8th Principle

Hope Beyond Roe

Sep 25, 2022

Love and Justice, Sermon, Social Events, Unitarian Universalism, Wellness

8th Principle, abortion, Dobbs v Jackson, human rights, Hyde Amendment, Loretta Ross, Monica Simpson, reproductive justice, reproductive oppression, Roe v Wade, SisterSong

The bigger the break, the bigger the opening. The last time I said that, it was May of 2020, during the George Floyd protests around the world and days after the one here in Cleveland. Speaking from this pulpit, I asked you, Can we find the opening that the break has created and go through…
How to Have Difficult Conversations

Mar 27, 2022

Beloved Community, Love and Justice, Sermon, Social Events, Spirituality, Wellness

8th Principle, Abraham Lincoln, Alternate facts, ambiguity, assuming the worst, Backlash, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Hurtful jokes, justice-heartedness, polarization, QAnon

To be a spiritual being having a human experience: of the many meanings this carries, the one we will explore together today is the having of difficult conversations. Just for strangers to meet and begin a conversation–for the timing to be just right–this is already so difficult! But there is even more difficulty—unique difficulty—when you…