March 26: “Visionary Purpose”
We will kick off our Spring Pledge Drive. How do we become visionary and realize our dreams? Money, a tough topic, is a necessary part of how we create this community we love.
We will kick off our Spring Pledge Drive. How do we become visionary and realize our dreams? Money, a tough topic, is a necessary part of how we create this community we love.
“Vulnerability” is the Soul Matters theme for March and this Sunday we’ll connect reflections on vulnerability to grief and solidarity.
Our UU hymnal includes the song, “The Fire of Commitment” which speaks of setting “our mind and soul ablaze.” What is this fire? What is our commitment?
MLK is often recognized for his challenge to racism and warfare, and yet his radicalism goes much further than many know. He called us to question the entire framework of society.
The story of Jesus and his birth in Roman-occupied Palestine is sentimentalized in our popular Christmas culture. And yet, there is a more radical meaning that deserves to be unearthed.
Humans share an amazing planet with billions of living beings. Unlike classical theologies of spirit vs matter, an ecotheology of wonder venerates this planet and all of its living beings as wondrous and sacred.
Feminist Carol Hanisch popularized the slogan, “the personal is political” in 1969. From White Supremacy to Capitalism to Climate Change, our seemingly private lives are embedded in larger systems. Becoming conscious of that is the first step to finding our path to liberating change.
“The Times They Are A-Changin’” Dylan sang in 1964. “The only constant is change.” How do progressives and liberals adapt to large-scale changes? I won’t answer every question I’m raising, but I’ll ask them!
One of my favorite lines from the Bible says “One who loves, knows God, for God is
Love.” But, so many think of God as wrathful! Our Universalist traditions paint a
wonderful vision of perfecting love infusing all of life from the Infinite Source of Our
Existence. What … read more.
We belong to people, places, and times. No person is an island and we truly need each
other and others need us. How do we belong to this planet we all share? How do we
build transformative possibilities into our lives?