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UNITY CHURCH-UNITARIAN
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Change, Conflict, and Complexity: Antidotes and Spiritual Practices was held on Saturday, January 28.
For more and more of us taking next steps into antiracist practices and expanding intercultural capacities, the increasing complexity of this work is everywhere present about us — within, among, and beyond. There is no overlooking, evading, or simplifying this complexity as it is nothing other than the disquieting complexity of ourselves. And for those committed to this deep work, who expect to complexify this work, we invite you to register for this fall training event with Team Dynamics. We will find ways to be present to change, creatively engage conflict, and create brave space where complexity serves as fertile ground for learning and shaping change together.

As one who wrote, spoke, and wrestled incessantly with the complexity of racism in the soul of America, James Baldwin insisted, “Complexity is our only safety and love is the only key to our maturity.” A love that refuses simplistic definitions and illusions of safety promoted by our dominant culture. A love more perceptive to our battling instincts, assumptions, and beliefs that vie for position and power, even weaponizing antiracist tools like “characteristics of white supremacy culture” (Tema Okun) to accuse, shame, blame and perpetuate disconnection. But what are the antidotes and spiritual practices that can revive complexity in a time of false simplicities? How can we complicate the narrative and keep it from collapsing into that us/them binary? How do we wade into the messiness to achieve conflicts and truer conversations worthy of our humanity? If trust precedes facts, how can we claim a deeper covenant with one another that opens an alternate way to truths, tensions, conflicts, mutual care, and possibilities into the future?
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  • Visit
    • Accessibility
    • Building Tour
    • Directions and Parking
    • Pathway to Membership
    • Our Beliefs
    • Visiting Sunday Services
    • Welcome
  • Worship
    • Music Ministry
    • Sunday Offering
    • Sunday Services
    • Worship Associates
  • Grow
    • Adult Faith Formation
    • Antiracist Multiculturalism
    • Art Lives at Unity
    • Artist in Residence
    • Cairns
    • Library-Bookstall
    • Religious Education for Children and Youth
    • Spiritual Practice
    • Wellspring Wednesday
  • Act
    • Act for the Earth
    • Affordable Housing
    • Evergreen Projects
    • Gun Sense
    • Indigenous Justice
    • Mano a Mano
    • Obama School
    • Partner Church
    • Racial and Restorative Justice
  • Connect
    • Beloved Community News
    • Board of Trustees
    • Calendar
    • Congregational Care
    • Contact Us
    • Fellowship Groups
    • Membership Database
    • Ministerial Transition
    • News and Events
  • Watch
    • YouTube Channel
  • Give
    • Fundraiser
    • Annual Pledge
    • Make a Gift
    • Heritage Society Legacy Giving
  • About
    • Employment
    • Facilities Use and Rental
    • Staff
    • Unity Church History
    • UUA/MidAmerica
    • Values, Mission, and Ends
    • Who We Are