Richard Palmer, a long time member of UUCOV, has been asking people, with all that’s been going on, whether or not they are feeling optimistic. It’s an excellent question for all of us to consider. Click to view service: https://youtu.be/ObaNHFjNBNg
Our dictionaries often define racism in terms of individual prejudice, but this does little to explain how social hierarchies are reproduced and perpetuated. While those of us who are white may be against racism, we still benefit from the distribution of resources put in place and controlled by people like us. https://youtu.be/ks35pj4Fkrc
Regardless of what her Buddhist friends told her, she still believed that “you can’t think without thinking of something.” American poet Grace Paley died in 2007 at the age of eighty-four but before she left, she gave us the gift of her penetrating, playful, and profound words. https://youtu.be/TWB8AF_zLnQ
There is no better teacher in all of sports – and maybe in all of life – than failure. This week, as Major League Baseball prepares for its annual All Star game, a paean to the wisdom the universe makes available to losers of all varieties. https://youtu.be/W0FFIf5H1H0
Independence Day. If we’ve learned one thing during these past months of pandemic, it’s that we are going to have to learn to think communally if we want to survive as a free people. https://youtu.be/3666m7_kBUg
UUA President Rev. Dr. Susan Frederick Gray and the leaders of the First Universalist Church of Minneapolis offer homage to the many innovative approaches to worship created by congregations during the pandemic.
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Rev. Khleber Van Zandt In his book, American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us, sociologist Robert Putnam says that people of different religious persuasions get along surprising well because they personally know people of other faiths – which I believe affirms our continuing interfaith outreach efforts.
Rev. Khleber Van Zandt This Sunday is a red-letter day in the life of this congregation: if things go the way we hope, some of us will be back in the Sanctuary for an in-person service for the first time in over a year. Click on the link below to watch the service: https://youtu.be/cIcq1glaafM
Associate Minister Rev. Aaron White of First Unitarian Church of Dallas returns to share his vision of the future of Unitarian Universalism.
