Thanks primarily to Robert Richardson’s pathbreaking 1995 biography of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Emerson, The Mind on Fire) we have come to know Emerson at last as his contemporaries, family, and friends actually knew him. For them, he was not “the plaster sage of Concord.” He was an engaged and activist citizen, who took time from … Continue reading What Would Emerson Say?
As Winston Churchill certainly understood when he said, “History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.” – much of what we have learned about history is far from the whole truth. Many of us are realizing how important a deeper understanding of our own history is in the process of healing … Continue reading Healing History with Harris
Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSlivestream Order Of Service for Sunday Worship: OOS 8.14.2022 Zoom post-service discussion with in person attendance in the Parlor, and interactive meeting virtually at: www.tinyurl.com/wusworship New online visitors can fill out the virtual visitor card here: https://tinyurl.com/WUSVirVisCard
We are living through strange times. What have we learned from the Coronavirus pandemic? What is the Unitarian Universalist response? Join us on-line for our first ever streamed worship service. There will be one service at 10:30 pm. Look to your inbox on Friday for more information. Parables of the Pandemic March 15, 2020 The … Continue reading Parables of the Pandemic
Last Sunday, we explored how there are many ways for human beings to relate to the land upon which they live. This service will consider this further, reflecting on what it would be like to act out of the spiritual understanding that we belong to the earth; the earth does not belong to us. This … Continue reading We Belong to the Earth
As we near the 400th anniversary of the landing at Plymouth Rock next year, the book An Indigenous History of the United States (this year’s UUA’s Common Read) invites us to consider the history of this nation beyond “the first” settlers and “the last” Native Americans. This service will point to the possibilities for hope … Continue reading A Doctrine of Recovery: Decolonizing the Collective Mind
The High Holy Days, the Days of Awe between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur at the threshold of the Jewish New Year, invite us into reflection about the ways we have fallen short in our promises to one another. While this time of atonement often centers on experiences between individuals, it is also a time … Continue reading “For Our Failures of Justice”: History, Atonement and Yom Kippur
As we deepen our awareness of injustices in the world, we are eager to press for progress. But to really understand our context, and make deep change, we need to understand our history first. This service will explore social change from the broad perspective of history and through reflections by WUS member Karen Erikson, serving … Continue reading Moving Forward By Looking Back
