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Reading the Bible Again for the First Time: The Prophets

Jan 16, 2022

Beloved Community, Holidays and Holy Days, Love and Justice, Sermon, Social Events, Spirituality, Unitarian Universalism, World Religions

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., False Prophets, Hebrew Prophets, Justice, Oppression, Prophetic Critique, Prophetic Energizing, Reading the Bible Again for the First Tie, Second Isaiah, slavery, Thomas Merton

This is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Sunday. Tomorrow, the nation honors the life and legacy of that great prophet. I use that word, “prophet,” intentionally, designating anyone who speaks to the crucial issues of our time from the perspective of what is loving and just. Sometimes the prophet must trouble the waters when that’s…
The Journey Towards a Healthy White Identity

Dec 6, 2020

Aging and Staging, Beloved Community, Love and Justice, Sermon, Social Events, Spirituality, Unitarian Universalism, Wellness

Black Empowerment Controversy, cancel culture, fear, G.I. Bill, James Baldwin, Jim Crow, Middle-class, Rev. C. T. Vivian, school to prison pipeline, slavery, Survival strategies, White identity development stages, white privilege

Today, we are talking about the social identity of white people in America and how it can be lived in a way that promotes healing and justice. But since both race and class factor into this—since both intersect and mutually reinforce each other—we must talk about middle-class identity in America also. We must talk about…