Nancy Griffith wrote the lyric, “If we poison our children with hatred, then a hard life is all that they’ll know.” Her words haunt me as I see yard signs that say “Let’s Go Brandon” and wonder how I’d explain this to my kids if they were younger. I believe our UU heritage and tradition … Continue reading A Hard Life: Rescuing Our Children (and Ourselves) from Hate

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At what point does the reality of daily brutalities in our homes, neighborhoods, cities, and nation finally overcome the pattern of learned helplessness and disbelief which protect the white, the privileged, the “protected”? Just how far will violence have to intrude into our lives for us to commit to changing the culture—and to what ethic will we … Continue reading This Is Not Who We Are: Modern Mythology