Here is the inspiring collection of Sunday Seminars for July.  Each will be live in Reimer Hall or available on Zoom at 11:15am. Meeting ID: 829 6457 0385, Passcode: 1624.

July 4 – No Seminar

July 11 – “Integrating Being and Doing; Moving Away From Event-Based Spirituality” – Steven Lawson, creator of the Monk Manual, will speak on, “Integrating Being and Doing; Moving Away From Event-Based Spirituality”. Nationally known for his creation of “The Monk Manual”, Steven will speak about our tendency to compartmentalize our spiritual life, viewing it as separate from our “active” life. He has also agreed to briefly discuss his popular planner, the Monk Manual, which “…combines best practices in psychology, productivity and spiritual growth…to provide a daily system upon which you can build an intentional daily life.”

July 18 – “Critical Race Theory & the Whitewashing of American History,” with Paul Ortiz, Prof. American History at UF – Paul Ortiz is the well-known Director of the Samuel Proctor Oral History Project and the author of An African American and Latinx History of the United States, as well as Emancipation Betrayed, and Remembering Jim Crow.  During the Trump Administration, Critical Race Theory was castigated by the conservative media like Fox News, and now legislation in Florida has been enacted to restrict teachers from teaching school students about the treatment of Blacks and People of Color that might be embarrassing.  Critical Race Theory has been on the front page of newspapers for months now, and we are honored and excited to have a nationally-known authority on public policy relating to the treatment of Blacks and People of Color speak at UCG. .

July 25 –  “Moving Toward a “Settled” Theology,” with UCG member Daniel Webster, retired minister – In the progressive tradition we are never fully settled, nor should be. How might we develop a foundation which leaves room for new knowledge, new experience, and doubt.  How could we understand “faith” in developing our foundation.