2020-07

On Rev. Kristen Psaki’s last worship service with Foothills Unitarian Church, she offers this two-part reflection on the lessons and insights she has learned at our congregation and how we changed her and each other.   Check out Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower https://www.betterworldbooks.com/product/detail/Parable-of-the-Sower-9780446675505   And if you’re already familiar with Butler’s work, dive deeper with this podcast, Octavia’s Parables: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/octavias-parables/id1519024926

Rev. Sara LaWall, Minister at Boise Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, joins us as our next guest preacher to continue our series of the Good News of Unitarian Universalism. She speaks about the power of belovedness as an antidote to fear.

Guest preacher the Rev. Hannah Roberts Villnave preaches to start the series "Good News: UU Messages of Hope for Today."

"Where I find hope these days is on the front porch. Not the fake front porch that white supremacy and capitalism push us to perform – but the front porch faith where we call each other in, and where we shrug off shame and the myth of self-sufficiency." - Rev. Gretchen Listen in to this week’s homily where Rev. Gretchen considers community, human need, and hope for American democracy.

Civil rights activist and teacher Ruby Sales starts all of her Facebook reflections with “From my front porch....” In this reflection, read by member Debbie Gentry, she explains the meaning behind this phrase. https://www.facebook.com/ruby.sales.1   Learn more about Ruby Sales at her organization’s website http://www.spirithouseproject.org/   Listen to an interview with Ruby Sales from Krista Tippett https://onbeing.org/programs/ruby-sales-where-does-it-hurt/