Speaker: Rev. Anthony Mtuaswa Johnson

Of Bone and Sinew

Ellen Craft and her husband William escaped American Slavery on an amazing journey of one-thousand miles in search of peace and freedom. Clutching their dream of having children born as free persons, born of free ”bone and sinew,” their saga is one of love and one of the most unique stories in American history. “Love … Continue reading Of Bone and Sinew

What is Faith

This Worship Service will explore the meaning of faith. How does your faith guide you or how does it reveal itself to others, or does it? In the Living Tradition of Unitarian Universalism we shall ask ourselves and ponder the question: What does it mean to have faith? “To have faith is to trust yourself … Continue reading What is Faith

Poetry as a Spiritual Practice (Part 3)

Reverend Anthony shares his original poetry and hosts this special SUUF Worship Service, featuring original and favorite poems presented by SUUF Members and Friends along with music from Susannah Martin. “Poetry may make us a little more aware of the deeper, unnamed feelings which form the substratum of our being” ….T.S. Eliot This in-person service … Continue reading Poetry as a Spiritual Practice (Part 3)

Winter Holidays

We celebrate the Winter Season of 2022 by recognizing the Holidays of Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa. We celebrate Hanukkah on December 19tt, through December 26th. We recognize and honor Kwanzaa from December 26th through January 1st. And on this Sunday, we celebrate Christmas Day.

Love In Action

Today’s talk is entitled, “Love In Action,” a sermon calling our Unitarian Universalist Principles, Sources and Purpose into view. As Unitarian Universalists we honor our “Living Tradition” by committing to an ongoing examination of where we are as a faith, what we believe, and how to change what needs to be updated and or changed. … Continue reading Love In Action

All Human, All Equal

This Sunday’s sermon honors the day that the United Nations General Assembly adopted, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which is observed every year on the 10th of December. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a milestone document, and is the most translated document in the world today. As we endure these … Continue reading All Human, All Equal

Widening the Circle

This week’s message will focus upon our commitment to creating a more loving, just and sustainable world, what we refer to as a Beloved Community. One challenge to this commitment is the very real theological tension, within ourselves, within society and within Unitarian Universalism, between individualism and interdependence. “The central task of the religious community … Continue reading Widening the Circle

As We Rise, We Lift Others

This Sunday’s Sermon honors our Unitarian Universalist seventh principle; “Respect for the Interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.” We shall remind ourselves that every action that we take effects everything around us and beyond. That our perceived separation is just that, a perceived and learned construct. This construct is not … Continue reading As We Rise, We Lift Others