The expansiveness of who we are in our journeys of faith and spirit is like a multitude of sounds coming together to give life, heal what’s been broken, and tell a new story that is simultaneously as old as time. We are Beauty and Power and Glory! Join BLUU’s minister, Rev. Mykal Slack, Johann Montozzi-Wood, …
This is a chance for people who are part of African derived and traditional religions to gather and deepen relationships. Gather in this sacred space with us Saturday, June 21 at 3 p.m. in the Healing Space (Room #325 at the Baltimore Convention Center). Black Sacred Space: This event is by and for Black people, …
Charlotte-area fam! Join BLUU Co-Founder Leslie Mac and UUCC’s Kelly Green for Sinners & Saints: A Black Gathering—a free Black-centered movie night and potluck featuring the film Sinners and food inspired by 1930s Mississippi. RSVP is required to attend. We'll see you Friday, September 12 at 6:30 PM (ET)!
Keep Sailing: A BLUU Homecoming Saying yes to a calling brings both gifts and challenges. The day we all said yes to this calling...this gift...this work that is BLUU, something shifted in the universe. A whole new set of cultural, theological, missional, and ecclesial neurons were being built in the nervous system of Unitarian Univeralism. …
Meet Us by the Fire is a new BLUU series that honors the ancient tradition of gathering around the fire for warmth, storytelling, and community. This series invites us to think creatively and strategically about what it'll take for us to survive and thrive together. Over the next several weeks, we're hosting virtual gatherings to …
Bring your favorite poems, short essays, and healing words to share at our first-ever, virtual Open Mic Night. This event is Black Sacred Space.
For the second virtual gathering in our 'Meet Us by the Fire' series, we want to hear from you! Join us in Black Sacred Space, Wednesday, October 22 at 8 p.m. (eastern time) to discuss tools and resources to help strengthen and safeguard ourselves and our communities. You must RSVP to attend.
Be Free Anyway. The energy permeating from our rituals and our practices create and enliven pathways in the body and of the heart. How do we tend to those pathways in an upside down world? Join Rev. Mykal Sunday, November 16 for a service of celebration and gratitude for the radical imagining of Buddhism.
Please join us for our annual Beloved Member Meeting! Come learn about BLUU's changing governance formation, the ministerial transition, and to gather together in community. You must register to attend.
T’is the season of holding and doing all the things. And yet, we are called into stillness and reflection as the sun’s path shifts and winter sets in. May we hold this changing time with gratitude that we can be still together and for the opportunity to hold together what’s shifting in our own hearts …
We leave reminded that love is not soft because it is weak; love is powerful because it is intentional.
Regarded as one of the founders of gospel music, Rev. Charles Albert Tindley, an African American Methodist minister composed the songs, “The Storm is Passing Over” and “By and By” over 100 years ago, and they continue to sing to us. How do we find wisdom and understanding from them in these times? How do we keep journeying toward a world of greater acceptance and affirmation? Perhaps Rev. Tindley’s journey can inspire us all.
