Politics & Religion
March 2020
Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is. ―Mahatma Gandhi
Articles
Democracy is Essential
Imagine…if you believed democracy were essential. Not just a “choice” among variations of how to govern a group of people, but an essential structure. Read more »
What Matters Most
The Unitarian Universalist minister David O. Rankin liked to relate a story from his career. Read more »
The Heart of Democracy
Do you trust democracy? In your bones, do you trust it? Do you trust yourself and your fellow citizens? Read more »
Politics and Religion
One hundred years ago the state of Maine was sharply divided between Republicans and Democrats. Read more »
From Your Minister
I grew up in a deeply political UU family. From the earliest time I can remember, we talked about politics and religion at the dinner table. Read more »
REsources for Living
I had a proud parenting moment the other day. My young adult daughter texted me “I have officially become the kind of annoying adult that won’t shut up about politics.” Read more »
Make a Difference
Politics and religion share the desire to make a difference in the world. Read more »
Audio Resources
You can listen to audio recordings of Quest Monthly, read back issues or get electronic versions of the text to share with friends (and much more) at questformeaning.org Read more »
Above All, Love
Then let us first of all have grace. Grace for those who have come before us. Read more »
Politics & Religion
Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is. ―Mahatma Gandhi Read more »
Take Heart
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In her TEDTalk “What Fear Can Teach Us,” novelist Karen Thompson Walker tells us that fear can be understood as an amazing act of the imagination; as an unintentional storytelling that we are born knowing how to do. Read more →
Being Superheroes
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We see them on big screens and small ones
In comic books and in toy stores
Wearing their fancy outfits
With capes or masks or armor Read more →
A Courageous Voice
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The CLF seeks to be a courageous voice for justice, for growth, for community amongst people who would probably never meet with-out our web that connects lives around the world. Read more →
The Most Courageous Act
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As a first grader, Ruby Bridges was part of the first group of students to racially integrate schools in Louisiana. Read more →
Courage for the Resistance…and the Relationships
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I was a fearful child. And frankly, most of those fears stayed with me into young adulthood. Read more →
From Your Minister
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I have been thinking about the courage I encounter every day in our far-flung religious community. Read more →
GA Delegates Needed
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Would you like to represent the Church of the Larger Fellowship at General Assembly (GA) this summer? Read more →
REsources for Living
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The other day my dog started doing something odd. Just as I was about to get into bed he shoved himself into the narrow space between the two banks of drawers that hold up my captain’s bed. Read more →
Become a Penpal
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The CLF is serving over 1,080 members who are currently incarcerated. Live out our Unitarian Universalist values by becoming a pen pal and sharing letters and words of encouragement with a CLF member behind bars. Read more →
