November 2008
Monthly Archive
Beyond Capitalism
Posted by admin on 23 Nov 2008 | Tagged as: Sermons & Talks
Rev. Robert T. Hughes, one of our regular guest ministers presented Beyond Capitalism on November 16th 2008
I appreciate all of our UU Principles. For many years now I’ve been particularly concerned with economic justice. I see our 2nd Principle - “We the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association covenant to affirm and promote: Justice, equity and compassion in human relations.” As I’ve mentioned before, I think one must have economic justice as well as legal justice in order for society to function well.
A question is, “how do we have a just society in regard to economics?” I think that our current economic challenges provide us an opportunity to reflect on that.
I’ve recently found helpful some of the work done by Rudolf Steiner and people who have drawn on his insights. I’d like to share some of that thinking and see if it might be helpful to you.
You can download Beyond Capitalism as a pdf document.
HUU Annual Holiday Dinner
Posted by admin on 12 Nov 2008 | Tagged as: Announcements
Mark your calendars for HUU’s Annual Holiday Dinner. Sat. December 20 at 6PM. We will soon send a signup sheet around to determine how many are coming and suggesting what you may bring to the dinner. Turkey will be provided. Join your HUU friends for this festive occasion. For more information call Beryl at 438-8327 or email at beryllaw@verizon.net
An Adoption Journey
Posted by admin on 10 Nov 2008 | Tagged as: Sermons & Talks
by Julie and Kevin Caran
November 9, 2009
Opening Reading:
From There is No Me Without You by Melissa Faye Greene
Our chalice-lighting reading today is from the book There is No Me Without You, by Melissa Faye Green.
Dr. Rick Hodes is a white, Jewish, American medical director who has lived in Ethiopia for more than twenty years, serving the Ethiopian Jews, the Beta Israel. Hodes has five Ethiopian adopted sons and half a dozen foster sons.
Dr. Hodes recently had a family meeting. The boys had flopped over sofas and chairs in the living room and looked at him.
“Are we a real family?” he began.
“Yeah, Hodes, we’re a real family,” said Addisu Hodes, fifteen. Addisu wore his long hair in cornrows and favored satin soccer jerseys since he was a soccer star in high school.
“Are we a happy family?” asked Hodes.
“Yeah, yeah, we’re a happy family,” said Mohammed.
“Do we have any family problems?” asked Hodes.
“Well, all right, yeah, there are some problems,” the boys agreed.
“Okay,” said Hodes. “What’s our worst problem?”
The boys conferred briefly among themselves, after which Dejene removed his music earphones and announced, “Farts.” (373)
An Adoption Journey
Julie:
A couple of years ago when we were fairly early in our adoption journey, Bernie invited us to present a service on adoption. I suggested that she get back to us the following year, after the adoption had gone through. [Insert laughter.] When we started the process in August 2006, we were told that people like us, who were open to children of any race or sex and comfortable with mild disabilities, would likely be matched with an infant in less than a year. When Bernie mentioned the service topic again in early 2008, I suggested that we wait until November, since it is National Adoption Month - and because surely we would have a baby by then [insert laughter] and would have the perspective of people who had been through the adoption process from start to finish. Although we have had quite a journey so far, we are a long way from the finish line. Throughout the process, we have kept in mind the very UU notion to appreciate the journey, not just the destination. Continue Reading »