Rev. Sophia preaching, with Jean Gauthier, Laurie Wadsworth, and the music accompaniment of John Buchanan and Michael Collins!
In honor of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday we will contemplate the dangers of the single story, and the liberative properties of an expanded perception, a multiplicity of stories and a Fuller Truth. Church is bustling, and the sanctuary is full of love–come home to us and make room for those who are new! See you in church.
Our reading this morning comes to us from Unitarian Universalist leader and activist, Julica Hermann de la Fuente. It is entitled: “Holy Interruption.”
It’s my responsibility to interrupt when someone is being harmed, and to center their needs. It doesn’t matter what my hierarchical position is in the system; I’m part of a covenantal community and when a covenant gets broken, it’s my responsibility to name that break, with kindness and the intention of healing, and to call us back into right relationship.
To throw a wrench into the agenda is one of the more destabilizing things that we can do in majority-White spaces, because white supremacy culture teaches us to be efficient, to stay on task, to aim for perfection. The alternative is being relational: instead of staying on task, we can pay attention to what just happened and what needs to be done in order to restore right relationship…
This holy muscle of interruption is about courage, about a commitment to love at a higher level, about liberation and wholeness. It’s about being willing to risk being unpopular in the moment and taking the heat that will happen when you interrupt the process.
When something happens that requires interrupting, it’s ours to do—and the more privilege we have according to our social location, the more responsibility we have to leverage that privilege.
When we do, we bring the beloved community into being in that moment.
Reverend Sophia Lyons
Rev. Sophia is committed to radical welcome and spreading the good news that is our bold Unitarian Universalist faith. Some of her areas of interest include interfaith partnerships, addictions ministry, spiritual direction, and working towards collective liberation for all. Rev. Sophia aspires to live her life and fulfill her ministry guided by spiritual seeking, big love, and the seven principles of Unitarian Universalism.