You want to feel celebratory about this year’s 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding, a founding nurtured by the ideas, values and writings of our religious ancestors, but it can be difficult to scrape up enthusiasm when the nation’s shortcomings are apparent and when so much that we value is in such deep jeopardy. You are invited to this birthday party both to celebrate and to be real. Rev. Kevin with Gail […]
Rooted in faith in the inherent worth and dignity of every person, Unitarian Universalists have long affirmed explicitly the right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large. However, as Molly Ivans put it, “Democracy requires . . . a large tolerance for confusion and a secret relish for dissent.” Sigh. This Sunday we celebrate not only […]
Recently, we sang “in these hard times there will always be singing.” Truly, in these hard times there will be all kinds of art, including poetry. Hearing poems read out loud helps us to slow down our endlessly active brains, as we are invited to take them in–not for the utilitarian purpose of gaining knowledge or information–but for the gentle yet profound way they invite us to recognize beauty, access our hearts, breathe more slowly and deeply, and use our imaginations. Today, we pause together to […]
Commitment to social change runs deep in our religious tradition, an expression of our foundational values. Drawing on her experiences working in Asian American, South Asian, Muslim, and Arab communities, Deepa Iyer teaches that “being part of social change efforts is one of the most important ways we can connect with each other at a time when society insists […]
