Sermons

 A New Era of Action in Illinois What happens when 30+ congregations speak with one moral voice? We are delighted to welcome Natasha Walker, our new leader at the UU Advocacy Network of Illinois (UUANI), [...]

A Piece of Fertile Ground Expect the unexpected as we explore this month’s Soul Matters Theme: Paying Attention. This will be a highly interactive service, set up for connection and discovery. Rev. Eileen and Director [...]

God Doesn’t Give You More Than You Can Handle and Other Lies We Tell Ourselves What gets us through the impossible things we face, if not a deity? Exploring what sustains us when God DOES [...]

In Community Today Many of us have several communities to whom we devote our energy and with whom we spend our time, from a small community of close friends or neighbors to a mid-sized community [...]

 I’m Not Okay, You’re Not Okay, and That’s Okay How to be not fine together, so that we can overcome what’s not okay and maybe, possibly, make it better.  Rev. Eileen leads this service with [...]

Pleasure Activism Burnout is a predictable outcome of a culture that treats pushing past our limits as virtue. In this sermon, we’ll explore how rest, joy, creativity, and pleasure are not distractions from justice work, [...]

Universalism with Pluralism  We grow in our resilience when we embrace multiplicity and learn from difference. Building a better world will come from our capacity to honor each individual’s right to be who they are, [...]

Finding the Way: Sophia Newman’s Spiritual Journey UCE Member and participant in our latest Deepening the Spiritual Journey class, Sophia Newman, shares her pluralistic and unique journey toward the present moment. Rev. Eileen will be [...]

Shall We Overcome? What does it mean to sing this song of resistance knowing we have NOT overcome, that, in fact, we seem further from overcoming injustice than ever? We honor the life of Rev. [...]

Love Resists and Builds UUs across the country are joining the UUA’s Love Resists campaign. We will explore building community, training geared toward engagement, and the various forms of action that contribute to collective resistance. [...]