We declare that there are many paths to the sacred. We hold fast to the notion that one religion does not hold all the truth for all time, not even Unitarian Universalism. We maintain that a free, open, and respectful dialogue is one of the primary ways our theological perspectives evolve and grow.

… increasing religious plurality in our congregations has brought in perspectives and practices from earth-based religions of many kinds, amplifying an understanding of humankind as one part of a great interconnected web of all existence and deepening our humility and reverence for the web of life.

We affirm the power of Love to heal what is broken, to hold us together across pluralities of diverse religious practices and beliefs, to hold us when things fall apart, to grow our capacities, and to guide us as we return again and again in our families and communities to side with Love.

In a patchwork quilt, each piece of fabric contains a story in itself—where, when, and how it was made; what other garment or fabric it once was part of; who created and touched the fabric. Sewn together, the quilt collectively tells other stories…

If you have come here tonight on Rosh Hashanah and feel that there is nothing to examine, no wound in your life to heal, no relationship to repair—then I hope you will listen especially closely to the shofar.

“[Democracy] is not merely majority rule based on the fact that the majority has the physical force to prevail…"

The solution is finding a reliable person to check in with.

Ableism is lived out purposefully, accidentally, and unknowingly.

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

Your individual niceness is inadequate to deal with the brutality and the viciousness of what white body supremacy has done to my people.

“As people become more afraid and insecure, they do not know how to access their own soul, move to prayer, or toward their better instincts. At that point, the easy and comforting response is to quote some Scripture, some authority, or some legal principle.”

"Most of us have been led to believe that prophets 'foretell' the future. That is true, and it is also misleading. It is not the point here. Prophets are seers of the big patterns; they see what is always and forever true. Prophets like Isaiah know how God acts by watching and listening, and they...

"There are two moments that matter. One is when you know that your one and only life is absolutely valuable and alive. The other is when you know your life, as presently lived, is entirely pointless and empty. You need both of them to keep you going in the right direction. Lent is about both. The...

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.

The history of conquest is a scourge on the human condition. A lingering one.

I do not believe the acts of oppressors are my people’s shame.

The drug that says that whiteness is what matters most about white people is what makes so many of them think that is what must be protected at all costs.

The harder things are to say, the more necessary they are to say.

Life is political, not because the world cares about how you feel, but because the world reacts to what you do.

Advent is about the new story being written in our lives.