How did we grow from the early colonial churches to welcome and celebrate diversity of all kinds? We live in an age of identity politics and clashing opinions. How can we deal with differences of opinion and be one congregation in one nation? How can the many become one without losing uniqueness? Can we “Remember our humanity and forget the rest?”
Our speaker today started his education in a one room school house, went to a local high school, the University of Minnesota and ended at our Chicago school for ministry Meadville Lombard. His says that his education never really ended, since he is always experiencing,reading, and thinking. As well as speaking and trading books he lives at and manages the family Century Farm. He has served our congregations in the Midwest and on the East Coast and has written articles for UUA publications. His latest article is about UU novelist Kurt Vonnegut in the Dictionary of UU Biography.
Topics: Diversity, UU Principles