Bio: Nicole Bruno is a queer activist, seminarian, and board member at Starr King School for the Ministry, where she is pursuing dual master’s degrees in Divinity and Social Change in preparation for Unitarian Universalist ministry. She is currently an aspirant for ministry and recently served as Board President of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis.
A published author and juried artist, Nicole spends much of her time at the intersections of identity, justice, and faith, reimagining our shared future through feminist and liberatory lenses. She is passionate about mind-body-spirit integration, collective healing, and transformative community—balanced by a healthy dose of hopeful skepticism and a bit of gallows humor.
When she is not protesting or in school, she enjoys singing with her local community choir Hope In Harmony and spending time at her little home in Brandywine, Maryland, with her husband, her 15-year-old daughter, and—by most accounts, though certainly not hers—too many cats.
Does the word “Bible” make your UU nervous system activate? You are not alone. This sermon offers a gentle, justice-centered invitation to revisit some inherited stories and challenge the ways they have been flattened, misused, and weaponized. With humor, suspicion, and love, we will explore how biblical literacy can help Unitarian Universalists better understand our history, deepen our pluralism, and support healing and justice.
