We often bemoan the short days and long nights of winter, but what if we embrace the darkness instead of complain about it? Long winter nights give us time for reflection. Coffee tastes better. We read more books. We get to wear wool sweaters. UUU member and humanist Glenn Coin has lived in the Mohawk … Continue reading Embrace the Darkness

UU member Glenn Coin peers into the origins of our sense of right and wrong.

As no two flowers are alike, so no two people are alike, yet each has a contribution to make. Together the different flowers form a beautiful bouquet, just as our congregations form a beautiful community. Bring a flower if convenient for our group bouquet, leave with a different one that has been blessed by our … Continue reading Flower Communion 

The Golden Rule, it’s often said, is a bedrock tenet of all the world’s religions. UUU member Glenn Coin examines how the Golden Rule came to be seen as universal and what we can learn from its many variants.

What do Unitarian Universalists mean by the word “worship?” What or whom do we worship, and how? In an interactive service, UUU Worship Committee member Glenn Coin will explore what we mean when we say “worship.”

UUU member and humanist Glenn Coin will walk us through the American Humanist Society’s recently drafted principles of how we should treat each other and our planet.

Pandemics are as old as human society, and yet each time one strikes  we are surprised anew. What lessons can we learn from the history of pandemics, and which mistakes do we seem doomed to repeat? UUU member Glenn Coin has covered the Covid-19 pandemic for The Post-Standard/Syracuse.com. He has read dozens of books on … Continue reading Lessons of Pandemics: The Ones we Learn, and the Ones we Never Do