September 29, 2019

“Anger and Forgiveness: Inscribing Our Names in the Book of Life” – Rev. Eileen Wiviott
In keeping with our Judeo-Christian ancestry and one of the Six Sources of our faith, we honor Rosh Hashanah, the beginning of the Jewish High Holy Days. Jewish tradition says that on this day three books are opened. God inscribes the names of those who are righteous in the book of life, those who do evil in the book of death, and those who fall somewhere in between have ten days to atone. As a Unitarian Universalist, I believe we each hold the capacity to act with love and compassion or fear and hatred and that the book of life remains open as long as we live. In our human struggle to live with integrity in a complex world, anger is part of the package. Is there a place for righteous anger and compassionate judgement? Can we hold anger with our fierce love for this world and our hopes for peace? How do we move from impotent rage to restorative forgiveness?

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