Emma Goldman famously wrote that she rejected the idea that commitment to a cause “should demand the denial of life and joy,” often misattributed as “If I can’t dance, I don’t want to be part of your revolution.” Live Oak, I think we need a party, and I know we...

“We had a whole plan,” my mother (age 94) told me. “I would pick up your brothers and sister from school and drive from New York to Arkansas, where your grandparents were living. Your father would catch up with us there.” It was October 1962. My parents lived in Rochester,...

Occasionally, I’ll get a question about the line between politics and religion, and what it means to our church and to Unitarian Universalism. I don’t believe it is possible at the present time to advocate for our UU values without addressing the actions being taken by government/political officials. I absolutely...