Hong Kong Liberal Religious Forum

CLF
Quest
Hold on to Your Hats: All of Unitarian Universalist History in Just Under Two Thousand Words
BY JANE RZEPKA, SENIOR MINISTER, CHURCH OF THE LARGER FELLOWSHIP
September 2008
http://clf.uua.org/quest/2008/09/rzepka.html

Well folks, here we are, Unitarian Universalists who, on occasion, are called upon to explain ourselves. Our uncle asks about the new-fangled questionable religion we've stumbled into—he's never heard of it before—and it sounds a little sketchy to him. The guy across the hall thinks we've joined a cult that someone dreamt up ten minutes ago. The mom of our child's friend wants to be supportive—or maybe just tolerant—but not supportive enough to recognize a religion that has no grounding in history—that's her impression, anyway.

Maybe this will help—notes about our history—which...might help with that uncle of yours.

Our particular history features generations and generations of people who seem first to lose their religion, and then, by means of private struggle and personal risk, find new ways of being religious. Our founders were doubters, thinkers, people for whom integrity counted for something. Through processes of theological reinterpretation and revolution, they found ways to continue their religious lives. ...


To hear it:
http://clf.uua.org/quest/archives2008.html
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