Buffalo Run
Indigenous Peoples’ Day At the Battle of Little Big Horn, indigenous Americans stood up to an attacking force of federals. We know a lot about the battle, but it’s still hard to separate fact from fake news.
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Breaking News
The meaning of the term ‘breaking news’ has been all but destroyed by its overuse in broadcast media. But sometimes a news item does change the way the world looks, at least on a very small scale.
“Just Hospitality”
The late Yale theologian Letty Russell’s life’s work was to overcome the oppression and exclusion of those who are “different,” which she said includes all of us in some way. She said we don’t just practice hospitality for no reason – by welcoming the stranger, we entertain angels without knowing it. … Continue reading “Just Hospitality”
“The Idolatry of Inerrancy”
We religious liberals often look askance at those who take sacred texts literally and uncritically as “the inerrant word of God.” How is it possible, then, that we’d ever fall prey to the same failings?
“Free Pulpit, Free Pew”
This congregation’s covenant with its minister says, “It is a basic premise of this Congregation that the pulpit is free and untrammeled.” In our UU traditions, what’s that mean? And what are the responsibilities of the people in the chairs? https://youtu.be/VkLNGL641CU
“Alone in Deep Water”
Our settled minister, Rev. Khleber Van Zandt, returns to the pulpit this Sunday morning, and we welcome Lise Frank, our new pianist to our sanctuary. The biblical story of Noah is, on the surface, about a righteous man and his family who survive the Great Flood. If the flood never happened, and if Noah never … Continue reading “Alone in Deep Water”
“The Shared World”
Rev. Mara Dowdall, Senior Minister, First UU Society, Burlington, Vermont The poet Naomi Shihab Nye speaks of “the shared world,” in which we connect deeply with one another in and through our differences. As we navigate this time of peril and possibility, beauty and anguish, despair and resistance, how might a theology and practice of … Continue reading “The Shared World”
“Adulting is Hard”
In a country that has yet to ‘come of age,’ it’s time for this congregation – whose birthday we celebrate in this service – to leave its adolescence behind. https://youtu.be/bC-PnjHbl8E
“The Challenge of Race”
There’s a great deal to learn about “race” before we even approach the topic of “race-ism.” Our ideas about race are rooted in ancient European history, rise out of attitudes about language, culture, and geography, and have little or nothing to do with our genetic makeup.
“Fear Not”
Fear is a gift from the universe, an evolutionary benefit that works to keep us safe from actual danger. But it also can work against us when it keeps us in a state of unwarranted anxiety and makes us forget that we are loved. Click to view service: https://youtu.be/B5nZPnx2GHg