Leader’s Blog
The Path of Belonging
Our Ethics Matters themes are ways of exploring different ways of inspiring ethical living. We are all different people, so we have different ways of being inspired. In life, we tend to walk the same paths we’ve always walked. One benefit of community and...
Faith and Humanism
What has "faith" got to do with humanism? Our theme this month (June 2022) is Renewing Hope. The concept of "faith" is related to hope, though not exactly the same. Some years ago, at a workshop on how congregations can work on social justice work, I introduced...
Quotes on Death and Dying
We've had a couple of requests for quotations used in the Sunday, April 10, Platform Meeting, Remaking Our Relationship with the Dead. Opening Reading: "Every life is meaningful in the linkage of life with life. We are each part of a community that acknowledges the...
Every Little Bit Helps
November 22, 2021 from Jone Johnson Lewis, Leader Do you have 15-60 minutes to help make a difference against climate change? You can help New York state work towards a just transition to a more sustainable, green economy by writing three letters this week. The...
AEU Anti-Racism Book Dialogues 2021-22
I'm pleased to announce that the American Ethical Union (the federation of Ethical Societies in the USA) is once again sponsoring a series of anti-racism book (and article and TED Talk) dialogues. They're a wonderful opportunity to learn more, and to meet folks...
What’s an Ethical Society For?
What is an Ethical Society for? We live in a larger world that increasingly encourages polarization, to privilege those who are already powerful while treating as disposable those who are not, and to economically value a narrow range of “productivity” over work that...
Inspired by Those Unlike Us
Alicia Garza wrote, "I'm so inspired when I see people who have a way that they do things, have a way that they think about the world, and they're courageous enough to be open to listening to what the experiences are of so many of us who want to live in a world that's...
When Our Intuition Fails
I have been so grateful during the last 17 months for some parts of my background that are unusual for people who are in clergy and clergy-like positions. First, that I had a career in Information Technology before going back to school, including debuting personal...
Our Identity
Over the summer, I planned to present two Sunday platform talks on key foundations of our Ethical commitments: to human worth and to human relationship. The one on human worth has been presented (and is on our Facebook and YouTube pages as a recording), and the one...