Speaker: Rev. Dr. Matthew Johnson

Pick Your Battles

What does the wise mother, and wise parent, have in common with the Philosopher Karl Popper? And what does that wisdom tell us about how to approach this fraught moment in time? Come find out!

Interdependence and Intimacy

One of the deep human hungers to connect with others on a deep level. This longing for intimacy expresses itself in friendship, sexuality, conversation, and play. We’ll explore this hunger and how to align our practices of intimacy with our values in a world that … read more.

Changing Your Life

If you want to transform your life, how might we go about it? What makes personal transformation possible, sustainable, and attractive? What motivations are worthy of our effort? What spiritual resources will we need?

Reparations and Repair

The work of justice and equity includes repair for what has gone wrong. We’ll explore the concept of reparations on a social, congregational, and personal level, and look at the theology and emotional terrain involved in dealing with shame, accountability, healing, and moving forward together.

Love Beyond Belief

Unitarianism and Universalism have held, for hundreds of years, that what we believe matters much less than how we love and live. In today’s divided and fractured world, how can the practice of Love Beyond Belief show us a way forward that is pluralistic, … read more.

Love that Frees

We continue our month on liberating love, and recommit to Dr. King’s vision of Beloved Community, by reflecting on the power of Love to set us free, both collectively and individually. How might love ground our work to abolish systems of control and dehumanization, … read more.