Side with defiant insistence on freedom / Side there again and again. Drew Paton If ever they ask you,“Which side are you on?”Tell them, plainly,“I side with the people.”With the precious ones, all, the integral,the soft and the fierce, irreplaceable,the beloved, if onlyby God and trees, who were born,who breathe and survive;Say I side with … Continue reading I Side with the People

Matt Moberg I think every human being eventually has a moment where they are standing outside in sweatpants that have lost the will to be pants, holding a trash bag, a divorce, a parking ticket, or some other receipt from the universe that says, “surprise, this too is part of it.” And then the sky … Continue reading The Accidental Mystics

The framework, grounded in UU values, helps “take hopeful, courageous action in rapidly changing times,” says Rev. McDonald Ladd. Nancy McDonald Ladd, 2/9/2026 “Trust your buoyancy,” I shouted out over the water. The words were tinged with desperation and directed toward my 12-year-old son as he crashed into the waves on the Delaware shore. He … Continue reading To Overcome ‘Crashing Waves of Change,’ UUs Can Follow Meet the Moment Framework