In everything we do we will find bad and good, suffering and flourishing, opposition and agreement. It is the natural coexistence of the wheat and the weeds that gives us the opportunity to choose which path we forge in our world; will we choose parabellum or parapacem?
Unitarian Universalism is a living, evolving tradition. We revisit our core ideals and wonder if the ways we articulate them remain active and relevant. And we adapt to the changing world: we build on the foundation of the past, while letting go of what no longer serves us. Over the past four years, the Article … Continue reading Our Living Tradition
On the anniversary of Sophia Lyon Fahs’ death we contemplate her gift of teaching and writing focused on a method of experiential learning that she hoped would enable children to develop their own ideas about religion and spirituality.
Moral injury and the journey back to compassion.
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.
Unitarian Universalism by general consensus is located on the liberal end of the religious continuum. Now just what is that supposed to mean?
I have come to understand the religious life as looking at the world through the lens of a telescope or a microscope. Join me as I identify some of the things in my lens of faith that I find inspiring and sustaining.
You may be able to relate to a meme that’s been going around on social media that states—“My desire to stay well informed is at odds with my desire to stay sane.” With the news filled with stories of gun violence, racial injustices, limited access to women’s healthcare, and the attack on our planet, how … Continue reading Maintaining Sanity: Spiritual Tips for Daily Life
Learning to grow into and beyond ourselves to develop a larger understanding of what justice, equity, and compassion mean in human relationality.
