Watch the replay of our October Threshold Conversation on The Theology of Covenant where we got real about what it means to live in covenant today. We unpacked how covenants differ from rules and contracts, what makes them aspirational instead of just behavioral, and how they’ve shifted from our Judeo-Christian roots to something more liberating and inclusive over time. Folks named how covenants can still get weaponized and how to be attuned so that our covenants are not used to replicate or enforce the status quo of white supremacy culture. The Q&A took us even deeper with conversation about what it takes to build trust and accountability, ideas for keeping covenants alive on staff teams, making them work across generations and neurotypes, and finding better ways to call each other back into right relationship.

Moderator Jennica Davis-Hockett joined into conversation with panelists:

• Rev. Dr. Natalie Fenimore, 2025 MacLearn Awardee, Lead Minister and Minister of Lifespan Religious Education at the UU Congregation at Shelter Rock.
• Carol Maciel, Young Adult Revival Network
• Kathy E. Smith, CRE, Vice President of LREDA, Director of Family Ministries at the Unitarian Church of Baton Rouge
• Delano Yeung, UU Emerging Adult
• Cameron Young, UUA Congregational Life Staff