Thank you for showing up for our neighbors at the Interfaith Witness at ICE yesterday. There were 175 people present at this kick-off event. (Check out the photos below.) When … Continue reading Photos and Gratitude about the Witness at ICE
Thanksgiving is a holiday that contains a multitude of stories, which range from a narrative about gratitude to a narrative of mourning to a narrative of migration. This year, one … Continue reading Neighbor Showing Up for Neighbor
Today is a day when we honor the lives lost due to anti-trans bigotry and violence. This is an important act of awareness every year, but it is especially vital … Continue reading Trans Day of Remembrance
Throughout the month of November, we are focused on the stories that are woven through our lives as individuals and as a community of faith. You will hear some of … Continue reading Rev. Tom’s 30th and Our Shared History
Sometimes I get asked the question, “Can you be a Unitarian Universalist on your own?” On one hand, the answer is yes, because ten times the number of people who … Continue reading Articulating Your Faith
Throughout the month of October, as a part of our annual theme of Weaving Community, you are invited to help us share our collective story and history. Our lives are … Continue reading Our Community Timeline Project
Delivered by Rev. Alison Miller at First Unitarian Portland on October 1, 2025 The Jewish High Holidays have several themes – one of them is the birth of the world. … Continue reading Yom Kippur Homily
As a religion that draws wisdom from multiple sources, certain holidays outside of our Protestant roots have come to hold a special place in our Unitarian Universalist tradition. Here are … Continue reading Spiritual Growth at the High Holidays
Welcome to Fall at First Unitarian! Here are some of the things to anticipate in our community in the coming weeks: We will be kicking off our annual spiritual theme, … Continue reading We Begin Again
As parents and grandparents, teachers and churchgoers, Portlanders and people in general, we find ourselves once again on the day after a shooting in a school in a church. This … Continue reading Grief Rising
