Dear UUFJC Members and Friends,
This morning, we joined our neighbors at the UU Church of Columbia for a "Question Box Service." UUs tend to celebrate questioning. We often say that "Revelation is not sealed" --- the answers aren't all laid out for us, and they never will be. This opens us to new truths, to the joy of discovery and the sacred pain of learning, but it is also a challenge. Our religion is not one that offers the comfort of certainty in uncertain times like these; instead it offers a place to belong and be held as we live the questions.
In that spirit, Rev. Molly Housh-Gordon, in place of a sermon, took questions from the congregation. In the Zoom chat, she was asked whether sometimes it's all right to be certain, and she said yes; some questions are beneath consideration, such as those that are not posed in good faith or those that call anyone's humanity into question. The congregation, on the other hand, had submitted many vital good-faith questions, including:
How to care for ourselves and let joy in without feeling guilty,
How a young white UU can help the Black Lives Matter Movement, and
How would Rev. Molly describe UUism in one sentence (she needed a few semicolons).
The answers to all of these are "under construction," but what Rev. Molly said is available to view online: https://youtu.be/StGBSPN7yJc
This morning, we joined our neighbors at the UU Church of Columbia for a "Question Box Service." UUs tend to celebrate questioning. We often say that "Revelation is not sealed" --- the answers aren't all laid out for us, and they never will be. This opens us to new truths, to the joy of discovery and the sacred pain of learning, but it is also a challenge. Our religion is not one that offers the comfort of certainty in uncertain times like these; instead it offers a place to belong and be held as we live the questions.
In that spirit, Rev. Molly Housh-Gordon, in place of a sermon, took questions from the congregation. In the Zoom chat, she was asked whether sometimes it's all right to be certain, and she said yes; some questions are beneath consideration, such as those that are not posed in good faith or those that call anyone's humanity into question. The congregation, on the other hand, had submitted many vital good-faith questions, including:
How to care for ourselves and let joy in without feeling guilty,
How a young white UU can help the Black Lives Matter Movement, and
How would Rev. Molly describe UUism in one sentence (she needed a few semicolons).
The answers to all of these are "under construction," but what Rev. Molly said is available to view online: https://youtu.be/StGBSPN7yJc
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