Read this month's message from Rev. Tony
Dear Friends,
By the time you’re reading this in the Comment and This Week, I will be at Middlebury College’s Summer Language School to study Spanish for seven weeks in a total immersion program. Middlebury’s program is one of the premier intense immersion language learning … read more.
Dear Friends,
By the time you’re reading this in the Comment and This Week, I will be at Middlebury College’s Summer Language School to study Spanish for seven weeks in a total immersion program. Middlebury’s program is one of the premier intense immersion language learning programs in the … read more.
Dear Ones,
In spite of what you may have heard through the years, curiosity did not kill the cat. Fear did. Curiosity takes courage and when we’re scared, we tend to ignore curiosity. When we ignore curiosity, we don’t think critically. This is why … read more.
“The Radical Nature of Embracing Possibility”
Dear Ones,
Some of you have been speaking to me recently about feeling more radicalized than you ever have and wanting to be more active politically in opposition to injustice than you ever have. Many of … read more.
ADULT EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES continue for the UUA ABOLITION STUDY ACTION ISSUE
The Unitarian Universalist Association is currently undertaking what we call a Study Action Issue – Every congregation is being asked to study the issue of abolition for three years leading up to a vote on a statement … read more.
Dear Holy Ones,
When you look at the world, what do you see? When I look I tend to see only the bad things, the way when I sometimes look at others I see only their faults and when I look at myself I … read more.
Spiritual Challenge for Personal Growth – People Watching
This month’s challenge is from our Soul Matters resources – Paying attention with intentionality is core to Soul Matters. The challenges asks us to alter the quality of our attention by shifting from the “judging mind” … read more.
“Bouncing Back is Failing Forward”
Dear Holy Ones,
Systems theory teaches that all living systems go through a continuous and ongoing process called the Adaptive Cycle. This cycle is a four-part process where the constituent life cycle phases are called Exploitation, Conservation, Release, and Reorganization. … read more.
The Unitarian Universalist Association is currently undertaking what we call a Study Action Issue – Every congregation is being asked to study the issue of abolition for three years leading up to a vote on a statement of conscience on the issue at the 2028 General Assembly.
… read more.
FROM OUR MINISTER
“Abolition. No Exceptions”
Dear Beloveds,
The 13th Amendment to the US constitution abolished enslavement “except as a punishment for crime.” Through our 2025-26 Study Action Issue, the Unitarian Universalist Association calls for that exception clause to be removed. Enslavement is not … read more.
