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Jake Morrill

Rev. Jake Morrill

Since 2003, Jake Morrill has served as Lead Minister of the Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church. He has also served as Executive Director of the UU Christian Fellowship since 2015. From 2013-16, he served as a Chaplain in the U.S. Army Reserve, and was a Trustee on the UUA Board from 2009-13. His website is JakeMorrill.com.

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Braver/Wiser

An assortment of brightly colored holiday sweaters, in profile, lined up as they hang together
An Adequate Christmas

Jake Morrill

From Braver/Wiser
An adequate Christmas would have you calm and open, taking it in, accepting whatever is. Slow it all down like you might be, in some way, attuned to the...
A perfectly spherical bubble floats in front of a blue sky and puffy white clouds
Exuberance

Jake Morrill

From Braver/Wiser
What's my favorite weather? When the wind whips your face, you're alive, and you can think what you will.
Six wild geese, in flight against a pale sky
Singing Out for Love's Return

Jake Morrill

From Braver/Wiser
"The soul is made of love and must ever strive to return to love. Therefore, it can never find rest nor happiness in other things....
Through a plate glass window at night, a person ducks through rainy weather with their coat pulled over their head.
Sticking It Out in the Storm

Jake Morrill

From Braver/Wiser
.I want liberty and justice for all in my country. That will ask of me—and of many of you—the discipline of discomfort.
Against a violent orange smoke, a helicopter hovers over a forest on fire.
What on Earth Is Worth Saving

Jake Morrill

From Braver/Wiser
Those of us with some privilege in this empire may be tempted to seek refuge in it, as if privilege was ever going to save us. But who’s to say whether you’ve come to this place and position for a...
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Our Whole Life Is a Series of Signs

Jake Morrill

From Braver/Wiser
Our whole life is a series of signs. Any slight action: a dim semaphore. Our redemption, if it happens, will mean somebody tried.

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