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In the science-fiction universe of Star Trek, there is a race of beings called the Borg, whose existence comes from taking over and assimilating other species – these hostile aliens often say, “Resistance is futile!” For us here on earth, it sometimes feels that resistance to evil is futile: for what impact can our actions … Continue reading Resistance is (not) Futile
VIRTUAL-ZOOM ONLY!! January 15 is the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., and is celebrated annually with a national holiday and day of service (tomorrow). Part of the Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy was using nonviolent resistance to change unjust systems of oppression. How can we follow the example in resisting what we disagree with … Continue reading MLK and NonViolent Resistance
Our Soul Matters theme for January is Practicing Resistance. The Underground Railroad and the civil rights movement were non-violent resistance against the cruelty and injustice of slavery and segregation. There was violent resistance and violent backlash, but it was non-violent resistance that most stubbornly bent the moral arc of the universe toward justice. Quakers and … Continue reading The Practice of Non-Violent Resistance in the Civil Rights Movement
In one sense, hope is the belief that the world and our lives will be “okay”. (Consider the opposite – hopelessness – when all seems lost.) We are charged this month to choose hope, but I wonder: Is hope a choice? Can we decide to have faith in personal and world betterment? How does one … Continue reading Choosing Hope
An exploration of human hope and optimism in our quest for peace. The second week of advent is representative of UU’s quest for world peace and our hope and work to achieve it.
Our Soul Matters theme for November 2025 is Nurturing Gratitude. For several years now, we’ve held a service during the Thanksgiving season focused on gratitude. This year, let’s learn from several members of our religious community how they seek to nurture gratitude in their lives and, perhaps, how others have helped them not only to … Continue reading Let UUs All Be Grateful for…Maintaining an Attitude of Gratitude
“Just as millions of snowflakes pile up to create a blanket of snow, the “thank yous” we say pile up and fall gently upon one another until, in our hearts and minds, we are adrift in gratitude.” – Daphne Rose Kingma
Sheri Thomas, who serves on the board of the Unitarian Universalist Mental Health Network (UUMHN), will explore how promoting the inherent worth and dignity of every person and justice, equity and compassion in human relations, can inspire us to embrace advocacy and acceptance in our own lives and help remove the stigmas surrounding physical disabilities … Continue reading How Unitarian Universalism Can Inspire Advocacy and Acceptance
Compassion necessitates a level of vulnerability which our culture and circumstances don’t always promote. Rather than putting on a costume for this month, what would it look like to have a peek behind the masks we and others wear? Let us open up with vulnerability so that we can receive and give more compassion.
This weekend our country celebrates Columbus Day, or is it Indigenous People’s Day? The shift from one holiday to another is a movement to increase understanding of the past and compassion for people harmed. The goal of studying the past with truth and compassion means we can be more truthful and more compassionate in the … Continue reading Historical Compassion
