Hyde Park Service
If you have never participated in or attended a Hyde Park service, the service is called “Hyde Park” after a tradition in London’s Hyde Park, where people literally stand on … Continue reading Hyde Park Service
Archives: Services
Celebrating Leadership
What does leadership in a spiritual community require of us? What practices and habits from other spaces do we need to unlearn in order to be effective in fuliflling a … Continue reading Celebrating Leadership
Flower Ceremony 2025
Bring flowers to share and all that you are to our annual Flower Ceremony. We’ll be outside on the East Lawn (where the tent is) unless weather tells us otherwise. … Continue reading Flower Ceremony 2025
This Is Not My Beautiful House
One of our culture’s foundational myths is about ownership, security, and permanence. In the natural world and indigenous cultures, these are aberrations! Our guest, JD Stillwater offers a bit of … Continue reading This Is Not My Beautiful House
A Big Pink Eraser, a Bird, a Crown, a Flower
What if some of the limitations that keep us stuck are not what we think they are? What if the lines drawn around our lives, by us or by others, … Continue reading A Big Pink Eraser, a Bird, a Crown, a Flower
Active Hope & Love at the Center
Transforming the challenges of climate change and attacks on democracy with a vision for peace and ways forward together. Active Hope, by eco-spiritual teachers Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone, describes … Continue reading Active Hope & Love at the Center
Imagining a World into Being
As co-creators of the world we all share, it helps for us to know what it is we intend to create. Spiritual practices help us engage our imaginations in casting … Continue reading Imagining a World into Being
The Cleveland Situation
In 1969 The Unitarian Society of Cleveland, then located at E. 82nd and Euclid, gave the church property and a significant amount of its assets to a Black Humanist group. … Continue reading The Cleveland Situation
A Joyful Earth
April is a month when we often consider our relationship with Earth. Many of us have a lot of anxiety about Earth and its future. We become very protective and … Continue reading A Joyful Earth
The Way
Many people think of Easter as a celebration of something being concluded. Our Universalist forebears held that Jesus had resolved our disconnection with God once and for all, and that … Continue reading The Way