Benjamin Hooks on Dr. King
We’ll mark MLK Day 2020 with a recorded speech of the late Benjamin Hooks, civil rights activist, minister, attorney and ally in King’s work.
Topic: Grace
Our Better Angels?
What on earth was Abraham Lincoln imagining when he referred to the “better angels of our nature” in his first Inaugural address in 1861 and, four years later, in his second Inaugural, when he urged “malice toward none and charity for all”? The Rev. Carter Heyward spent her childhood in Hendersonville, which is why, … Continue reading Our Better Angels?
The Trapeze Artists and the Ideas Peddler
Don will lead us in a look at the spiritual and practical sides of interim ministry. (A Q/A session on interim ministry will follow at noon, in the sanctuary. All are invited.)
Grace and the Art of Gift of Giving and Receiving
In the Judeo-Christian tradition, the word “grace” is defined as an unmerited gift from God. In other words, good friends or a loving family are blessings bestowed upon us by the Creator even though we did nothing to earn them. As Unitarian Universalists, how might we understand the word “grace”? How might this understanding influence … Continue reading Grace and the Art of Gift of Giving and Receiving