There is a mandate emerging from our theological heritage to dismantle the structures and systems which silence, harm, and exploit human beings and the varied ecosystems of our planet…

The religious responsibility of the faithful is to remove and dismantle the systems and structures that prevent the full flourishing of life and to enhance and side with the movement of creative and active love.

From the beginning, the story of Black people in America has been told through the lens of white supremacy.

The Magnificat is a courageous and subversive song of praise; a call to social justice.

I cannot assume anything when you welcome me into your spaces with suspicion and fear.

we protest what others cherish

We are divine bodies of light and darkness

If love is a law, how may I follow it with more faithfulness?

Discomfort /in the name of holy wholeness / Bring all of ourselves / in the name of holy, of wholeness

When disability is understood as dependency, disability is posited in direct contrast to American ideals of independence and autonomy.

We can’t run from ourselves. The answer to safety is always closer rather than farther away.

We have come here today to remember what some are intent on making us forget.

It’s so [easy] to see the one disabled person and say, She needs a cure so she can fit into our world.

When I was small and just learning how to do life in my body, I didn’t hesitate, didn’t hold back, didn’t worry how it would look, didn’t look for cues or ask for a line. My imagination ruled... I was entirely free to be, driven by the innovation my body inspired. This is the wild...

Shame seems to be a bestselling product pumped out of all these crushing systems.

Do we who are UUs really believe in the values of our faith enough to enact to them in bold, clear, and unequivocal ways?

Help me live in gratitude for the LGBTQ+ ancestors who paved this road we walk and roll on.

A reflection from the Side With Love Sunday worship service.

The person who enjoys privilege always knows less about the person who lives under the weight of that privilege than the people who are actually under it.

As Unitarian Universalists, our journey is to transform the big and the small, to transform ourselves, and to transform the world.