Let’s Deck the Halls
SanctuaryThe start of Emerson's holiday season is nearly here. Sunday, December 3, we will be decorating the sanctuary as is our Christmas tradition. This year Deck the Halls is an all-congregation [...]
The start of Emerson's holiday season is nearly here. Sunday, December 3, we will be decorating the sanctuary as is our Christmas tradition. This year Deck the Halls is an all-congregation [...]
Today is the First Sunday of Advent. Christians across the world will begin to prepare for Christmas. What can we learn from their tradition? How can it be meaningful to us?
We welcome all generations to send in your questions in advance (minister@emersonhouston.org) and our minister will answer them. Our Worship Services are weekly reflections weaving together our own thoughts and [...]
How do we love those whose thinking we find intolerable?
EMERSON'S DRUM CIRCLE CLASS FOR BEGINNERS TAUGHT BY LONG TIME UU DRUM TEACHER CRAIG BERTUGLIA Who: Teacher - Long time experienced teacher of drum circle drumming, Craig Bertuglia will teach [...]
We have seen the unspeakable become commonplace. Its becoming more common and more and more unspeakable. How do we, as religious people address this dysfunction in our society? Our Worship [...]
David Barfield
"When we get there, we’ll discover / All of the gifts we’ve been given to share / Have been with us since life’s beginning / And we never noticed they [...]
We celebrate the time of year when the veil between this world and other worlds are the thinnist. In the 9th century, the Roman Catholic Church shifted the date of All Saints' Day to 1 November, while 2 November later became All Souls' Day. Over time, it is believed that Samhain, All Saints and All Souls influenced each other, and eventually merged into the modern concept of Halloween.
Christopher Columbus has a global holiday and his name forms the basis for states and even nations to this day. Niccolò Machiavelli's last name has become a slanderous adjective. We may have this exactly backwards.
David Barfield
David Oliverio will speak about finding a peaceful coexistence of different interests, worldviews, convictions, and lifestyles, drawing from his many years of experience on both sides of the fence, first as a Pentecostal preacher and then later a secular Humanist speaker and activist, and from his 17 years as an in-home personal trainer, entering all types of people’s homes and discovering the many commonalities of humanity.