Progress is Possible Not Guaranteed: Finding Resilience for the Present by Remembering the Past

Kris Kines presents a sermon written by
Rev. Eileen Wiviott,
Minister of the Unitarian Church of Evanston (IN)
“Progress is Possible Not Guaranteed: Finding Resilience for the Present by Remembering the Past”
Elizabeth DeCoux, Worship Leader
Gary Smart, Pianist
Adero Harrison, Special Music, Vocalist

“In my smallness, amidst a nation unravelling, it can be helpful – and an important act of resilience – to look back at history, as Heather Cox Richardson does, to put things into some kind reality check. It’s helpful to read about those who have resisted terrible oppression from power hungry and hateful leaders before. Even though every day seems to bring an unprecedented breach of public trust, it’s oddly encouraging and fortifying to know we’ve moved through some pretty awful things before…”