I’m not talking about chile! I’m talking about that suppressed and marginalized holiday, May Day. May Day represents two very subversive ways of thinking and being in the world, the red and the green. The red is for the struggles of working people to organize and have some control over their lives. The green is … Continue reading The Red and the Green
Rachel Carson did not live to see the first Earth Day. But her book Silent Spring, and the public battle she waged against the powerful chemical companies and agri-business interests that were poisoning the environment, marked the opening salvos of the modern battle to save the planet. Yet Carson was always more poet than provocateur, who believed that … Continue reading Earth Day — Love Your Mother
When journalist Mitch Albom reconnected with his philosophy professor from Brandeis, Morrie Schwartz near the end of the old man’s life, the result was a bestseller filled with lessons on love, loss and healing: Tuesdays with Morrie. This morning Gary likens Morrie’s teachings to those of another Jewish wise guy (and the protagonist of another best selling … Continue reading Easter Sunday – Tuesdays with Jesus
People today, young and old, face profound challenges like climate change and inequality. Many, if not all of us, are feeling called to action, to change, to grow. Sometimes, this ‘growth’ stretches us into uncomfortable positions. But, what if the solutions to address our problems could be easy, fun, and effective? —Town Hall Budget Review … Continue reading Responding to the Call
Religious and spiritual traditions around the world have long cherished holy fools, tricksters, and sacred clowns. What can we learn from them and these archetypal figures? —Lunchtime Sharing Circle with Rev. Munro to follow worship at 12:30 pm. Bring your lunch or snack and camp chair to talk about the Ukraine conflict. No RSVP needed.
In honor of women’s history month, Rev Kowalski revisits the remarkable bravery that took Viola Liuzzo from her Unitarian congregation in Detroit to the front lines of Selma where she died, reflecting on what lessons we can take away in this renewed moment of racial reckoning.
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Unitarian history goes back a long way. Our tradition is deeply grounded in reason and religious tolerance, concepts that were once radical, and are under attack again today by the same kinds of forces that attacked them then.
Many of our social challenges are complex predicaments that are not easily solved, if they can be ‘solved’ at all. Many solutions create more problems than resolutions. But what if thinking we have solutions is part of the problem?
Bill Watterson’s classic cartoon characters often faced weighty existential problems, while their namesakes (French theologian John Calvin and English political theorist Thomas Hobbes) continue to shape our views of human nature with their gloomy estimates of society. Are people basically trustworthy and cooperative, or otherwise? Is life really as Hobbes described it, “mean, nasty, brutish … Continue reading Calvin, Hobbes, and the Meaning of Life
