Topic: Optimism

Born of Bright Faith

The state of love-filled delight in possibilities and eager joy at the prospect of actualizing them is known in Buddhism as bright faith. Bright faith goes beyond merely claiming that possibility for oneself to immersing oneself in it. With bright faith we feel exalted as we are lifted out of our normal sense of insignificance, … Continue reading Born of Bright Faith

2021 Kick Off: Full Steam Ahead

Rev. Edie Love will lead a discussion about the events of this new year, thus far, and what we can imagine our role as Unitarian Universalists might be in crafting a more just world in 2021. Rev. Love is a Unitarian Universalist minister who feels her calling is to work towards love and justice. She … Continue reading 2021 Kick Off: Full Steam Ahead

The Light at the End of 2020

The light at the end of 2020. Here’s the question, if light is coming towards us, is it a good thing or a bad thing? Would it be the light of better days, or of an angry mob of polo shirt wearing white supremacists? The open-endedness of the pandemic as well as the other stresses … Continue reading The Light at the End of 2020