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Podcast: March is the Unlocking Season

It has been cold and icy in Minnesota, and some are longing for spring. But Kurt Vonnegut says that March and April are not spring; rather, they are the unlocking season. Now is the time for what is frozen to thaw, and what has been buried to emerge. The post Podcast: March is the Unlocking Season appeared first on First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis.

Podcast: Choosing Love

It takes a special kind of resilience to insist on love, to keep choosing it when it seems an impossible task, to act in the knowledge that only love can overcome hate. This isn’t a ‘Valentine’s Day’ kind of love; it is something more primal, more wild, more radically collective. The post Podcast: Choosing Love appeared first on First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis.

The Source of Our Resilience

We’ve talked of resistance, and now, as we see that we are in this for the long haul, we must lean into our resilience. Whence cometh it? What ancient knowing holds us up? What nascent understanding pulls us forward, one step in front of the other? The post The Source of Our Resilience appeared first on First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis.

Assembly: “The Religion of Democracy” with Fish Stark

Humanism isn’t the opposite of faith – it’s the opposite of authoritarianism. Unitarian minister Curtis Reese, a co-founder of the American Humanist Association, referred to humanism as the “religion of democracy” for a reason – because of our radical belief that truth, morality, and power do not rightly reside in an external source, as theistic… Read More »Assembly: “The Religion of Democracy” with Fish Stark The post Assembly: “The Religion of Democracy” with Fish Stark appeared first on First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis.

Podcast: If At First We Don’t Succeed…

There is so much to resist in these times, and it’s important to remember that the foundation of resistance is not necessarily potential success. Maybe we resist because of what will be lost if we do not, or because we dream of something different for our children…or maybe because there’s no viable alternative.   The post Podcast: If At First We Don’t Succeed… appeared first on First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis.