Topic: Religious Liberalism

Driving While White

Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto
Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto
Driving While White
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Most of us pride ourselves in not being racist but it could be argued that racism exists on a continuum on which we all reside. Join us on 9/17 when UUCPA member Tom Parker discusses the grey areas, the more difficult, challenging, and sometimes subtle … read more.

Can I Believe Anything I Want?

Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto Sermons and Reflections
Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto Sermons and Reflections
Can I Believe Anything I Want?
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That’s a misleading shorthand that people often use to describe Unitarian Universalism–a religion where we can believe anything we want. It’s understandable that these words come to mind, because in contrast to many religions, it’s true that Unitarian Universalism isn’t defined by a set of … read more.

An Attitude of Ultimate Optimism

Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto
Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto
An Attitude of Ultimate Optimism
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James Luther Adams asserted that while immediate optimism was unrealistic, “the resources (divine and human) that are available for the achievement of meaningful change justify an attitude of ultimate optimism.” We’ll take a close look at that claim in this final service on Adams’s tenets of religious liberalism. World AIDS Day is, strangely enough, an apt day for such an exploration. Music: Veronika Agranov Dafoe, piano

Prophets of a New World

Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto
Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto
Prophets of a New World
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“A faith that is not the sister of justice is bound to bring us to grief,” James Luther Adams wrote. Religion isn’t primarily about what we believe, but about what we do: specifically, what we do to bring about the world we long for. Special Music: Season of Us
Appropriately, we will be giving the Peg Capron Social Justice Award to Jane Glauz this morning.

The Function of Freedom

Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto
Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto
The Function of Freedom
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As the word “liberal” implies, religious liberalism asserts the centrality of freedom in how we relate to one another, our institutions, and the search for a good life. James Luther Adams and Toni Morrison are our guides as we look at how that really plays out in daily life. Music: Orlando Castro, guitar

On a Mission to Discover What’s Out There

Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto
Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto
On a Mission to Discover What's Out There
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In this first of a series, we’ll look at the profoundly transformative idea that truth continues to be revealed and that the future therefore holds more to discover.
Special Music: Margaret Davis and Kristoph, harp and guitar
Today’s entire offering collection will be donated to Hotel de Zink.