Let’s Meet in the Middle
We don’t have to accept that “this is just how it is.” Instead, we can cultivate a hopeful community beyond either/or. In the land of both/and, we can join hands and be the dream we long for.
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De Profundis
Oscar Wilde wrote, “Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. We can only record its moods, and chronicle their return.” How to remain hopeful when we find ourselves overwhelmed by the weight of suffering in the world.
There Will Be Consequences
Moral injury and the journey back to compassion.
Becoming Better
Do you have people in your life who urge you to be better, to do better? What tools of transformation do you find helpful? This week’s sermon uses an often neglected story to invite us into the process of transformation.
What Dreams May Come
Sometimes our dreams to change the world change our hearts too.
The House of Many Creeds
Unitarian Universalism by general consensus is located on the liberal end of the religious continuum. Now just what is that supposed to mean?
White Space and Invisible Ghettos
Elijah Anderson writes, “Since the end of the Civil Rights Movement, large numbers of black people have made their way into settings previously occupied only by whites, though their reception has been mixed. Overwhelmingly white neighborhoods, schools, workplaces, restaurants, and other public spaces remain. Black people perceive such settings as “the white space,” which they … Continue reading White Space and Invisible Ghettos
America doesn’t need more God. It needs more atheists.
Written by Kate Cohen. Read by Laurie Mikitka. Where atheism becomes a positive belief and not just a negative one is our understanding that, without a higher power, we need human power to change the world. This essay was adapted from “We of Little Faith: Why I Stopped Pretending to Believe (and Maybe You Should … Continue reading America doesn’t need more God. It needs more atheists.
An Infinitely Ordinary Day
Donella Meadows said, “No one can define or measure justice, democracy, security, freedom, truth, or love. No one can define or measure any value. But if no one speaks up for them, if systems aren’t designed to produce them, if we don’t speak about them and point toward their presence or absence, they will cease … Continue reading An Infinitely Ordinary Day
Strong Congregations
When I said that I have visited more than forty UU congregations, someone asked me what I saw as common elements among them. I’ll share some of what I’ve seen and learned. Daniel Polk serves as Executive Director of NTUUC—North Texas Unitarian Universalist Congregations.