Rev. Peter Newport returns to our pulpit to reflect on Dietrich Bonhoeffer, martyr and hero of the German resistance to Nazism, and on Advent — since it’s the 1st Sunday of that season, and was Bonhoeffer’s topic in much of his later work. Assisted by Karl Lindholm. Sharing Our Donation Plate: Food & Housing Crisis … Continue reading Advent 2025
“The function of freedom is to free someone else.” Toni Morrison Freedom slides along a continuum; always partial – never absolute – and is frequently taken for granted. We’re all free and bound to others all at once. It’s tricky. This morning (and through June) we’re going to think about freedom and how to grow … Continue reading Free to Be You & Me
“Beloved Community” is a term of art that we UUs use sometimes to characterize religious communities. What’s it supposed to mean? Where did it come from? Beloved of or by whom? Are you “in” or “out”? How can one be sure? Should it even apply to our UU congregations; and what, by the way, has … Continue reading Between Memory and Hope – Feb. 18, 2024
