We’ll explore Islamic theology and history together in separating facts from fictions, myths from realities, regarding the Islamic concept of jihad. (Due to the pandemic, we are meeting online rather than in person. Check your email or our private Facebook group for the Zoom meeting ID and password. If you are not on our email … Continue reading Myths and Realities of Jihad
There is a tension between freedom seen as being free of governmentrestraints on our behavior and our obligation to contribute to the common good, particularly where our actions may impinge on the rights or safety of others. We are seeing that tension right now in conflicts between government-imposed requirements to wear masks, but we have previously seen … Continue reading What is Freedom?
Tasha will present a sermon by Scott Alexander. We will explore the meaning of happiness and offer some very real suggestions on how to find more happiness for yourself. (Due to the pandemic, we are meeting online rather than in person. Check your email for the Zoom meeting ID and password. If you are not on … Continue reading But are you Happy?
Join us as we pause to reflect on the gifts we bring to the world and the hope that we can create and share for ourselves, and for one another. With inspiration from the book Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We’re in without Going Crazy, we’ll explore where we find – and more importantly, inspire – hope. Rev. Scott … Continue reading Activing Y(our) Hope
We asked UU Indianapolis if we could join them for a joint service, and they said that sounded wonderful. Join with us, as we join our neighbors for a service. Minister Jamie Hinson-Rieger will be preaching. UUCC folks will have their own breakout/discussion room after the service. Please note that their service starts at 11:00. The link to log in is … Continue reading Join Our Neighbors
Many heroic figures from history committed acts, promoted beliefs, and held morals we now find deeply objectionable. What do we do with their historical memories and legacies? What constitutes a historical hero or heroine? Together we’ll explore four possible ways to be in relationship with problematic parts of the past. (Due to the pandemic, we are meeting … Continue reading Heroes, Heroines, and Historical Memory
Words can hurt, heal, or bridge gaps. How we use words, how we select them, and even the small choices we make with them can change the meaning, attitude, and outcome of a conversation. Ancients knew that to name a thing was to have dominion over it. The same is true when you choose the … Continue reading Words Have Power
This sermon looks at the failure of our social institutions to support people who suffer from mental illness and their families and one family’s struggle to force the legal system to see the human beneath the illness. (Due to the pandemic, we are meeting online rather than in person. Check your email for the Zoom … Continue reading When the Mentally Ill Go To Jail
A look into the Black Lives Matter movement and the efforts toward anti-racism. (Due to the pandemic, we are meeting online rather than in person. Check your email for the Zoom meeting ID and password. If you are not on our email list, please contact our minister for this information: minister@uucchc.org)
Join with us as we explore the results of the 2020 congregational survey as they relate to our personal and collective theological identities. What do the results reveal about us as a congregation? What do they reveal about Unitarian Universalism? How can they contribute to being our best selves, living in covenantal community, promoting UU … Continue reading Who are we? / Who we are.
