It takes a “village of resilience” to raise the moral imagination of the next generation. The Rev. Otis Moss III shared that message with more than 1,000 people gathered at the Temple-Tifereth Israel on Jan. 16 in celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. His keynote address was part of The Maltz Museum’s Hear Our
Listen to the podcast Read the transcript There is a piece of land that juts out into the waters of Lake Erie. The house I am now renting looks right out onto that spot of land. Its called Lakewood Park. It has a set of walking paths that I amble through almost every evening. In
“There is something in every one of you that waits, listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself and if you cannot hear it, you will never find whatever it is for which you are searching and if you hear it and then do not follow it, it was better that you had never
Listen to the podcast Read the transcript As I sat at home over the holiday break, I knew first of all that once it ended I would be returning for a final run to the finish line of my tenure as General Minister and President; but also that this last season would feel different to
There was a time when the Rev. Otis Moss III’s children painted all over the basement walls. They were so proud of redecorating the space that Moss had to reconsider his upset feelings before he reacted. “Spirit was saying, ‘You need to pause in the midst of this chaos and see the pattern and the
Just minutes before Trans Day of Remembrance, a shooter entered Club Q in Colorado Springs. He murdered five people, physically injured 22 more and traumatized an entire community. To understand what happened on Saturday, Nov. 19 and why, there are a few things you need to know about Colorado Springs. This city is the reason
published on Jan 11, 2023 In the political world, the turning of the calendar to January means a new Congress. The 118th Congress gaveled in on January 3, with new members and a new majority party. You may now live in a new district because of redistricting following the 2020 census. As the new Congress starts,
United Church of Christ Disaster Ministries is tracking a series of deadly storms surging up the California coast, leaving behind a wake of destruction and displaced residents. Twenty-one million people from San Diego to San Francisco were under flood alerts as of Tuesday evening, Jan. 10, and the weather is slated to get worse as
It’s almost time to find out what youth artwork will grace postcards calling for climate action. The United Church of Christ’s Climate Hope Cards Art Contest will culminate in an award ceremony Jan. 14 on Zoom. Winners will be announced during this event, which will kickoff at 3 p.m. ET. Launched in the fall, the
Reparations, reproductive rights, trans and nonbinary people, white supremacy, gun violence, green energy, plastics and public schools. These are just a few of the issues addressed in proposed resolutions slated to come before the United Church of Christ General Synod this summer. “Seventeen resolutions were formally submitted to the Office of the General Minister and