Tag Archives: Social Change

Real Life in Re-Entry

Posted on June 20, 2021 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

In the days and years and centuries of the “before times,” generation after generation of enslaved Black people learned to be careful when they sang about freedom. We mean freedom in the next life, not this one – they’d say regularly, just … Continue reading →

Posted in Sermons | Tagged Change, Closing, Closure, Community, COVID, Freedom, Gathering, Healing, Normal, pandemic, Pause, Priya Parker, Real, Reality, Revelation, Sermon, Sermons, Slow, Social Change, Story, Transformation, Trauma | Leave a comment

When We Go Together: On Fear and Courage at the Border

Posted on December 12, 2018 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

We are not afraid. We are not afraid. We will march for liberation Because we know why we were made.* As our group of interfaith leaders came nearer to the line of Border Patrol agents on Monday, all while singing … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog Reflections, Justice | Tagged Borders, Civil Disobedience, Climate Justice, Immigration, Justice, Non Violent Protest, Peace, Protest, Social Change, Social Witness, Witness | 1 Comment

Letting go for the Long Haul – New Year’s Eve 2017

Posted on January 1, 2018 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

I need to start with a confession: I’m not sure I’ve ever been more ready for the change to a new year. I know it’s arbitrary, this one day. I know, I say every Sunday – each day is a new … Continue reading →

Posted in Sermons | Tagged #MeToo, Change, Heartbreak, Justice, Letting Go, Social Change, Sustainability, Threshold, Transition | Leave a comment

The Fierce Urgency of Now

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

Many of you reading this will have recently heard the news that the remaining viable candidate for the Republican nominee for President is the same one who said a few months ago that he was “calling for a total and complete … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog Reflections, Faith Formation, Justice, Philosophy of Church, Theology | Tagged Beloved Community, Bigotry, Covenant, Justice, Martin Luther King Jr., Mission, Mission Statement, Political Process, Presidential Primary, Racism, Revolution, Social Change, Social Witness, Thomas Merton, Transformation | Leave a comment

The Clock of the World (theology of social witness post 1)

Posted on January 26, 2016 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

For the next few months, I will be participating in a small group of UU ministers across the country who will be reflecting on the theological grounding of our work for social change and our ministry of social witness. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog Reflections, Justice, Theology | Tagged Beloved Community, Darkness, Small Groups, Social Change, Social Witness, Theology | Leave a comment

What Is Required of Us

Posted on January 4, 2015 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

Readings 1. Martin Luther King, Jr. from “The Role of the Church in Facing the Nation’s Chief Moral Dilemma,” 1957 Our ultimate end must be reconciliation; the end must be redemption; the end must be the creation of the beloved … Continue reading →

Posted in Justice, Sermons, Theology | Tagged Beloved Community, Community, Covenant, Ecclesiology, Justice, Liberation, Role of the Church, Sermon, Sermons, Social Change | Leave a comment

Belinda Carlisle and the Beloved Community – Jagged Rocks Post #3

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

Hanging on a banner in the sanctuary of First Unitarian Society of Denver, is the bold claim: “Salvation in THIS Life.” This is how this rock began. I don’t know for certain if it was Nancy Bowen or Mike Morran … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog Reflections, Justice, Theology, Youth Ministry | Tagged 30 Days of Love, Beloved Community, Courageous Love, Jagged Rocks, James Luther Adams, Love, Martin Luther King Jr., Salvation, Smooth Stones, Social Change, Standing on the Side of Love, Transformation, Youth Ministry | Leave a comment

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