April 17, 2022 by Rev. Jami Yandle If “the unexamined life is not worth living,” how does Eastertime encourage us to examine ourselves – to roll away the stones on our hearts – and examine what lies within? The Rev. Jami Yandle (they/them/theirs) is a non-binary Board Certified Chaplain and will be serving as Sabbatical […]
The Spiritual Practice of Showing Up: From trans rights to reproductive justice, voting rights to the environment, this is a crucial time in Texans’ fight for justice and UU values in the world. The Rev. Erin Walter, musician, dance teacher, and new Executive Director of the Texas Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry, joins us to reflect […]
We are meaning-seeking animals. This means we can sometimes find ourselves looking for our purpose in our lives and communities. It’s simple if we’re just looking to increase what’s ours, raise our status, and beat our competitors into submission. But when we value healing — when we are looking to mend the world with our […]
March 27, 2022 by Rev. Joanna Fontaine Crawford “Well I left my happy home To see what I could find out I left my folk and friends With the aim to clear my mind out.” – Cat Stevens. On Rev. Joanna’s last service before leaving on sabbatical, she shares some thoughts about renewal, sabbath, and […]
March 20, 2022 by Rev. Joanna Fontaine Crawford This is Ostara, the Spring Equinox, a time of planting. And we are looking ahead to a new future, hopefully a post-pandemic future. What do we want to plant?
March 13, 2022 by Rev. Joanna Fontaine Crawford Nations and individuals withhold money to show our disapproval. How do we use it for good?
March 6, 2022 by Rev. Joanna Fontaine Crawford The world right now looks scary and its easy to imagine enemies around us. But the math says otherwise.
February 27, 2022 by Live Oak UU Members What is the ministry we do in the wider community? Join Live Oak members Joel Bercu, Audrey McCann, Chris Milhealsick, and Judy Reynolds, as they discuss taking action with school board issues, reproductive justice and anti-racism, voting, and climate justice.
February 20, 2022 by Rev. Joanna Fontaine Crawford Helping others often brings to mind feeding the homeless or digging a well in another country. But there are different needs right in our own neighborhood.
February 13, 2022 by Rev. Joanna Fontaine Crawford We talk about “Building Beloved Community” all the time. But what does it actually mean?