Sunday, November 10, 10:30 am

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Whether we know the outcome of the election on Sunday 11/10 or not, we will still be in an "in-between" time. Transitions. Legal challenges. Grief, anger, anxiety, exhaustion, cautious joy, misunderstandings, and more. Not to mention gearing up for the Holiday Season, with all the hope and anxiety and work that entails. We're still adjusting to the clock change and the increasingly long nights that begin at an increasingly early hour. The only constant is change, sure--but this season seems to be especially fraught with transitions, filled with the unknown.

It makes sense, then, that November, in my faith tradition, belongs to "the Apocalypse." Not the creepy (and totally made up) "rapture" nonsense of biblical fan fiction, but "apocalypse" in the actual biblical sense: "a revelation." That is: In the scariest or heaviest or headiest times, something is being revealed--like Toto pulling back the curtain on the not-so-Great and Powerful Wizard of Oz. As we kiss this horribly noisy campaign season goodbye and look forward to what happens next, in all its uncertainty, we are faced with the gift and terror of a blank page. What story will the Holy One write for us next? What story will we write for ourselves? What future can be crafted from the turmoil of our broken past? Is it even possible to repair all that has been broken? If so, How?

To borrow a phrase from the Beach Boys: "God Only Knows...." But one thing is certain: We have work to do. 

Extra time will be given to Joys & Sorrows this Sunday.

An Election Message from UUA

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Jay McDivitt served as a Lutheran pastor for 15 years before transitioning into a new vocation as an attorney in 2021. He credits the Unitarian Universalist Association for feeding his passion for justice and keeping the flame of faith alive for him in his teens and twenties, before finding his faith home again in the church of his youth. His theology gained new depth and breadth when he took a class on Friedrich Schleiermacher from Thandeka, a UUA pastor and theologian, in seminary. His master's thesis put Schleiermacher, Luther, and Queer theory in conversation to construct a theology of "church" that is deeply rooted in the body--our own bodies, and the bodies we are called to love.