theologies are – and whether we’re fully aware of it or not – something calls Unitarian Universalists […]