If you are reading this, you are alive. Let’s celebrate that! Take a full breath. Let your face find the shape of a soft smile of contentment. Inhale another breath … Continue reading What Is Possible When We Connect to Ourselves and Each Other?

Dear Members and Friends, This week Director of Social Justice, Dana Buhl, offers a reflection: Last weekend, I completed the Jubilee 3 weekend anti-racism workshop, along with nine other congregants … Continue reading When We Pause…

First Unitarian Files for Temporary Restraining Order on Federal Law Enforcement (You can see this feature in this weeks Speaking of Justice: Weekly Update 7/30.) As you know, First Unitarian Portland is a … Continue reading Continuing the Fight

During July, while Rev. Sinkford takes a summer break, look to this weekly update for ways that our congregation is responding and how you can engage in our justice work. This … Continue reading Grounding Our Activism in Gratitude

During July, while Rev. Sinkford takes a summer break, look to this weekly update for ways that our congregation is responding and how you can engage in our justice work. Last … Continue reading Human Rights and Antiracism

Over the summer, Speaking of Justice: Weekly Update will bring updates on First Unitarian’s social justice work, including the call for police accountability, our response during the Covid19 crisis and other … Continue reading Human Rights and Anti-Racism

Hello all, For the month of July “Bill’s Blog” will be in the form of “Speaking of Justice”. This is a weekly update Social Justice does every week through a … Continue reading Speaking of Justice

The burst of tears surprised me on Tuesday morning. I had been on edge since hearing President Trump’s unlawful order to assassinate the Iranian top general was carried through on … Continue reading Let Us Breathe Together