Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. Bullies don’t just go away. Their legacies don’t just disappear. The bully must be confronted intentionally, his impact named and addressed. Even so, it seems there’s no clear consensus on how to deal with the bully on our blocks. – DeRay McKesson How do we respond to the grown-up … Continue reading “The Bully on Our Block”
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. “If something is in me which can be called religious, then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it.” — Albert Einstein Many of us feel closest to the divine or to Mystery when we are in the … Continue reading “You Want a Physicist to Speak at Your Funeral: On Religious Naturalism”
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. This year, the Muslim holy season of Ramadan and the Christian holy season of Lent overlap. Both traditions place great spiritual importance on the act of sacrifice (followed by celebration) within community. What lessons can we (theists and non-theists alike) find in these practices?
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. ‘The latest iteration of the Article II draft (the UUA Bylaws description of our faith’s purpose, principles, and values) lists Love as the force that holds us all together. But what IS “love” anyway?
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. Haven’t we discussed this before? On the blessings and frustrations of the democratic process and the spiral of inclusion.
Our faith holds that truth is never sealed. Our understanding is always expanding. This includes our understanding of the past, and our goals for the future. We must always be asking ourselves, “who and what do we remember, and how, and why?” Today, we lift up the memories of four Unitarian Universalists who have been … Continue reading Pedestals, Prophets, and Regular People
On the anniversary of Roe v. Wade (and in the aftermath of the Dobbs decision), we will consider how our faith calls us to work for reproductive justice. What is at stake is much larger, more complicated, and more intersectional than just the question of choice. Before singing the children and youth to their classes, we’ll … Continue reading So Much More than ‘Choice’
It isn’t MLK’s death day but his birthday that we celebrate each year, and yet, there is a tendency to focus on his martyrdom and on the trials and travails of civil rights leaders. We might think that MLK, Fannie Lou Hamer, Bayard Rustin, and other leaders were only ever deadly serious, were only ever … Continue reading Pleasure Activists and Love Evangelists
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. A multigenerational service that tells the story of how one town fought against hate and asks how we can love and support our neighbors of different faiths and different backgrounds today.
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. One of the hardest aspects of being human is the need to let go of cherished things in order to grow and adapt. This is true of holiday traditions, which change as we grow older and as the world changes around us, and it’s true of our larger faith. … Continue reading “Everything Changes, Everything Grows”
