Perry Bacon is a columnist at the Washington Post where he focuses on government, policy and elections. Perry has previously been a political journalist at Time Magazine, NBC News, MSNBC and FiveThirtyEight. We will have a Q&A session with Perry focused on his background, writing, and life experiences to better know this very accomplished Louisville native and … Continue reading A Louisville Native with a National Voice
As we witness our governments, institutions and major corporations abandoning their commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion (and see such efforts being demonized by some), your church community is and will remain a place where differences in culture, racial and gender identity, sexuality, theology and background are celebrated. “DEI” is the foundation of our UU … Continue reading Your Church of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Art, story, film and literature can be important ways to understand people different from ourselves. In a world where many of us reside in fairly homogeneous bubbles, the power of story to expand our knowledge of other people can be the key to broader compassion and understanding. Rev. Marcia Stanard serves as the minster of … Continue reading The Power of Sharing Our Stories
E.B. White once wrote, “I arise each morning torn between the desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy it.” Our All Peoples minister will offer us a message about trying to find the balance between being engaged with all that is happening in our nation and world and remaining grounded in the small pleasures of … Continue reading To Save or to Savor Our World
Current actions by our federal government are causing great challenges for many among us and many in our local immigrant communities. We will explore the impacts and opportunities for our congregation to actively offer support and solidarity with those being most adversely affected right now. Our guest speaker on Sunday March 23 will be Elmer … Continue reading Showing Up for Immigrant Justice
March is Women’s History Month and female-identified leaders of our past have led our society to overcome cultural inequities and prejudices at crucial moments in our history. Rev. Bruce will pay tribute to some of these great women and explore how their words and actions might continue to inspire us in our efforts to overcome … Continue reading The Wisdom of the Women Among Us
