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Dear ones,
Gov. Holcomb announced that he is authorizing large religious services to begin meeting again in the coming days or weeks. Honestly, this was the news I was hoping for, because I really wanted to have time with you in-person: both to say goodbye and … read more.
Photo by Aaron Burden
Lynn Unger’s poem Pandemic invites us to meet the current coronavirus pandemic with a spiritual response, grounded in Sabbath practices:
What if you thought of it
as the Jews consider the Sabbath—
the most sacred of times?
Cease from travel.
Cease from buying and … read more.
The Art of Grieving: Saying Goodbye
Being a part of a congregation, like All Souls, helps me learn how to be human – by which I mean how to engage in the acts central to one’s humanity. At All Souls I have learned to love and … read more.
Dear All Souls,
After nearly seven years as your senior minister, I have decided to step down from my position in June. My last Sunday in the pulpit will be June 7, 2020. I have prepared this frequently asked question sheet that provides some additional … read more.
A banner produced by our Unitarian Universalist Association
As individuals and as a community, we have placed import on expressing our values. With this end in mind, and not without discussion or thoughtfulness, congregants pitched in to purchase the above banner, produced by our Unitarian Universalist … read more.
Note: This is our first joint blog. We wrote it because we each had points important to our hearts to share, and because there is more wisdom in many voices than in one.
From Rev. Anastassia:
One of the biggest gifts I have received from Unitarian Universalism … read more.
When I was about eight, my brother was shot. He was walking
in Boston, and got caught in some crossfire. He was in college then, and when
he came home over the summer some months later, he was walking with a cane still.
He let me run my … read more.
I clearly remember my shock when I went to a Path to Membership class when I was 25, and was told that it was expected for members (me!) to give 3-5% of my income to the congregation. I was raised largely “unchurched”; this ask was … read more.
Our gray
hymnal, Singing the Living Tradition,
opens with a ward of protection:
My home’s mezuzah.
May nothing evil cross this door, and may ill fortune never pry about these windows;
and may ill fortune never pry about these windows;
may
the roar and rain go by.
These words of … read more.
I appreciated the engagement that our White & Woke worship series generated. We had people come for
these worship services specifically, comment on our related Facebook posts, and
want even more post-service engagement. All this to say, we commonly recognize
that antiracism work (both the healing and the … read more.
