Liberal Religion: THIS Is the Difference
In introducing the special offering this week for the Haiti earthquake relief funds, I made the following remarks: It was hard for me not to drop my entire sermon that I had planned this week and preach on the situation in Haiti . There’s much to be said about the religious response to sorrow and suffering, and what our theology has to tell us in times like this. And so, since I can’t help myself, really, I wanted to say a little bit about it here, because I am doing the sermon later on the previously announced subject. We often refer to Unitarian Universalism as a liberal religion. And that’s different from what liberal means in a political sense. But it’s often hard to articulate what that difference is, and what being a liberal religion means. Not so this week. Our liberal faith becomes clear, in sharp contrast to the co...