Leader’s Blog
Democracy and Reason
The following is the text of remarks delivered by Jone Johnson Lewis during the January 31, 2021, All Society Platform Meeting of the American Ethical Union. The topic was Democracy and Reason.
What Is Beloved Community?
~ Jone Johnson Lewis “Dr. King’s Beloved Community is a global vision in which all people can share in the wealth of the earth. In the Beloved Community, poverty, hunger and homelessness will not be tolerated because international standards of human decency will not...
A Great Storm Is Over
Jone Johnson Lewis Writing on Inauguration Day, 2021 While my mind wants to believe today that we are waking up after a nightmare, this was a period that caused incredible damage. (I'm remembering that the outgoing president's inaugural address four years ago was...
Alternative Futures
Brueggemann, a Protestant Biblical scholar and theologian, stood for religion as providing a alternative narrative to forces of nationalism, militarism, and consumerism. While I do not share his Christian faith, I do share his basic commitment to the idea that in order to make change, we need counter-narratives to “this is how it is and how it always shall be.”
Imagining Democracy
Thursday, January 7, 2021 Like many others, I was glued to watching and reading news yesterday. I woke up celebrating that the turnout in Georgia was so large. I could not go to sleep until the certification process was finished. Do I think democracy is dead because...
A Time to Imagine New Ways
As the New Year begins, how can we use our imaginations to help create a world that is more livable, loving, just, and peaceful?
New Year Conversations
Some conversation-starters for New Year’s Eve or the New Year. Spin the wheel!
Pick Your Focus Word
Sometimes, we need to get new ideas from outside our own minds, as a starting point, an inspiration. Use this tool to pick a word to focus on -- whether for a new year, a month, a week, a day. Below is a "click me" button. If you click it, the website will pop up a...
Meditative Coloring Pages
These were offered for use by Cynthia Landrum, a Unitarian Universalist minister. Click on the link to get the full-size image. You can save the images to your computer and print from there.