In 1841, revered Unitarian minister Rev. Theodore Parker wrote a sermon entitled “The Transient and Permanent in Christianity,” a touchstone and a challenge for all UU ministers. Absent the surety of the Christian religion and scripture, what in our lives is transient and what permanent?

“The Beloved sometimes wants/To do us a great favor:/Hold us upside down/And shake all the nonsense out.”–Hafiz, translated and interpreted by Daniel Ladinsky.

Soul Matters Monthly Theme: What does it mean to be a community of WISDOM?

Topics: Wisdom