This Sunday, per the Risk-Based Staging (see below grid) recommended by the Safety Team and adopted by the Board, and the current staging for Austin, we will be returning to indoor in-person worship services at Live Oak, with livestreaming of the 9:30 service.

We … read more.

We have moved from “Be patient, we’re almost there” to “Let’s make hay while the sun shines.”

There is no space for Monday morning quarterbacking in the pandemic. Every day is new. There are no experts in how to “do pandemic” outside of the scientific aspect. … read more.

Deadline: Sunday, Dec. 19

Religious historian and writer Diana Butler Bass has been talking about how after the 1918 pandemic, churches didn’t write anything about their experience. It’s like they just wanted to move on and forget about it. 

I know we’re not at the end … read more.

I have spoken, preached actually, against making gratitude an empty, forced ritual. Because sometimes, we need to be able to admit that things are difficult or painful.

But I have begun making gratitude a daily practice and have discovered that it is helping me wake … read more.

Do you feel frozen into a routine? Like, maybe you’re still extremely busy, but you’re busy with the same limited places that you go, and things that you do? 

I hadn’t realized I was. I mean, I’m physically going to the church multiple times a week … read more.

Last Sunday, I preached about our Unitarian Universalist theological inheritance/mission to soundly reject the Calvinist doctrine about human nature, that it is characterized by “total depravity.”

This isn’t just a philosophical exercise. This past year, I believe we’ve seen a glimpse of some of the challenges … read more.