For the month of July we will be playing Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) General Assembly (GA) services of the past, concluding with GA 2022. The last few years have not been easy, including in our local congregations. Whole swaths of members have simply stopped coming; COVID is confusing, and polarizing; many ministers have joined the great resignation; and Pew studies and friends alike have pronounced the end of the local church. In this moment, when so many of us might be wondering if we should just give up, and relent, now’s the time instead to double down on our commitment to the local church -this unique community that saves us … Continue reading The Deal on Those Days, General Assembly 2022