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November 17, 2024 Rev. Janet Onnie The story of Nehemiah is my go-to story whenever I think about the challenges of building the world our Unitarian Universalists values dictate. Values we share with those ancient Jews. Last week those values came under attack. As did many other congregations, we at HUU participated in a grief vigil. Last Sunday the Unitarian Universalist congregations nationwide reported overflowing sanctuaries with people expressing their fear, anger, s

Rev. Janet Onnie September 1, 2024 Last week Rev. Paul Britner described ministry, quoting Gordon McKeeman, as ‘the quality of a relationship between and among human beings that beckons forth hidden possibilities.’  Rev. Britner gave striking examples of individuals doing ministry.  I need only to look around at HUU and see equally striking examples of people doing ministry.  So why did you feel you needed a minister?  To address that question that I’ll need to reference our

by Rev. Kirk Ballin August 18, 2024 The Dash by Linda Ellis I read of a man who stood to speak at the funeral of a friend. He referred to the dates on the tombstone from the beginning…to the end. He noted that first came the date of birth And spoke the following date with tears, But he said what mattered most of all Was the dash between those years. For that dash represents all the time that they spent alive on earth. And now only those who loved them know what that little li

by Tom Hook August 11, 2024             Good morning and thank you for having me again.  This was a short notice situation as your scheduled speaker, Valerie Luna Serrels, had to cancel for this Sunday for personal reasons.               I suspect several of you are somewhat familiar with the Enneagram.  I first was exposed to it in 1990 during my Spiritual Direction studies.  Over the years I have become more and more intrigued with this personality typology and how it can (

July 7, 2024 By Bill Faw Good morning! This is my 14th message for HUU since September, 2018. Today we look at the interesting question: Is history flat (basically staying the same), circular (getting better, then worse, in cycles), inclining (getting better), or declining (getting worse)? PARTS ONE AND TWO: HISTORY FLAT AND/OR CIRCULAR For classic portrayals of both the ‘flat’ and ‘circular/cyclical’ views of history, let us turn to good old Ecclesiastes from the Hebrew Bib