Knoxville

All Unitarian Universalist eyes and hearts are turned toward Knoxville, Tennessee, including mine. I would like to thank all of you from other traditions who wrote me off-line to express your solidarity and sympathy for our family of faith. These expressions of care mean so much.
I am angry, devastated, and disheartened. I don’t understand why this country refuses to deal with the issue of gun control and in failing to do so, makes a hypocrite of itself when it declares mourning over these events. This is — what — the fourth or fifth church shooting this year? Are we up to half a dozen yet? And school shootings, how many of those?
I attended a vigil in Boston last night at the same hour the Knoxville community was observing theirs. Our congregation will be joining with four other area UU churches for a service this Friday […]