Starting in 1951, radio pioneer Edward R. Murrow asked Americans from all walks of life to write essays about their most fundamental and closely held beliefs and how these beliefs guide their daily lives. This Spring, each month, we will uphold our value of pluralism and explore the diversity among our members and friends as … Continue reading This I Believe Series: Bob Keller
This Sunday we kick off our new theme of generosity as we celebrate Lammas, an Anglo-Saxon festival celebration of the first grain harvests and the loaves of bread that came from them. In modern, Paganism, Lammas is the time to celebrate the first harvest of the year and recognize that the burning hot summer days … Continue reading Lammas 2026
Join us in community this Sunday as Tom Kersen shares about his most recent exploration of intentional communities in the south, specifically the Hot Mulch Band and the broader countercultural scene in the Ozarks as a case study in disrupting the status quo. Drawing on Victor Turner’s concepts of liminality and communitas, Kersen argues that … Continue reading Hot Mulch and the Sociology of the Edge: Counterculture, Liminality, and Disrupting the Status Quo
