Private health insurance has been under scrutiny this week after a gunman murdered Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare on Wednesday. The murder opened a sort of emotional steam valve, and people on social media have used humor to express their rage at a system that’s denied them and their loved ones care, sometimes resulting in…
This week we had guest preacher Ryan Ely. Watch the full service on YouTube!
When I was 21, I did a fabulous internship program through the Unitarian Universalist Association, that focused on service and spirituality, but also Unitarian Universalist history. One of the first things we did was take a field trip to Plymouth, Massachusetts. Most of the day was spent at the UU church there, doing a workshop…
This service did not have a distinct message segment, but rather was a tapestry of rituals, a litany and beautiful music. Watch the full video on YouTube!
Here we are again, at a fork in the road of this nation, indeed this world. Here we are again, hearts brimming with some mixture of determination and disbelief, cautious hope and anxiety. Here we are again, four – eight – years later, waiting for Election Day to come. This is hardly the first time…
This week we did not have a sermon, but instead had a ritual to honor our beloved dead. Watch the video on YouTube if you would like to see this ritual.
October, y’all, is a particularly delightful time to be queer. Anne of Green Gables, the character written by L. M. Montgomery famously said, “I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers,” and many a non fictional queer has felt similarly. This is the month where we celebrate National Coming Out Day, where the weather begins to allow us…
Thirty years ago a movie called Corrina, Corrina came out starring Whoopi Goldberg, heartthrob Ray Liotta, and a very young Tina Majorino. Set in the 1950s, it’s a story about a lot of things. But the plot centers on a little girl named Molly who stopped speaking after her mother died. Molly’s father is devastated…
I heard a metaphor yesterday, told by Tripp Fuller, a favorite podcaster of mine. Tripp has three kids, and he lives in the South, so his family invested in a small above-ground pool. Because anyone with kids these days knows that if you want them to get off electronics and do something outside in the…
A tipping point is where a small change can have a big impact. Tipping points can be times of danger, but also of opportunity and possibility. Because small changes can lead to a big impact, that means each of us can have a significant role to play in history. This time of year, at the…