The great spiritual traditions all tell us to love our neighbor. However, in this political moment, it isn’t easy. Some of our neighbors infuriate, distress, and embarrass us. It feels like a great leap to try and love them. In this service, we will explore ways to break through to love those we find disagreeable. … Continue reading How to Love Your Neighbor
Watch the service HERE. How can and should we be “good relatives” to the many Native Americans who have lived for centuries on the land we inhabit? Regardless of our individual and communal heritage, how have we benefitted from living and working on these lands? What are the ethics of land acknowledgements, and what reparations … Continue reading Honoring Indigenous People’s Day: “Being A Good Relative”
Watch the service HERE. At the UUA General Assembly the 1986 Ware Lecturer Kurt Vonnegut drew a distinction between love and respect. He said that one day his wife told him she did not love him. That is normal, Vonnegut noted. Then he said, “If she had wanted to terminate the marriage, to carry it … Continue reading Respecting Love and Loving Respect
