Sources of Our Living Tradition   

 “For from the creation of the world His invisible qualities, both His eternal power and divinity, are clearly seen, being understood by the things made”    -  St. Paul The Apostle                                                              

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Unitarian Universalist congregations affirm and promote Seven Principles, which we hold as strong values and moral guides. We live out these Principles within a “living tradition” of wisdom and spirituality, drawn from sources as diverse as science, poetry, scripture, and personal experience. These are The Six Sources our congregations affirm and promote:

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• Jewish and Christian teachings which call us to respond to God's love by loving our neighbors as ourselves;

• Wisdom from the world's religions which inspires us in our ethical and spiritual life;

• Humanist teachings which counsel us to heed the guidance of reason and the results of science, and warn us against idolatries of the mind and spirit;

• Spiritual teachings of Earth-centered traditions which celebrate the sacred circle of life and instruct us to live in harmony with the rhythms of nature.

• Direct experience of that transcending mystery and wonder, affirmed in all cultures, which moves us to a renewal of the spirit and an openness to the forces which create and uphold life;

• Words and deeds of prophetic people which challenge us to confront powers and structures of evil with justice, compassion, and the transforming power of love;

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Rev. Kathleen Rolenz said, “Throughout history, we have moved to the rhythms of mystery and wonder, prophecy, wisdom, teachings from ancient and modern sources, and nature herself.”