July 16, 2017 "In This Refulgent Summer" - Rev. Scottie McIntyre Johnson
San Marcos Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
English - July 16, 2017 15:00 - 17 minutes - 15.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsSpirituality Religion & Spirituality Society & Culture Philosophy sanmarcos smuuf unitarian universalist Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Our 19th century Unitarian ancestor, Ralph Waldo Emerson, opened a famous speech at Harvard Divinity School on July 15, 1838 with those words. Emerson’s address harshly criticized and profoundly altered the nature and character of the Unitarianism of his day. Is the Unitarian Universalism of the 21st century in need of a similar change of course? In our own "refulgent summer", let us consider what we might learn from "Waldo", as Emerson's friends called him. (P.S. "Refulgent" is a wonderful word that means "shining brightly, resplendent".)