Articles

Sustainable Empathy
Rev. Ana Levy-Lyons
Traveling home at the end of a really hot day, I got to Grand Central Terminal and made my way down to the 7 train like I always do. Read more »
On the Mend: Brokenness and Healing
Rev. Dena McPhetres
A friend of mine slipped on the ice and broke her ankle one winter and was laid up for weeks and weeks. As I expressed my sympathy for her misfortune and suffering, a surprising phrase slipped out of my mouth. Read more »
Vulnerability and Compassion
Michael S. Hogue
The pragmatist philosopher-activist Jane Addams in her first book, Democracy and Social Ethics (1902), examined the great gap that she believed was then opening up between “old” and “new” ways of thinking about poverty. Read more »
Facing Vulnerability
Rev. Thom Belote
Why is it so hard to be vulnerable? Vulnerability is both necessary to create the real connections we crave as human beings, and it involves the risk of being rejected for the true and vulnerable selves that we might share with others. Read more »
From Your Minister
Rev. Meg Riley
Over ten million people have now watched online a 20-minute talk called “The Power of Vulnerability.” It’s a talk by Brené Brown, a researcher on the topic. Read more »
REsources for Living
Rev. Dr. Lynn Ungar
Imagine that you are standing in front of a group of colleagues, or your entire class, about to give a presentation. Read more »
The Transformation of Silence
Quest for Meaning
In the cause of silence, each of us draws the face of her own fear—fear of contempt, of censure, or some judgment, or recognition, of challenge or annihilation. Read more »