Harmony, a Unitarian Universalist Community

05/25/2026

Memorial Day invites many kinds of remembrance.

Today, we hold gratitude and care for all who served in the military, including the many Unitarian Universalists who gave of themselves in service to their country and communities. We honor those who died in war and military service, and the loved ones who carry their memory forward.

We also hold close the immeasurable human cost of violence—lives lost, families changed forever, communities shattered, and generations shaped by grief.

Veterans For Peace calls for a deeper kind of remembrance: one that resists turning this day into a celebration of militarism and instead asks us to reckon honestly with the human cost of war.

At a time when war and suffering continue across the globe, may we remember that every life carries inherent worth and dignity. And may we continue the work of building communities grounded in compassion, justice, and peace.

Read the full statement from Veterans For Peace at the link in the comments.

05/10/2026

Thank you to Susan Wenner Jackson for speaking about belonging at the Joint Service of the Unitarian Universalist Council of Greater Cincinnati this morning at First Unitarian. Thank you to Chuck Wiggins for serving on the Service Planning Team. Great morning!

04/22/2026

“You cannot care for the land if you do not care for its people. Climate justice is people justice.”
— Lawrence Nault

This quote from Lawrence Nault names something essential: The climate crisis is not separate from the conditions people are living in.

It is shaped by race, by economics, by disability, by migration—by who is most impacted and who is most protected.

When we take that seriously, it shifts what this work asks of us.

Not just individual action, but shared responsibility.
Not siloed efforts, but work across our whole communities.
Not quick results, but a long commitment to transformation.

🌎 So this Earth Day, we’re asking:

Where is your congregation in this understanding?
What would it look like to take this seriously—not just in one committee, but together?

May we care for the land by caring for one another.
May we stay with the work.

Explore resources from Side With Love at the link in the comments.

03/25/2026

02/28/2026

02/13/2026

What if community organizing starts with something as simple as learning someone’s name?

In “A Theology of Community Organizing,” Rev. Sean Neil-Barron reminds us that belonging—not strategy—is where real power begins.

As Rev. Neil-Barron writes, “…people don’t join a cause. People join people.”

Read the full piece—adapted from the 2025 Sophia Lyon Fahs Lecture—to explore how small acts of showing up grow into trust, how trust becomes shared power, and why movements endure when we build communities willing to fight like family. Link in the comments.

01/27/2026

Join us on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 6:30–8 p.m., for the next Immigrant Dignity Coalition meeting—held both in person at Mt. Auburn Presbyterian Church and online via Zoom. No matter where you are, you can be part of the conversation and the movement for immigrant justice. 💪✨

🖥️ Zoom makes it easy: Mt. Auburn is using up-to-date tech to make sure virtual participants feel like they’re right in the room.
🌨️ Weather note: If there’s a Level 2+ Snow Emergency in Hamilton County by 5:00 PM, the meeting will move to Zoom-only.
🗣️ Language access: Need interpretation in Spanish or French? Please confirm in advance by calling/texting 513-400-5963 or emailing [email protected]

🔗 Register for Zoom by 5:30 PM the day of the meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/LIABPz28QmmwPf4MpudTDQ

Let’s keep showing up for immigrant dignity, in person or online. ✨

01/26/2026

Our Unitarian Universalist faith tradition places love at the center.
We’ve heard the call by Minnesotans.
We side in solidarity with their struggle.
We condemn the continued violence by Federal Agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Read Full Statement:
bit.ly/AlexPretti

01/19/2026

🔥 DOWN BELOW: List of Rev. Dr. ’s speeches and sermons in which he courageously speaks truth; shares about Kingian nonviolence; and expounds on issues of injustice and what our righteous, rigorous response should be.

1. “It's more difficult today because we are struggling now for genuine equality. And it's much easier to integrate a lunch counter than it is to guarantee a livable income and a good solid job.” From ‘The Other America.”

Full speech: https://youtu.be/dOWDtDUKz-U?si=yzHNbyA2bZiJBq-F

2. “Nonviolence is not sterile passivity, but a powerful moral force which makes for social transformation.”

Full speech: https://youtu.be/az8VvmcgNpE

3. “This problem of spiritual and moral lag, which constitutes modern man's chief dilemma, expresses itself in three larger problems which grow out of man's ethical infantilism.” From Dr. King’s Nobel Peace Prize Lecture, ‘The Quest for Peace and Justice’

Full speech: https://youtu.be/CzMFOljSYIk

4. From ‘Paul’s Letter to American Christians’:

“Oh America, how often have you taken necessities from the masses to give luxuries to the classes.”

Full speech: https://youtu.be/7p5iOhXumaQ

5. Dr. King in 1967, but he could be talking about today: “And so the collision course is set. The people cry for freedom and the congress attempts to legislate repression.” From ‘The Three Evils of Society.’

Full speech: https://youtu.be/6sT9Hjh0cHM

6. ‘Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence.’ Please spend some time with it. “If America's soul becomes totally poisoned, part of the autopsy must read: Vietnam. It can never be saved so long as it destroys the deepest hopes of men the world over.”

Full speech: https://youtu.be/AJhgXKGldUk

01/17/2026

Local MLK events - please feel free to share a local event in the comments.

There are multiple events happening across the area to celebrate the famed Civil Rights leader.

01/15/2026

Please visit the UU Side with Love site if you’re looking for justice-oriented guidance in these tumultuous times.

Side With Love is the Organizing Strategy Team of the Unitarian Universalist Association. We harness the power of love to confront and transform systems of oppression and build a world where all people can thrive. Through organizing, education, and mobilization, we equip Unitarian Universalists and....