8 Unitarian Universalist Congregations of Greater Houston+

Wisdom, we greet this evening with gladness, breathing in the sweetness of night descending, breathing with relief and with hope. In blessing of the night, may we take refuge and find peace, letting t

Wisdom, from little beginnings and great unknowing, we grow in understanding, in ability, and in hope each day. No matter what we know, may we care to learn more, keep asking questions, keep attending

THere is in the midst of the pain and desparation that migrants face a place where migrants can receive solace for their spirits.  Casa Mariposa is an intentional religious  community made up of a var

I’m looking at the Boy Scout decision - not as a gay kid or adult, but a parent of a kid who may or may not be gay. What message does it send to him if he can be gay but his scout master can’t? It sou

There are a lot of reasons to celebrate the step that the Boy Scouts of America took this week.  Ending the ban on gay scouts is a significant change, and an acknowledgement of just how far our countr

Safety Net, an action team of Social Justice, has posted a petition on change.org: UUA candidates for board and moderator: Open a national conversation on clergy misconduct. Please consider signing it

My daughter and I started watching Gilmore Girls in 2000, along with every other preteen girl in America. What was different is that we not only fell in love with Lorelei and Rory, but we searched out

This Sunday, we will have a sermon by a young man who just graduated from high school. Christian James has been active in the district youth group, serving as the "food dude". He's learned a lot in hi

“The Lord has redeemed all of us, all of us, with the Blood of Christ: all of us, not just Catholics. Everyone! ‘Father, the atheists?’ Even the atheists. Everyone! … And this commandment for everyone

A church that does not concern itself with the struggle in history for human decency and justice is not a prophetic church.  The prophetic church is the church in which all members share the common re

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“Chaliceout - May we react to one another with kindness, with mercy, with generosity” - Naomi King - Twitter: @revnaomi

Jerrod Oltmann will be leading our Memorial Day worship this Sunday.  Jerrod is a third year seminarian at Meadville Lombard Theological School who, for the past year, has served as ministerial intern

That's what direct mail king Richard Viguerie says in a letter to his fellow outragees, the Republican Members of Congress (or at least the Speaker of the House and the Senate Minority Leader, to whom

I believe that faith is a way of moving and being in the world, not a set of beliefs. But beliefs matter, because they frame our understanding of the good we aspire toward and support our commitments.

Jay Michaelson looks at recent incidents of homophobic hate crimes.

Today at the Clear Spring School we held our annual Celebration of the Child, which is our closing school program. The kids do skits, and the teachers present certificates of achievement which concern

“You may never have proof of your importance but you are more important than you think. There are always those who couldn’t do without you. The rub is that you don’t always know who.” - Robert Fulghum

Earlier this week I reported on how the Supreme Court of the United States will be hearing a case about sectarian prayers before government meetings. Defenders of various inclusive sectarian models sa

In the last three years, I’ve talked to many professionals (40ish to 50ish in age) about their moral and ethical values and why they aren’t members of a church – particularly a UU congregation? “You m