Part one of our exploration of February's theme: "Beloved Community"

Rev. John opens up the virtual question box. What do you want to ask the minister?

Some thoughts on the work that lies ahead for a new administration.

One concept that has fed the imaginations of our great modern prophets is the thought that "It doesn't have to be this way." This week, we follow that thread of moral imagination from Dr. King's dream to the Black Lives Matter leaders of today.

One thing that makes humans human is our ability to conceive of a future and move toward it. But what happens when our picture of the future is too unclear? How do we move out of a permanent sense of being in liminal space? Part one of our dive into January's theme of "Imagination."

Renae Mitchell speaks on the topic of persistent self-compassion.

As a young white male in South Africa during apartheid, there is no doubt that my privilege sheltered and helped me. The stark injustices of apartheid were obvious, so I thought all I had to do was to leave South Africa in order to be free of racism. But my white privileges continue, and so … Growing Up in South Africa Read More »

Our expectations — our prayers —  as a community often have vague and fuzzy ends. We think we know what we need, what we want, but we often wind up with something completely different: a different thing we didn’t know we needed. Sometimes, the answer to our prayers is not what we thought we hoped … Unexpected Read More »

Not the ones about women’s place in the world or Gay rights this time, but a more fundamental cultural change which younger generations of activists are bringing to their colleges, their activism, and the UUA.  Unlike past “culture wars,” which were arguments about end values (tolerance of difference, equal rights, non-discrimination), the new culture war … Culture Wars Read More »

We name our expectations as people of faith week after week in our affirmations and our principles. But expectation is not a passive activity. It requires us to set an example . . . and it demands our persistence. In the words of the Brother Sun song: “Love is the water that wears down the … Ingathering: Love Is the Water . . . Read More »