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Random chaos touches all of us directly; some more, some less.  This talk is about how we need to deal with it. It is here to stay. Lee always picks topics that are either controversial or of universal interest. It is his view that all of us have experience with this topic and will bring […]

Hearthstone School has been a longtime presence in Rappahannock County, offering an alternative educational philosophy compared to public schools. Three of the Hearthstone staff will relate the founding and history of the school, as well as the essentials of Waldorf education. The topic should be of special interest to members of UUBRidge, as we have […]

This TED talk is a conversation that took place last month between 2 men, an Israeli and a Palestinian—each of whom has suffered deep personal losses as a result of ongoing conflict between the Israeli military and violent Palestinian organizations. Yet rather than seeking violent retribution, each feels compassion for the other and is deeply […]

This year, our Annual Meeting will be held on Sunday, June 2nd, during the time of our Sunday services. At this gathering, we will have an open discussion of the year ahead and vote on our annual budget for our upcoming fiscal year, July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025. This is also the time […]

Threats to journalists are growing around the globe and in the United States. While the number of journalists killed or jailed is near record highs, they now face new threats from digital surveillance aimed at identifying and silencing their sources. At the same time, online harassment of journalists and their families is increasing, along with […]

𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 – 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨? 𝐖𝐞’𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝. 𝐔𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐔𝐀, 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝-𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐔 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐰𝐞’𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨.

𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤’𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐰’𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 “𝐏𝐲𝐠𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧” 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲’𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐨, 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 ‘𝐮𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐧’ 𝐢𝐧 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥.

𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐬. 𝐘𝐞𝐭, 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐮𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦, 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐚 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐮𝐬? 𝐀𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐨𝐞𝐬, 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧. 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡, 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥?

𝐔𝐔𝐁𝐑𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐭  𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐙𝐨𝐨𝐦. 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟒𝐭𝐡. 𝐖𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧!

𝐉𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐔𝐔𝐁𝐑𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞’𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝐔𝐔𝐀) 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐲 (𝐆𝐀) 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞. 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐉𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐈𝐈 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐔𝐀’𝐬 𝐛𝐲𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐬 – 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦. 𝐃𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐀, 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 […]

𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐬. 𝐔𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞. 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭, 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞. 𝐖𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬. 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐲, 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐩𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐲, 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐬, 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨 𝐨𝐧. 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲, 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 […]

𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐊𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐲𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐞𝐦, “𝐀 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫,” 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦 𝐄. 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐬𝐨 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲. 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐱𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟔 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐃- 𝟏𝟗. 𝐈𝐧 𝐚 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 […]