Our congregation is publicly pro-LGBTQ+ and we are not exactly a ‘gay church’ but we also kind of are a ‘gay church.’ We are not a space exclusively for LGBTQ+ people, but we are a space that leans into the values of many LGBTQ+ spaces such as being judgement-free, encouraging authentic expression, and embracing many … Continue reading Is This a Gay Church?
The topic of reparations still seems loaded with inaccurate assumptions despite years of public discourse. Justice and repair remain very difficult topics to approach when everyone just wants to forget what happened – especially from a systemic perspective. We hope to see you in person or online. Online information ..https://zoom.us/j/95471218370?pwd=aDNjcnhIb3ZSeHlHTjdwanh6c1g1dz09Meeting ID: 954 7121 8370Passcode: 069245Phone: … Continue reading Not a Handout, not a Payoff, not a Bribe
“Adulting” has become a more complicated challenge for emerging generations. You may disagree with that assessment, but I’m not interested in setting this up as a competition. Instead, let’s consider the tasks of being an adult of any age given our current reality. We hope to see you in person or online. For in person, … Continue reading How to Adult
Welcome to our annual Social Justice Sunday. There is a proposal in our theological circles about abolishing our incarceration system. What might that look like? What is our theology of sin and redemption? How might we promote a society in which everyone has “the right to flourish with dignity, love, and compassion”? We hope to … Continue reading The Modern Abolition Movement
In Ecclesiastes we hear that the stone the builders rejected is the stone God uses as the capstone. This metaphor is repeated many times in scripture. Who are the rejected among us today? How do we move the margins to the center? We hope to see you in person or online. For in person, masking … Continue reading The Rejected Stone
Psalm 46:10 tells us, ‘Be still and know that I am God.’ Many Jews and Christians take great comfort in this psalm. The advice is sound. It is good to stop and refocus when things are hard. And after the stillness, after the knowing, what’s next? We hope to see you in person or online. … Continue reading Know, and Be Not Still
Harry Belafonte said, “When the movement is strong, the music is strong.” How much of the music from the Civil Rights era has been in your life? Songs like We Shall Overcome, and A Change Is Gonna Come, helped people unify around the values and messages that advanced the movement. We hope to see you in person or … Continue reading Songs of the Civil Rights
In the early 1900’s Unitarian theologian James Luther Adams asked if our theology was strong enough to oppose Fascism. He pushed us to dig deep into our beliefs and values, to check our mettle against the needs of the time. Are we equipped any better today? We hope to see you in person or online. … Continue reading Do We Have Enough Love?
Because of the predicted Storm and Travel Advisory for Broome County, our building will be closed on Sunday January 25, and all in-person activities are cancelled. Do you have a space in your home that helps you stay grounded and centered? Do you have practices in your day that help you stay human amid chaos … Continue reading Home Altars and Zen Gardens – Zoom Only
MLK Jr’s message against militarism, racism, and materialism continues to be prescient. Not because things keep getting corrupted, but because our political and social systems are functioning as designed. Perhaps we can stop trying to fix things and start building new. We hope to see you in person or online. For in person, masking is … Continue reading The System Works as Designed
