Interdependence is a condition of our very being, whether or not we notice it. How we choose to engage it has an impact on the world and also on our congregational systems. What are some ways we’re really challenging ourselves in the spirit of building Beloved Community, to be truly radically welcoming, and to foster relationships beyond our congregational walls?

Give this episode a listen to find out what our amazing panelists - religious educator Jil Novenski and Rev Jim Lewis had to say about all this.

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Music: "Where Do We Come From," by Brian Tate performed by Rev Christopher Lamb

We are each other’s harvest:

We are each other’s business:

We are each other’s magnitude and bond.

-- Gwendolyn Brooks

We declare that every person has the right to flourish with inherent dignity and worthiness, and we covenant to use our time, wisdom, attention, and money to build and sustain fully accessible and inclusive communities. Our esteemed guests ponder what Unitarian Universalism might become if we looked beyond traditional definitions and saw our very communities as an endowment for a flourishing religious future.

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Pertinent links:

https://www.uua.org/lifespan/re-sources/threshold-conversations/whole-church/whole-re-panel

https://www.blessedbeebyhp.com

https://sidewithlove.org/actioncenter

Music: "Where Do We Come From," by Brian Tate performed by Rev Christopher Lamb

Cornel West said that "Justice is what love looks like in public."

Our panelists, Lisa Garcia Sampson and Antoinette Scully - two of our UU state action network leaders, discuss what we can do to continue to build Beloved Community during these very trying and challenging times times, while also dismantling the oppressive systems that keep all of us from being truly free.

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Coalition of UU State Action Networks:

https://cuusan.org/

Music: "Where Do We Come From," by Brian Tate performed by Rev Christopher Lamb