Author: Chloë Westerfield
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Is Your Love Political?
Rev. Dr. Pamela Lightsey delivered a rousing sermon at Spring Intensives Opening Worship, March 19, 2018. Below is an excerpt. Text: The Words of Audre Lorde “I see protest as a genuine means of encouraging someone to feel the inconsistencies, the horror, of the lives we are living. Social protest is to say that we do…
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Why I Show Up
Every time I show up for justice, friends and family inevitably ask: “Why show up? What does it accomplish?” I understand the questions. There is, after all, risk involved. Over the years, I have participated in numerous marches, vigils, and rallies for justice—for farmworker, women, children, immigrant, environmental, disability, and other justice causes. This will…
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Pray-in and Arrest at Maine Senator’s Office
In these times, it’s difficult for those of us who are people of powerless love to sit and watch the cold triumph of so much loveless power in our world. We are faith leaders who work directly with people in our parishes, congregations, and communities. Our work gives us the gift of bearing witness to…
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Someone to Listen
It was the middle of the night and she wouldn’t stop screaming. The woman was swearing and crying and upset and the nurses couldn’t figure out what was wrong with her. Did something hurt? Did she have a bad dream? She couldn’t calm down to answer them. One of them finally suggested that they call…
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UU Views of Jesus
Joy Berry, our Assistant Director of the Fahs Collaborative, was asked to be the editor of a brochure published by the Unitarian Universalist Association, UU Views of Jesus. As editor, Joy wrote the introduction to the brochure, which reflects the diversity of UU views on the subject of Jesus by including contributions from six Unitarian Universalists.…
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Prayer for #MeToo
A Prayer for “Me, Too” By Molly Brewer Spirit of Life and of Love,Holy One that reaches wide to encompass all beings,Hold us to Yourself in this moment.We come to this place carrying so much in our hearts.Around us we hear the laments of a broken world,Torn by fire, storm and strife,Crying, “I too have suffered.I too have been…
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Fahs @ Five: An Assessment Conference on Impact and Future Programs
In April 2017, The Fahs Collaborative celebrated its 5th Anniversary. We decided to invite 30 colleagues—educational theorists, academic religious educators, religious education practitioners, social justice advocates—to gather for an assessment conference to review our work over the last five years. Inspired by John Dewey’s (1928) articulation of embodied wisdom, intellectual inquiry and the power of…