Meck Groot

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Meck Groot’s lifework has largely been at the intersection of faith and social justice. She has delivered her gifts in administration, teaching, consulting and facilitation as a UUA employee on district and regional staff in New England. Her passion has been to inspire and support vital, faith-centered justice ministry through the practices of Spiritual Leadership.

Prior to joining UUA staff, Meck acted as Co-Director for the Women’s Theological Center, a multiracial, multicultural community of staff and partners devoted to supporting Spiritual Leadership in individuals and organizations working for social transformation.

She is a graduate of the Episcopal Divinity School where she earned a Master’s in Theology concentrating on feminist liberation theology and ethics.

One of her favorite quotes comes from her teacher the Rev. Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon, “Don’t preach to people you don’t love.”

From Meck Groot

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A congregational board member called to ask what their church might do about their building. Like so many New England churches, theirs is old, labyrinthine, mostly inaccessible, and larger than they need now....

By Meck Groot | July 22, 2021 | From Practice Makes Possible Blog
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The following is based on content presented as part of the “Staying the Course” workshop at the New Day Rising Conference in February 2021. The full workshop is available to conference registrants through Whova and to new participants who enroll in the UULI course. To stay the course in our...

By Meck Groot | April 20, 2021 | From Faithful Risking
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The following is based on content presented as part of the “Staying the Course” workshop at the New Day Rising Conference in February 2021. The full workshop is available to conference registrants through Whova and to new participants who enroll in the UULI course.

By Meck Groot | April 6, 2021 | From Centering Gifts
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Today, I sing praise for the gift of Black Lives. For precious, irreplaceable lives: Emmett, Trayvon, Eric, Tamir, Freddie, Treasure, Sandra, Breonna, George, Skylar, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and.... whose names I recall at all because Alicia, Opal and Patrisse and all the...

By Meck Groot | February 4, 2021 | From Centering Gifts
Tagged as: Racial Justice & Multicultural Ministries
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As we go about our work at this time, the NER staff team keeps learning about the faithful ways UU congregations are meeting the challenges of being and doing church during a pandemic.

By Meck Groot | December 18, 2020 | From Faithful Risking
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“Whenever we try to envision a world without war, without violence, without prisons, without capitalism,” writes Walidah Imarisha, “we are engaging in speculative fiction. All organizing is science fiction. Organizers and activists dedicate their lives to creating and envisioning another...

By Meck Groot | December 14, 2020 | From Practice Makes Possible Blog
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I return to the Spiritual Leadership practice of doing my inner work. It may be the hardest practice of all. I want so many things to be different than they are — including myself. Yet the only path forward is to be right here in this real place, right now at this real time.

By Meck Groot | November 4, 2020 | From Doing Our Inner Work
Tagged as: 5th Principle (Conscience & Democracy), Spiritual Practice, Voting Rights
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We can’t really teach Spiritual Leadership. Each person needs to find theirs, claim theirs and exercise theirs in their way. The best we can do is identify practices, offer suggestions, give reminders and tell stories.

By Meck Groot | October 22, 2020 | From Practice Makes Possible Blog
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While the New England Region staff team’s introduction of the concept and practices of Spiritual Leadership has been enthusiastically received, there’s been some pushback about the one we call “binding to tradition.” Most Unitarian Universalists don’t like the idea of being bound to...

By Meck Groot | August 26, 2020 | From New England Region
Tagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), Indigenous Peoples Day, Thanksgiving, Tradition, UU History, Racial Justice & Multicultural Ministries

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