Light

The Return of the Light: Active Hope Part 4

Dec 8, 2024

Holidays and Holy Days, Interdependent Web of All Existence, Love and Justice, Sermon, Social Events, Spirituality, Stewardship, Unitarian Universalism, World Religions

Active hope, Advent, Arne Naess, Braiding Sweetgrass, Chris Johnstone, Diwali, Doug Muder, Hanukkah, Joanna Macy, Light, nature, Robin Wall Kimmerer, T. H. White, Winter Solstice, Yule

We are in that time of year when some of the most primal elements of existence are uppermost in mind: light and darkness. Radiance and gloom. These are the days when people in the Northern Hemisphere experience the nights growing longer and longer, with less and less light to cheer us. By 5pm, incredibly, it’s…