May Reflections: Growing Into the Light
As the days grow longer and the world tilts toward summer, May invites us to notice all the signs of growth—within ourselves, in our communities, and in the natural world waking up around us.
This is a season of planting and possibility. It’s also a time of memory and movement forward. On May 15, 1961, the Unitarian Universalist Association was officially formed—a bold union of two liberal religious traditions with a shared commitment to freedom, justice, and spiritual depth.
Founders Day reminds us that we are part of a living tradition. Our faith is not a monument—it’s a movement. It evolves, and we evolve with it.
In that spirit, we ask:
What does it mean for us to be a community rooted in love and committed to growth?
How do we become both a brave space of discovery and a safe space of rest—for ourselves and for all who seek belonging here?
Church growth is not just about numbers. It’s about the courage to welcome change. It’s about making room—not only in our pews, but in our hearts, our leadership, and our imagination. It means being willing, sometimes, to step back from positions of power and comfort, so that others—especially those long kept at the margins—can step forward and shape the future with us.
This May, let us recommit to radical welcome. Let us honor our founders not only by remembering their vision, but by extending it—opening our doors, our minds, and our spirits to the new us that is always becoming.
In this month of blossoming and becoming, may we plant seeds of justice, curiosity, and courage—sprinkling resistance, resilience and good trouble every where we trod. And, trust that the future will bloom in ways we can’t yet imagine