Topic: Brokenness

Songs, Soldiers, Survivors

Many soldiers and their families struggle with trauma after their service. One organization is partnering vets with professional songwriters to co-write songs that tell the veterans’ stories. The process can be cathartic for the vets and poignant for their families. 

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Earth Hospice

How can we live with the great challenges of climate change without falling into despair or focusing only on the practical things we can do in our lives? One way is to bring mindful attention and ceremony to that which is passing.

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The Tyranny of Merit

Sixty years ago, a British sociologist predicted that the closer we came to having a true meritocracy, the more the winners would ignore the losers and the more the losers would resent the winners. Two thirds of American workers today do not have a four … read more.

Broken Wing

Our local UU clergy cluster has again created and recorded a worship service for our congregations to share – Athens & Sheshequin, Binghamton, Cortland, Schenectady, Syracuse (First), Syracuse (May), and Utica. This season, let us take a moment to honor the intertwining experiences of brokenness … read more.