The Board of Directors wants to wish our whole UCOP church family a peaceful and serene Holiday Season. As we continue to come together, expressing the Christ from within, and bringing that [...]
by Rev. Brandon Nagel, Senior Minister There are many things that have been truly wonderful about being a father. Whether it is the cute, funny comments that my daughter makes as her little mind [...]
A Message from Rev. Brandon Nagel With the recent storm and flooding in Texas, our hearts and our minds are with all of those people who have been displaced and affected by this unprecedented [...]
Dr. Julie Connor, Director of Youth & Family Ministry Kids get it. They know how to have fun. Children are masters of letting go of what happened yesterday and beginning each new day with a [...]
by Rev. Brandon Nagel Growing up in a “Unity” house, I had the opportunity to know from a very early age that there was a divine order active in our world. For as long as I can remember, there [...]
By Rev. Brandon Nagel, Senior Minister Recently, Sara and I took our girls, Harper and Hayden, to St. Louis to go to the zoo and visit a few other places in the city. Our two year old, Harper was [...]
By Rev. Brandon Nagel, Senior Minister Welcome back! I apologize for the delay in these blogs, and now that I have a few to-do’s that were preoccupying me checked off my list; it’s time to get [...]
By Rev. Brandon Nagel, Senior Minister In his Tony award winning Broadway hit, Hamilton, writer Lin Manuel Miranda has Alexander Hamilton say to Aaron Burr, “If you stand for nothing, what will [...]
By Rev. Brandon Nagel, Senior Minister Recently I spoke about the power of maintaining our focus on God and how meditation and even just the practice of acknowledging God to refocus ourselves if [...]
By Rev. Brandon Nagel, Senior Minister In the Gospel of Mark, Jesus says, “If you are able!—All things can be done for the one who believes,” -Mark 9:23. Every time I would read this, the [...]