Category: Sermons

Today we will be covering the topic of What police oversight could look like. As many people have noted in the last few days, Police Brutality is a serious problem that has been ignored for far too long. I felt like this was a good summary of the events of this last week: There are a lot of possible responses, some more helpful than others. Sometimes even attempts at solidarity can go awry. Sometimes, while doing so, they accidentally reinforce the root causes they are only now reacting to the symptoms of. An example excerpt is : “There’s nothing a white man in America can do about racism and thinking…

The oldest story humans know. The sleeper has awoken. Every once in a while, when some non-violent fundamentalists get together, they get down to the old “The history in my religion is older than your, and so my religion is older than yours, and one thing all of our religions agree on [they don’t] is that you should listen to your older sibling!” or some variation of that. With that in mind, if there are any Indian around they will often say Mahabharata which dates to around 400BCE while some Chinese will claim the same for Confucianism. However Buddhism supersede them both, clocking in around 600BCE. Interestingly, the Buddha appears…

I am going to try posting more often here, and in the future Karen, our mascot, will posting as well! For today, this ted talk seemed fitting. Especially for honoring our Medical Staff and other First Responders. Fighting battles we may never know about. Remebering what building a bridge to the star-trek future really takes.