Topic: First Principle

Staying in Covenant: A Reexamination of the Empowerment Crisis

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the Black Power movement fundamentally challenged how Unitarian Universalists view our first and second principles, leading to a denominational crisis that nearly split us. Yet these controversies are nothing new. In this service, Rev. Chris will reexamine this time in our movement’s history and ask how we can … Continue reading Staying in Covenant: A Reexamination of the Empowerment Crisis

Radical Worth and Dignity

Why is the first principle such a radical statement about the nature of humans? In this service, Rev. Chris will examine how the first principle calls us to treat one another and how it can alter our lives if we let it.