January 4 Service at 10:30 AM in the Church and on Zoom
Rev. Daniel (Dan) Frye, Guest Speaker
We as Unitarian Universalist are a non-credal religious tradition. Instead, our actions (from the individual to the collective) are governed by our many covenants with one another; our adopted values (with love at the center); and the many principles that influence our progressive faith tradition. Resistance, therefore, is often a tool that we as a UU community are required to employ as we work to secure freedom, justice, and equity for all in the world. But what is resistance, and how do we use this powerful tool? Upon reflection, resistance is a tool that can be used by an individual, undertaking the smallest symbolic act, to a large tool, manipulated by many, to help achieve a collective aim. Join us as we explore the characteristics and capacity of resistance, used in multiple contexts, to achieve changes big and small.
Daniel (Dan) Frye is a Unitarian Universalist minister who heard his call while performing social justice work as a lawyer, representing marginalized voices, championing in particular civil rights and governmental program benefit entitlements for people with disabilities. He earned his master’s in divinity at Meadville Lombard Theological School, and is continuing his ministerial education there, having enrolled in the school’s two-year certification and formation program for Spiritual Directors. Dan enjoys promoting social justice initiatives, reading, writing, traveling, and cultivating elements of the Beloved Community wherever he is serving. Dan is married to his spouse, Renee, and they live in Concord, New Hampshire with their two rescue puppies.”