Religion and Revolution
How many of us, I wonder, notice that Hanukkah is the celebration of a successful revolt, in other words, a revolution...
To forgive and forget is one basis of Amish life, for they take seriously the model of Jesus’ life and recall that even on the cross he is said to have cried out "forgive them, for they know not what they do."...
Whatever the myth, whatever the story, whatever the writings that reveal them, this is a season to welcome the light and let it illuminate what matters most to the persons we would be. This is what can make the season merry. This is what can make the holidays happy...
Labor and Work
Unitarians and Universalists have a long history in this country of being allied with reform movements. In the 1780s the Universalists went on public record as opposing slavery, and urging peace rather than war as a national tool...
The Way in Ours
The changing colors of the leaves, beautiful as they are, are the herald's of the leave's death. It's not accidental that All Soul's and the Day of the Dead, which we'll observe next week, are set in the autumn. These holidays were preceded by more ancient pagan linkages of autumn and dying, a time called by the ancient Celts Samhain...