[ March 14, 2010; 10:00 am to 11:15 am. ] Gandhi, Religion, Politics, and the Salt March

Gandhi’s philosophy of non-violent resistance, satyagraha, combines politics and religion.  To an American mindset, any combination of politics and religion is bad.  What about religion might make politics more just and effective?  What about politics might make religion more progressive and effective?

Join us this Sunday as Andrew Kerr [...]

[ March 21, 2010; 10:00 am to 11:15 am. ]

Did The Founding Fathers Want the United States To Be A ‘Christian Nation’?

Was the United States founded as a “Christian Nation” as some on the Religious Right insist?  Or were the founders die hard Secularists?  The truth is probably somewhere in between.  In this Third Sunday Presentation, Jim Jaeger, a ministerial student at Meadville Lombard [...]

[ March 28, 2010; 10:00 am to 11:15 am. ] Desire from a Buddhist Perspective

Buddhist psychology is often more insightful than even contemporary Western psychology.  From the very beginning, Buddhism understood the problems of meaning later identified by Western existentialism.  It is always fruitful and fascinating to explore connections between Buddhist philosophy and Western philosophy.

Join us this Sunday with Andrew Kerr as we explore [...]

[ April 11, 2010; 10:00 am to 11:15 am. ] .  All-Wicked Music Sunday.  What is Wickedness and can People be Wicked?

Make sure to come this Sunday for a special mostly music program featuring Marita Kelter on the piano singing a variety of selections from the hit Broadway musical Wicked.  We’ll sing along and listen to some of the most moving music in the [...]

[ April 25, 2010; 10:00 am to 11:15 am. ] Why do People Believe in God?  Secularism and the Psychology of Theism

A good question for religious liberals and freethinkers is, why do people (why do I) believe in God?  Western secularism has given some penetrating, if unflattering, answers to that question.  Fear, confusion, and social control are the common proposals.  With these subversive answers, [...]

[ May 9, 2010; 10:00 am to 11:15 am. ]

The Religious Importance of Nature.   First Harvest Ceremony.   Salad Party.

Freethinkers are reminded in our principles to “read the Book of Nature.”  Many religious traditions recognize nature as a source of religious insight.  Likewise, nature is often given religious importance in the Western secular tradition:  think Thoreau and Leopold.

Join Andrew Kerr this Sunday [...]

[ May 23, 2010; 10:00 am to 11:15 am. ] Intimacy and Why People Get Married in the Spring

Building upon the suggestions of the previous UU Sunday, Andrew Kerr will offer that intimacy is the fundamental religious concept.  We find meaning in life when we can bring the world into our self-expression.  Otherwise, self-expression feels increasingly empty, and finally becomes impossible.

Marriage is a universal cultural [...]