Church can be both a noun and a verb. When the former it is usually considered a specific place. I believe that is too limiting; and given that belief, perhaps the meaning of faith can be found, even when, for this UU anyway, there are many times both historically and today that faith in its religious sense seems all but impossible, except maybe when helping a little girl catch her first fish.

Tom Ott is a two-time Board member and four-year president of USG and recently received a Congregation Award for his service to USG. He has offered three previous meditations and considers Unitarian Universalism as the only platform from which he can explore faith in its spiritual sense.