Chris Hankla will read a sermon entitled “What is Required of Us?” written by Rev. Gretchen Haley. She is senior minister at Foothills UU in Fort Collins, CO.

Rev. Haley cites these quotes by Rebecca Parker in “Life Together,” from A House for Hope:

“The perils of religious community have left many liberals and progressives convinced that organized religious communities cannot be trusted; they pose too many dangers and break too many promises. … As a result, liberal and progressive people of faith are more at home alone than in company with others. … Many liberals, consciously or not, seem to prefer that their religious institutions remain weak, underfunded, or distracted by endless attention to ‘process’ and checks on the exercise of power. Too much money, power, or organization, it is feared, will lead to corruption.”

Rev. Haley challenges Unitarian Universalists to contemplate interdependence in living the true meaning of Beloved Community.