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 good next step to understanding the changes we may have to … Continue reading Social Action – March 2021
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 on our relationship commitments allows us to fully realize … Continue reading Commitment (March 2021)
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 good next step to understanding the changes we may have to … Continue reading Social Action – Feb 2021
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 we describe how we think the world really ought to … Continue reading Jonalu’s Journal – Feb 2021
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 reminder not to expect perfection from the communities … Continue reading Beloved Community (Feb 2021)
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 a community striving to be both a force for social justice and a safe haven. Today, we … Continue reading Reaction to the Insurrection
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 human created and somewhat arbitrary. Cultural trends continue across … Continue reading Jonalu’s Journal – Jan 2021
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 good next step to understanding the changes we may have to … Continue reading Social Action – Jan 2021
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 to imagine the world we dream of. A … Continue reading Imagination (Jan 2021)
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 accommodations you figured out. These shifts and changes in how … Continue reading Jonalu’s Journal – Dec 2020
