Meaning: Choosing Our Response (03/01)

Meaning is not handed to us; it is created through courage, love, and responsibility.

But whose stories of meaning have we centered? This Women’s History Month, we lift up voices like Etty Hillesum, whose spiritual reflections during the Holocaust echoed Frankl’s insights, and Toni Morrison, who insisted that meaning is found not in despair but in remaking the world through love and truth.

What theologies have we inherited about suffering? Are we told that pain is punishment? That oppression is ordained? Or can we dare to believe that meaning is born when we resist injustice and choose compassion?

This Sunday we explore how liberation theologies help us reclaim meaning not as quiet endurance, but as active participation in healing the world. Meaning is engagement and always choosing love.

Begin each month grounded in the strength of community.

Our First Sunday Community Gathering offers an online space for BIPOC UUs and our families to discuss the monthly theme and whatever matters most in our lives.

We host an extended check-in for as long as needed. Stay as little or as long as suits you. These intentional discussions create sacred space to honor our community, treating BIPOC experiences as sacred texts.

Come as you are. Your voice, your presence, and your spirit are needed and warmly welcomed.

Note: This is a dedicated space for BIPOC people and their families. Our community’s allies are welcome to pass this invitation along and join us for Full Community Celebrations on the 3rd Sunday, with in-person and online spaces for all identities.

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