When someone lists Unitarians or Universalists, they usually name white men. Never anyone Black like me.

If you’re seeking sacred Black “text” in our tradition, you have to examine the way our Black ancestors lived.

We shall all be free.

Loving sometimes takes all that we have.

Queer joy is resistance.

There is no such thing as unskilled labor.

To be queer is to know the ways of holding all that shimmers to the light.

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

There’s never been a time in the United States history when black rebellions did not spark existential fear among white people.

The power to choose is the power of life in the midst of brokenness.

Love cannot fix everything, but it can keep us company.

Let us grieve for our own pain, as oppressions / come between us, as sharp / as broken glass.

Happy kids are safer kids, because happy kids have adults they can ask for help.

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?

Writing in a book—a hardback book! with pen!—goes against everything we’ve been taught, but now is the time to do it.

A reflection from the Side With Love Sunday worship service.

This reflection was part of Side With Love Sunday 2021.