It is dark now. We have witnessed, as pastor John Pavlovitz tells us, “a spectacular failure of the collective humanity of this nation: a defiant refusal to welcome in our better angels, a passionate embrace of the darkest recesses of our shadow sides.” For those of us who are white and cis gendered the wave … Continue reading I cannot tell you how the light comes

Since launching in early 2020—a year before the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol—a maturing UU the Vote is focusing on more than elections. Jeff Milchen  4/1/2024 from UU World Magazine In January 2020, the violent attempt to seize the presidency and overturn our national election was a full year away. Yet many people within … Continue reading ‘Carrying Forward the Work’: UU the Vote Grows into a Democracy Movement

by Sharon Salzberg  When we think about generosity, most of us probably don’t think immediately of a powerful force, an inner resource, a real tool for changing how we relate to ourselves , to others and to our world. Instead, we may think of it similarly to how we think of kindness or compassion — … Continue reading The Real Power of Generosity