Although almost all people who have really considered it are drawn to the idea of Beloved Community, many modern theologians argue it is not a straight line from oppression to liberation. There is an evolution involved. Brian McLaren, Richard Rohr and other theologians think of it as the need to try on and tell ourselves … Continue reading Seven Stories to Liberation
According to the Christian calendar, it was shortly after Jesus appeared to the grieving disciples that they began the diaspera to share the ‘good news.’ Each of the remaining disciples was sent out with the task of gathering people to form communities. But it was Paul who had the real knack for community building. This … Continue reading Babies, Bathwater and the Belonging that’s our Birthright
This year, Easter lands on the precipice of another high holy day: April Fool’s Day. The proximity in date as well as in mission makes it appropriate to talk about the ways Jesus was a master of some long ignored and forgotten tricks of wisdom to get his message of transformative love across to the … Continue reading Holy Fool’s Day
March is national women’s month and, although there have been many who have heroically advanced the role of women in the U.S. and around the world, it still remains astounding the roadblocks we continue to encounter in shattering the glass ceiling. In this, our annual Jeopardy service, we will look at milestones and missed opportunities … Continue reading The History of Women in Jeopardy
March is national women’s month and, although there have been many who have heroically advanced the role of women in the U.S. and around the world, it still remains astounding the roadblocks we continue to encounter in shattering the glass ceiling. In this, our annual Jeopardy service, we will look at milestones and missed opportunities … Continue reading Questions and Answers of Sufferagism
From birth, we learn to pay close attention to what will win the approval of caregivers. We carefully master ways to shape our behavior to what is wanted so we can get the love we know we need. We suppress our own needs to please our caregivers – even when those from whom we seek … Continue reading How Am I Loving Us Right Now?
Last Year’s Love Hero Award went to Sergio Jaime Lopez who, after three long years, had been granted asylum in the United States. His wife and two boys have also just received permission to come to the U.S. This year’s Love Hero goes to another refugee from Nicaragua escaping persecution and having to work through … Continue reading MPUUC’s Annual Love Hero Service
So much about the world as it will someday be, requires us to imagine it and dream it into existence. The world of today is filled with conveniences, inventions and technologies that are simply the dreams of our forebearers that they pursued beyond the limits of imagination. And yet, also part of today is the … Continue reading The Lovers, the Dreamers and Me
The various cultures that raised us have provided us with millions of ways to recognize loss and renewal. It goes all the way back to the eating of the apple in the Garden of Eden, but continues through Christopher Robin’s growing up (and going to war). But, in all such stories, a loss of innocence … Continue reading And Now We Are Six
To paraphrase a wise adage from Heraclitus, ‘A traveller can never step into the same river twice because it is not the same river and [she] is not the same traveller.’ So, what do we make of this new post-sabbatical reality we find ourselves in? Rev. Greg will reflect on some of the experiences and … Continue reading Time Out – Time In
