Speaker: Isabel Call

We Begin Again, In Love – Services at 9:20 AM and 11:20 AM

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On the eve of the Jewish New Year, the wisdom of this great world religion calls us to consider the ways we have fallen short and to make amends to those we have wronged. For those who do so, the Jewish Tradition suggests, God writes them into the book for life, health, and prosperity for another year. The Jewish prayers ask for forgiveness personally and for the community as a whole. Join Rev. Sheri and Worship Associate Isabel Call as they explore the interplay of forgiveness and prosperity as we begin again, in love.

“Answering the Call of Love” with our blessedly diverse bodies

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Seminarian Isabel Call reflects on the UUA General Assembly’s decision to change our public advocacy campaign’s name from “Standing on the Side of Love,” possibly to “Answering the Call of Love,” in light of learning to live with her own physical disability. It is an exciting time in the UUA, as we commit to study and conversation about replacing the words “prophetic women and men” with “prophetic people” in the second source of our living tradition and adding an eighth principle about Beloved Community, explicitly committing to dismantle racism and other oppressions. But becoming more inclusive of those who are not white, temporarily able-bodied, or compliant with binary gender norms is not just about institutional change. It’s personal. Isabel shares her story to inspire each of us to answer the call to love in our own unique body.