December Holidays
By Rev. Robert (Bob) Murphy A major holiday celebration is like a mobilization. For every December festival, for every holiday concert, and for every poetry reading in the community, the questions for people of conscience are the same: “What’s the message?” “What’s needed in the world?” Organizers work for weeks to bring everything together. Attention […]
Holidays with Class
Say Whaattt?!? Redux You can speak up for class justice, fight bias – and still enjoy your holiday gathering. Check out these tips. You’re pouring hot chocolate and keeping appetizer platters filled to the brim during your family and friends holiday gathering when the doorbell rings. Uncle Lou offers to get the door, opens it […]
Harvest Holidays and Unitarian Universalists
By Rev. Robert (Bob) Murphy Winter is coming, bringing the harvest season in North America. The need for food justice during this harvest season is especially important this year. In the United States, politicians boast about national prosperity and say that their goal is to “make America healthy again.” In reality, consumer prices are rising. […]
Why We Need Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
By Rev. Robert (Bob) Murphy When working people are concerned about each other, odds are they’ll love and care for each other. Grassroots programs that support diversity, equity and inclusion will appear. Such things have happened in the past, and they may happen again. Organized religion can be helpful. However, when workers are divided by […]