A cofounder of the Minnesota Green Party, Greta Gaard is author of Critical Ecofeminism, a book about contemporary issues from animal and plant studies to sustainability and climate justice. She is an activist and scholar with insights about the ecofeminist perspective, which recognizes the co-constitution of human identities with all life on earth: elements, species, minerals, contaminants. As she… Read More »Podcast: Global Ecofeminism(s)

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It has been cold and icy in Minnesota, and some are longing for spring. But Kurt Vonnegut says that March and April are not spring; rather, they are the unlocking season. Now is the time for what is frozen to thaw, and what has been buried to emerge.

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It takes a special kind of resilience to insist on love, to keep choosing it when it seems an impossible task, to act in the knowledge that only love can overcome hate. This isn’t a ‘Valentine’s Day’ kind of love; it is something more primal, more wild, more radically collective.

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We’ve talked of resistance, and now, as we see that we are in this for the long haul, we must lean into our resilience. Whence cometh it? What ancient knowing holds us up? What nascent understanding pulls us forward, one step in front of the other?

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Humanism isn’t the opposite of faith – it’s the opposite of authoritarianism. Unitarian minister Curtis Reese, a co-founder of the American Humanist Association, referred to humanism as the “religion of democracy” for a reason – because of our radical belief that truth, morality, and power do not rightly reside in an external source, as theistic… Read More »Assembly: “The Religion of Democracy” with Fish Stark

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There is so much to resist in these times, and it’s important to remember that the foundation of resistance is not necessarily potential success. Maybe we resist because of what will be lost if we do not, or because we dream of something different for our children…or maybe because there’s no viable alternative.  

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A talk in three parts about fascism, chaos, and hope — largely from the words given here at First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis 100 years ago by Rev. John Dietrich and Rev. Raymond Bragg. And an invitation to offer new seeds to a future renaissance of systems we have had in place for so long.… Read More »Podcast: It Has Happened Here

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The winter solstice has officially passed, but the sun won’t be rising any earlier for at least a couple more weeks. We’re told the days are getting longer, but it doesn’t quite feel like it. Still, hasn’t the sun been pretty reliable so far? One can only hope it will continue to light up our… Read More »The Sun’s Not Quite Back Yet

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As 2025 comes to a close, America finds itself struggling to remember essential core values which helped it get past the drumbeats of fascism, racism, homophobia and other horrible systems of belief. With all that’s coming at us, how can we keep faith, stay the course? There’s only one way: a commitment to hope, tightly… Read More »Podcast: Choosing Hope: A Garment, A Ripple, and A Button

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Can hope be cultivated? Is it just hanging around waiting for us to choose it? Or maybe there are certain conditions under which it thrives. Today we’ll wonder if hope might grow in uncertainty or hide in the shadows.

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