A sermon by Polly Peterson during our Earth Day service When the poet Robert Francis, wrote the poem “Like Ghosts of Eagles,” he was living here in Amherst. He spent nearly all of his life in a little house near Cushman Village that he built for himself in 1940—right here in the Connecticut River Valley. He […]
This sermon by Robin Livingston follows a reading of The Giving Tree by Shel Silversteen during our Time for All Ages. I didn’t pick The Giving Tree for my Story Sermon because it’s a favorite of mine. I didn’t even pick it because I like it. I picked it because for as long as I […]
An Earth Day sermon by Polly Peterson “Seeds carry the power of life,” wrote Carme Lemniscates to begin the story of seeds we just heard. It’s a powerful idea. In fact, it’s the idea that inspired this service. Last fall, I was in a car with Susan Rice, returning from a few days of canvassing […]
Resisting Reproductive Coercion in the Age of Trump. Dr. Carrie Baker delivers a sermon about the campaign against pregnant women to deny them of reproductive health services and how to resist.
Heather Cox Richardson posted the following blog which includes a history of the Indian Boarding Schools in Letters from an American, on November 29, 2024. This is being shared with the UUSA by the Indigenous Awareness Circle. The UUSA has voted to support federal legislation to examine the history of Indian Boarding Schools. ================================================== In […]
Being a Welcoming Congregation is not a static identity, any more than being an ally is. It’s not a sign you can put up or a box you can check or a statement you can make. Because being a Welcoming Congregation isn’t something you are, it’s something you do. Because welcome is a verb. It’s an action. It’s a spiritual practice. One that never ends. So, I hope I can count on you to join me in the spiritual practice of radical welcome. Because it is truly one of the most holy, heart-transforming, and world-changing things that we can do together.
