The Jonah Complex: Why Should I Be Involved?

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Building the World We Dream About… Together

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“Building the World We Dream About . . . Together” by Rev. Roberta Finkelstein

In 1648 the Puritans of Massachusetts wrote The Cambridge Platform, a document designed to settle differences among the local congregations in the New World.  This document established the principle of congregationalism, the belief that the best and most biblically faithful form of church governance recognizes the sovereignty and importance of the local congregation. It also reaffirmed the importance of the relationship between local congregations. UU historian Conrad Wright, in his book Walking Together, pointed out that “congregationalism meant, and should still mean, not the autonomy of the local church, but the community of autonomous churches.”

On Turning: The Spiritual Discipline of the High Holy Days

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“On Turning: The Spiritual Discipline of the High Holy Days” by Rev. Roberta Finkelstein

October 4, 2009

The Days of Awe have just ended. Those are the days in the Jewish liturgical calendar book-marked by Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Rosh Hashanah, the New Year, marks the day when the scrolls of fate roll open before God. On the scrolls Yahweh finds every life as it has been written by every individual – choices made, words said and unsaid, deeds done and left undone. The rabbis tell us that God reads every entry and passes judgment on everybody for the year to come.