Welcome to Season 5 of Hope and Heresy!
In this season, Rev. Peggy and Rev. Sarah are sitting down with five pairs of Unitarian Universalist ministers, leaders, thinkers, and colleagues to ask one big question... what is the central task for humanity at this time in history?
Why this question? Well, it seems impossible to ignore that we find ourselves living in unprecedented times. A global pandemic, the rising tide of fascism in our country and beyond, a climate poised on the brink of disaster, a protracted global refugee crisis... the list goes on. For liberal religious individuals and their communities, it can be hard to find and keep hope, and even harder to know where we should start building the world we dream of. So, we wanted to talk to various UU luminaries to get their takes on what we can and should be doing, and how we can approach efforts to bring our values into fruition in the world around us.
If this sounds like a serious topic, well - it is. But, if you've listened to our podcast before, you know that we approach big questions with an attitude of curiosity, camaraderie, and finding the fun and laughter even in the toughest conversations. So, we hope you will join us on this journey!
Episodes will be dropping every Thursday for the next six weeks. If you prefer to engage with visuals, the video version of each episode can be found on the Community Church of New York YouTube channel,
www.youtube.com/ccnyuu.
See you next week for our second episode, with special guests Rosemary Bray McNatt and Elias Ortega!
What is Hope & Heresy: Life on the Religious Left?
Hope & Heresy: Life on the Religious Left is a podcast for everyday people who want to live meaningfully without letting arbitrary doctrine or oppressive religious practice prevent them from asking big questions about our complicated world. Hosts Reverend Peggy Clarke and Reverend Sarah Lenzi discuss a series of contemporary issues, using history and theology as their guides. The initial episodes of Hope & Heresy were recorded on-site at Community Church of New York, a Unitarian-Universalist congregation in Murray Hill, Manhattan.
Hosted by Reverend Peggy Clarke (Community Church of New York) and Reverend Sarah Lenzi (The Unitarian Society of Ridgewood, NJ)
Produced by Starling Carter
Original music by Graham Clarke
Logo design by Carol E. Wolf