Talking to Strangers

October 5, 2025: Many of us were taught to be cautious of strangers. As we go about our day, we usually interact with family, friends and coworkers. These relationships can help us feel cared for and connected. But what if […]

Serving with Grace   

September 28, 2025: Erik Walker Wikstrum writes, “Common wisdom holds that people come to church for a sense of belonging, and that getting involved with a committee or task force is a great way to meet people and feel more connected.” But what if […]

Belonging to Place

September 21, 2025: Our ‘sense of place’ is foundational to our well- being for a place can protect, inspire, comfort and ground us. Perhaps it is where we were born or a site in nature? Perhaps our UUCM sanctuary? Our sense of place lives in our hearts and bodies. […]

“Building” Belonging

September 14, 2025: Picking up on the themes of the previous Sunday’s service, we ask more deeply why it matters that UUCM is here, why being part of such a community matters now in particular […]

Don’t You Need a Welcome?

September 7, 2025: We enter this month’s theme of “Building Belonging” by recognizing the powerful significance of belonging, especially in the midst of so much public “othering.” Come, whoever you are. Come, build a place of welcome, of hope, of compassion as well as power. […]

On Sabbath: Of Labor and Rest

August 31, 2025: This Labor Day weekend, consider the nature of work and rest – in our over-working culture, in our psyche’s, in our bodies, in our spirits, and in our day-to-day lives […]

Wisdom – A Five-Course Meal

August 17, 2025: And what do you feed your soul, he asked?
Wisdom, yes wisdom.
And where do you source wisdom?
In stories and song
In life and rhythm […]

Why I am a UU

August 10, 2025: Gail Shulz has been Unitarian or Unitarian Universalist, and very actively so, for more than 60 years. Rev. Kevin has been a UU for more than 35 years. In this conversational service, purchased by Gail at UUCM’s auction, Gail and Rev. Kevin share why they became UU and why, after all this time, each of them stays. […]