An old Cherokee story suggests that we all carry within us two wolves – one of love and forgiveness, the other of anger and fear, and that they are in constant struggle with one another.

As Unitarian Universalists who “affirm and promote justice, equity and compassion,” who do we reconcile these two parts of our being? And how does this story get manifest in our national culture?

Rev. Anne Felton Hines has served UU congregations in Southern California since 1984. Upon retiring in 2014, Emerson UU Church granted her Minister Emerita status, and since then she has served congregations in a variety of roles. She is president of the San Fernando Valley Chapter of the ACLU, works (sometimes) on her memoir, and volunteers weekly as a pianist at Kaiser Medical Center in Woodland Hills