The late poet Adrienne Rich reminds us that “My heart is moved by all I cannot save…” and ends the poem “with no extraordinary power, reconstitute the world”. Trouble and challenges are all around us. How can we commit ourselves to create a Beloved Community despite having no extraordinary powers? Click Here To View Service
It will be based on the UU understanding of Beloved Community and its dynamic tension with the more traditional “question authority” and individualism in the UUA. I’ll speak about a famous article by colleague Rev. Frederick Muir published in 2013. That article initiated the current radical shifts going on in the UUA with not only … Continued
We hear the term ‘Beloved Community’ a lot in religious circles. What does it really mean in 2021? Click Here To View Service
To paraphrase an apocryphal Buddhist saying, ‘Change is inevitable; suffering is optional.’ We consider what this might mean for us in the current environment. Click Here To View Service
Continued exploration of imagination and our best selves. Click Here To View Service
This service will offer up the gifts of poetry and what it teaches us as a spiritual practice. Click Here To View Service
When we challenge deep-rooted assumptions and reject the tendency to assess new innovations and opportunities by current systems and standards, we unleash the transformative power of our collective imaginations. Click Here To View Service
The Civil Rights movement has evolved into its new generation led by Ibram X Kandi and so many others. Can we truly hear them and learn? Click Here To View Service
This morning, we will consider whether we collectively are entering a new era in human understanding. It is based in part on Karen Armstrong’s theory of Axial Ages. Click Here To View Service
As the new year begins, let us imagine our best selves, who we want to be, how to get there, and how to sustain it. Click Here To View Service
