What does it mean to be “a people of prophecy?” That’s the question we’re looking at this month — what it means to say that Unitarian Universalists are “a people of prophecy,” that our movement is a “community of prophecy,” that you and I are part of a people of...
In November, shortly after the election, I wrote a piece on my blog about one way of responding to the events leading up to, and which will most certainly follow on, the election of Donald Trump. A great many organizations — well-known and well-respected organizations, as well as more recent...
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...
The Governance Task Force wants to keep you informed about the progress of their work in streamlining and updating our church governance system. We hope you come to one of the congregational conversations to be held on two Sundays in January. Join us for information and provide feedback on the...
The situation of Vice-Mayor Wes Bellamy and his tweets continues to be a rather heated topic of conversation for people in the wider community and, I know, among some within ours. It is a situation which would appear to put different values at odds with one another. There are those...
The Social Action Collection for this month is collected on December for our own Religious Education service project to support the Interfaith Humanitarian Sanctum (IHS). Two or three times each year our children in Religious Education use their Sunday school time to assemble hundreds of meal packets for the Interfaith...
We’re continuing our ongoing exploration of what it means to be a Unitarian Universalist, this month asking, “What does it mean to be a people of presence?” Not surprising, perhaps, the word “presence” has a few different meanings. Interestingly, two of them appear to be contradictions! You can speak about...
-This “Season of Giving” Many non-profits note an increase in charitable contributions during the month of December. Some attribute it to a desire to increase charitable giving before the tax year ends. Others say that in this “season of giving” people’s hearts and minds are more attuned to need. For...
I recently heard the idea that there is about a three to four week window of time during which the white left will be highly motivated. Although people of color have been telling us for decades about the country we live in, Donald Trump’s victory shocked and stunned a lot...
One of our members, Laura Wallace, wrote to me a few days before the election to express these thoughts. They are all the more pertinent now, after it. The Talk of TJMC was created to be an avenue for communication within (and beyond) our community — a place for people...