To do this task justice, I should have a full daily briefing. Each day at SWUUSI is much like a week of normal life, and here we are at the beginning of day 3 already. Oh, our not-quite-a-week is also over in the blink of an eye. Ask Einstein about this.
I did mention we are being shown a road map to a new Unitarian Universalist Church. This is something long overdue in my opinion. UU Churches do not get a great deal of direction from the top down, so with each on their own, evolve or DE-volve into something not a church at all. When I feel it is necessary, I will define my terms; being aware some terms are buzzwords for some people.
I will make some assumptions from time to time. Like you know what a church is and why they exist. (What was that cracking sound I just heard?) and plow ahead to make some quick points.
I like a phrase Rev. Aaron White used several times during his sunset talks so far. “We exist to provide TRANSFOMATION of individuals through the power of Love and Justice. Meaning, if you take what we are preaching and teaching seriously, it WILL change your life. This is from a young man who statistically has no business being anywhere near a UU church. 28 year old males do not seek out a church life ordinarily. Yet, he is on his way to being a national leader in this movement. Why? Because this church changed his life.
After giving it some serious thought, I realized it also transformed my own.
