What does the Beloved Community look like? What will it look like? How will we know if we get there? Is this just about race? I have been asked these questions, and more, by members of our community.
One of the challenges of using the language of Beloved Community is that it … read more.
I was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah where I experimented with oil, acrylic and encaustic painting. After my second child was born in 2011, I began to work in collage and was juried into the Utah Arts Festival with this medium in … read more.
Too often, in recent days, I have found myself yearning for a return to “compassionate conservatism.” Each new day brings another revelation that our national leadership is motivated primarily by self interest; and our lofty national ideals, however poorly realized, no longer even figure in … read more.
Greetings Fellow Congregants,
The Annual Vote has concluded: you’ve approved the budget, elected members to the Board, the Nominating Committee and the Church’s independent Foundation. All nominees on the ballot ran unopposed. Thank you to all who voted!
First Unitarian Church of Portland–2018 Annual … read more.
There are some things that need to be clearly condemned. Israel’s shooting of more than 1350 Palestinians on Tuesday and injuring of hundreds more was an outrage. I can imagine no moral universe in which American-armed professional soldiers firing thousands of rounds into protestors hurling … read more.
$75 & $125 Discounted Tickets!
May 18 & 19
Although spring is bright and beautiful this time of year, we live in undeniably challenging times. So we’re very excited to be hosting Love in the Time of Chaos: Full Heart, Open Mind, May 18–19 in the Eliot Center, sponsored … read more.
The news of the day includes both the release of three hostages by North Korea and Israeli air strikes on Syrian facilities and infrastructure. How do we hold both movement toward peace and toward deepening war?
I am aware that, in my own spirit, escalating war … read more.
As a minister, a religious leader, I have been struggling to understand the response of people of faith to our national politics. Celebration of the National Day of Prayer at the White House this morning featured the predictable conflation of American national pride and God’s … read more.
