A recent article in the MEN has focused on the continuing exhumations outside our chapel. Our minister, the Rev. Cody Coyne, shared his thoughts on the experience and anticipation for the future. Click here for the article.
If Unitarians were to have a mantra – a repeated phrase by which we could help give meaning to our lives – it may be “Living the question” – to recognise that life is a full engagement with the sacred mysteries that shape our lives; that burning bush within our hearts that can guides us by conscience but elusively responds “I am” when asked about its name. Our...
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By popular demand, the Pride Café is back this year with a craft fair on the concourse too!
Saturday 23rd August (Pride day), 10 am – 5 pm.
See the event page for more details!
One of the many strange aspects of being a ministerial student at Oxford is knowing that the city you live in is mirrored by a vast underground city. A city of books. The Bodleian library is a vast interconnected series of tunnels reaching miles out of the city. This city is populated by a mysterious species of house elves who spend their lives zooming about on bumper cars collecting...
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Unitarianism permits us to change – the way we see and understand the world, our philosophy, our theology. It recognises that identity is a flowing thing, that we are process, not product. As the great French philosopher, Michel Foucault said:
“Do not ask me who I am and do not ask me to remain the same.”
So it is that after entering the denomination fairly humanist in my...
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The chapel committee has agreed a new statement on the social value and impact that Cross Street Chapel has on the community. The text of that statement is inside.