by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Sep 20, 2023 | Weekly Message
As a Jew, the Ten Days of Awe, also known as “Aseret Yemei Teshuvah,” is a period of deep introspection and repentance for myself as well as other Jews around the world. These ten days span from Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, to Yom Kippur, the Day...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Sep 14, 2023 | Weekly Message
One of our UU Asheville Justice Ministry partners is The Unitarian Universalist Ministry of North Carolina (UUJMNC -Yes, we love acronyms! Here is a link to my acronym sheet cheat. Please submit entries that are missing!) UUJMNC has supported our “UU the Vote” events...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Sep 7, 2023 | Weekly Message
If you haven’t had a chance to notice yet, there’s a sign on my office door at the church that has these words from my friend, the author Rivera Sun: Be kind. Be connected. Be unafraid. Sometimes you really don’t need a sermon – just a wise friend reminding you...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Aug 31, 2023 | Weekly Message
As we approach the start of a brand new church year, I am thinking about the future, of course. It is literally part of my job to plan for the future. My co-conspirator Jen Johnson and I have been planning for the launch of the new Religious Exploration year since...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Aug 23, 2023 | Weekly Message
As schools start to open their doors, a new season begins. As an academic, I’ve always appreciated how UU churches follow the same calendar. Summer offers time off for staff and leaders; the congregation enjoys different speakers in the pulpit, church life slows down....
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Aug 16, 2023 | Weekly Message
Last month I attended a workshop on reparations at the YWCA sponsored by the Racial Justice Coalition. I learned a lot I did not know about the reparations process in Asheville and the history of reparations in the US and abroad. Did you know that in 1862 President...
