Springtime often makes us think of organizing our closets. But what about our community? Our neighborhood? Amanda shares her experiences with the Washington Interfaith Network and what she's learned about community organizing. She explores its resonance with Ethical Culture principles, and considers what it might mean for WES to catch the organizing spirit.

Springtime often makes us think of organizing our closets. But what about our community? Our neighborhood? Amanda shares her experiences with the Washington Interfaith Network and what she's learned about community organizing. She explores its resonance with Ethical Culture principles, and considers what it might mean for WES to catch the organizing spirit.

In this season when so many religious traditions celebrate renewal, Amanda offers an Earth Day platform that examines the possibility of rebirth in the face of death. She considers climate change and catastrophic environmental degradation--in the context of hope!

In this season when so many religious traditions celebrate renewal, Amanda offers an Earth Day platform that examines the possibility of rebirth in the face of death. She considers climate change and catastrophic environmental degradation--in the context of hope!

As we mark another tax day, we also mark another year of DC's taxation without representation. Amanda will explore what this means for us as an ethical community and especially for one located in the District.

As we mark another tax day, we also mark another year of DC's taxation without representation. Amanda will explore what this means for us as an ethical community and especially for one located in the District.

Fritz probes the mystery of one of our most important human attributes. He examines the widely held theory that incongruity holds the ey to what we find funny, and ventures into the dark side of humor and the relationship between comedy and the cosmic joke.

Fritz probes the mystery of one of our most important human attributes. He examines the widely held theory that incongruity holds the ey to what we find funny, and ventures into the dark side of humor and the relationship between comedy and the cosmic joke.

Amanda explores America's economic system and how it does--and doesn't--serve our need for justice in the world. She also examines the value-worth paradigm in Ethical Culture, and talks about justice in our own congregational economic picture.

It's been several years since Prince William County, VA, the home of Rev. Ladd's congregation, served as a flashpoint of controversy regarding local enforcement of federal immigration law. She tells the story of what happened in Prince William County and relates the spiritual and communal price they continue to pay in exchange for immigration enforcement on the local level.