Racial Justice Team
The UUFM Racial Justice Team has committed itself to studying the UUA Commission on Institutional Change’s final report, Widening the Circle of Concern. This means meeting more often than we usually do. Since we have endorsed Black Lives Matter, this seems a … read more.
What does it mean to be a people of Commitment?
There’s a natural, and important, go-getter quality to this month. After all, huge payoffs come when we keep our commitments. Maintaining loyalty to healthy habits not only lengthens our lives but enriches them. Faithfully following through … read more.
Racial Justice Team
The UUFM Racial Justice Team has committed itself to studying the UUA Commission on Institutional Change’s final report, Widening the Circle of Concern. This means meeting more often than we usually do. Since we have endorsed Black Lives Matter, this seems a … read more.
Of all the places that we exist–in our neighborhoods, our city, our nation, even our families–the groups we may have highest expectations of may be our religious communities. This is only natural because it is in religious community that we proclaim our highest values, that … read more.
What does it mean to be a people of Beloved Community?
Henri Nouwen, the treasured Catholic teacher, activist and pastor, once described beloved community as “the place where the person you least want to live with always lives.”
On its surface it seems to be a straightforward … read more.
Here is a link to the video: https://www.dropbox.com/s/g4ffprjhc6ogodm/Reaction%20to%20the%20insurrection.mov?dl=0
What a time we live in!
I speak to you today as minister of the UUF. I speak to you as my friends, as my Beloveds, as … read more.
Never, ever has there been a year I was more ready to say good-bye to than 2020!
There’s no need to review all that has been wrong about the last year as we welcome 2021. Still, we have to recognize that these divisions into years are … read more.
Racial Justice Team
The UUFM Racial Justice Team has committed itself to studying the UUA Commission on Institutional Change’s final report, Widening the Circle of Concern. This means meeting more often than we usually do. Since we have endorsed Black Lives Matter, this seems a … read more.
What does it mean to be a people of Imagination?
Maybe our most important work is to re-imagine imagination.
Imagination’s great gift is improvement. At least that is what we’re usually taught. The deep magic lies in the way it can reshape our reality. We are urged … read more.
As this year moves into its final month, we face a holiday season unlike any we have ever known. We had a warm-up with Thanksgiving, setting aside family gatherings, or limiting them, or risking them with a combination of testing and quarantining and whatever other … read more.
