Rev. Ashley comes to us from the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Sterling, Virginia where she has served as minister for three years.
She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in religion from Barnard College and her MDiv from Union Theological Seminary in the City of … read more.
Hosted by the Canadian Unitarian Council.
What will hold us together today? As an antidote to a world built around us/them, we’ll lean into this counter-story:
that difference makes strength, and that our distinctive model as UUs – based not on sameness but on cultivating … read more.
In UU child dedications, instead of saying the child has original sin, we say the child has original blessings. In this special service for Transgender Day of Remembrance, we’ll explore the role of spiritual communities in reminding us of our original blessings –
calling us … read more.
In this morning’s Reflection, we will explore cultivating joyful patience and positive anticipation as grounding spiritual practices.
What benefits can patience and positive anticipation offer us as individuals and communities? How can we harness these practices to lay the groundwork for motivation, optimism and success?
Debbie is … read more.
Carl Sagan wrote “A religion that stressed the magnificence of the universe as revealed by modern science might be able to draw forth reserves of reverence and awe hardly tapped by the conventional faiths. Sooner or later, such a religion will emerge.”
How can we make Unitarian … read more.
Hallowe’en comes from the pagan holiday of Samhain – a time when the veil between the world of the living and the world of the dead was unusually thin. In this service, we’ll think about how connecting to our own ancestral traditions and to community … read more.
Loaves and Fishes’ highly successful Food 4U Food Recovery Program has dramatically increased the amount of healthy nutritious food available to people in need, while at the same time saving millions of pounds of food from ending up in the landfill every year.
This morning we will … read more.
At this time of Thanksgiving, we invite you to hear a new, original story drawn from the natural world.
Inspired by the family of barn swallows who appropriated her family’s patio this past summer, Debbie weaves a tale of hope, adaptation and resilience in our time … read more.
It is said that only death and taxes are certain. Add to the list, change. Change, sometimes invited and intentional, sometimes resisted and denied.
We can engage it, resist it, deny, ignore or celebrate it and still change will occur. Our Unitarian Universalist faith invites us … read more.
September 30th has been declared National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a day of memorial, to recognize and acknowledge the effects of the Canadian Indian residential school system.
Let us honour this day and identify ways we might individually and collectively continue the work of reconciliation.
Rev. … read more.
