2025 Services

"On Welcoming the Stranger"

Rev. Ben Bortin

February 23 at 10:30

Hostility toward the immigrant population in this country has led to the current irrational and fearful

policy of mass deportation. Many of us are particularly concerned about immigrant children,

and the possibility, as happened before in this country, of forced separation from their parents.

The vast majority of undocumented immigrants, far from being violent criminals, are hard-working,

tax paying residents of our society, whose aspirations are like those of their neighbors,

earning a decent living and supporting their families. Our country relies on their essential work.

But this issue is also a moral and religious one. A measure of who we are as a people hinges on

how we treat human beings, including newcomers and immigrants, and whether we offer

them the respect and dignity that is everybody's due.

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"What is this Thing Called Love"

Rev. Ben Bortin

February 9, 2025

That's what Cole Porter asked in 1929.

It's our Valentine service.

There are various examples and valid ideas about what love is.

But I'll say this much about it - it's the most joyous experience in life.

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"Is Unitarian Universalism a Religion?"

Rev. Ben Bortin

January 26, 2025

We have a set of cherished values and principles,

notably universal human dignity and spiritual freedom.

We are a community of fellow truth-seekers.

We try to make the world a more just and humane place,

honoring ethical deeds over creeds.

Is Unitarian Universalism also a religion?

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"Dr. King's Dream - Six Decades Later"

Rev. Ben Bortin

January 12, 2025

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s inspired words and vision

about a racially just society and a world at peace

continue to shine luminously across the years.

It has been more than sixty years since

Dr. King delivered his famed “I have a Dream:” oration.

How far is our country from fulfilling that dream?

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