Rev. Abhi Janamanchi
Rev. Bill and Rev. Janamanchi will reflect on the experience of trying to lead toward Beloved Community, of equipping those we serve to make that journey and preparing ourselves to survive it.
Before going any further, I want to offer my deepest gratitude to Carolyn, Hathaway, Dana, and Bill for contributing to this service today, sharing a bit of your story as part of this wider story of Reproductive Justice.
In preparation for this service, I have been … read more.
Bring that dream to life…Lord I pray…
Won’t you bring that dream to life
I have a dream today…(that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of … read more.
Overheard a conversation among a small group of people this week. “Happy New Year,” says one person, “at least we know 2022 will be better than the last two…” A noticeable and sustained pause descends on the group. The person speaking, picking up on this, … read more.
Come Sunday…ah, Come Sunday, that’s the day…
Lord Almighty, God of love, please look down and see my people through. Come Sunday.
The lyrics of that Duke Ellington masterpiece really resonate as we start this New Year.
“see my people through”
The news of the world is not that good.
Covid … read more.
“Come, come, whoever you are. Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving. It doesn’t matter. Ours is not a caravan of despair. Come, even if you have broken your vows a thousand times. Come, yet again, come.”
We Unitarian Universalists love this poem and the songs it inspired. … read more.
From the book of Psalms:
Thus have you prepared the land,
Drenching its furrows,
Breaking up its clods, softening it with showers,
Blessing its yield.
You have crowned the year with your bounty
And with abundant harvest.
The allow meadows overflow,
The alleys are blanketed … read more.
I am not completely certain, but I think this may be the first time that the choir has sung “Boogie Wonderland.” That’s one image of the Beloved Community…Boogie Wonderland…where we boogie our way toward love and justice.
Perhaps that driving disco beat is exactly what we … read more.
“What have you produced for Me?” God asks in our reading. “What have you bought with your life?”
It is a question that can catch you up short. It is a question that can call everything else into question.
What have you bought with your life?
Rumi, the … read more.
