August 6th, 2023

Google the word resilient, and you will find countless stories of people succeeding despite living through adverse conditions. They are raised up as models of who we could be. But do we really need to be so resilient? Isn’t this putting the onus on the individual instead of the systems that cause these situations?

The Rev. Darrick Jackson (he/him) is the Director of Ministries for Lifelong Learning of the UU Ministers Association and an Affiliated Community Minister with the Second Unitarian Church of Chicago. He is one of the authors in the book “Centering: Navigating Race, Authenticity and Power in Ministry.” Rev. Darrick is active in DRUUMM (the UU ministry for people of color) and is the treasurer for Healing Moments (a ministry for caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s). He is pursuing his D.Min in Theology and the Arts at the United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. Rev. Darrick and his husband, Dr. James Olson, live with their two cats, Merlin and Morgana.

We will host an in-person and virtual worship service this Sunday at 10:30 am.

Please submit your Joys and Sorrows through this online form. If you submit a message by 9 am, we will try to read it that Sunday. Thank you for your patience as we are adapting to best serve you all! Note there will only be one service time so that we can gather together as a whole community of faith. You can still give to the shared offering through “text to give,” mail a check to the office with “shared offering” in the memo line, or go to our website and hit “give” on the upper right or click here. This Sunday’s shared offering recipient is Interfaith Action of Evanston.