The theme for this month is risk, and it seems like that could be the theme for every month, doesn’t it? Life is full of risks. There are physical risks, of course. We also face psycho-social risks, emotional risks, political risks, career risks … Even institutions live with, and in,...
Yesterday I preached a sermon which clearly had impact. On the way out of the sanctuary a larger than usual number of people said that I’d really challenged them to think; others were quite clear that they wanted me to know that they disagreed (some quite vehemently) with what I’d...
Ever wonder what sorts of wisdom animals have to share with you? Heard about “Spirit Animals, Power Animals, Totems” on all those online quizzes and want to go a little deeper? Kiara (KEER-uh) McCadden of Honey Sweet Harmony will facilitate a simultaneously playful and meaningful group experience in connecting with our Spirit Animal Guides at...
Showing Up: A Racial Justice Conference for Youth and Adults March 10-12, 2017 at Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church Join us in taking the next steps in showing up for racial justice. We are excited about this upcoming training event sponsored by the Tidewater and Blue Ridge cluster of Unitarian Universalist...
Identity “Do you know who I am? Do you know who you are? See we one another clearly – do you know who we are?” These questions are from Harry Belafonte’s lively song “Turn the World Around” (#1074 in Singing the Journey). When he was the guest star on a...
Have you noticed it? Have you seen all of the new faces, Sunday after Sunday, filling the sanctuary? “I came because I’d heard about the Circle of Community you all had the night after the election,” one person has said. “I find myself needing a community of people with whom...
As always, don’t treat these questions like “homework” or a list that needs to be covered in its entirety. Instead, simply pick the one question that speaks to you most and let it lead you where you need to go. The goal of these questions is not to help you...
Women are a powerful force in Unitarian Universalism. Some observers believe they are the key to change through fundamental support for the UN “basics,” health, education, security, livelihood, and leadership. If you read Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl Wu Dunn as I do (Half the Sky [2010] and A Path Appears...
This is the text of a Letter to the Editor that I’ve submitted to the Daily Progress: Donald Trump’s recent executive order banning entry into the United States of “immigrants and nonimmigrants” from seven majority-Muslim countries is nothing more than he had promised he would do, and nothing less than...
During the Presidential campaign, then candidate Donald Trump called for a ban on Muslims entering the country. To be “fair,” he has defended his ban as simply being a precautionary measure of banning for 90 days entry into the United States travelers from seven specific countries — Iran, Iraq, Libya,...