This year’s Common Read from the UUA is Social Change Now: A Guide for Reflection & Connection, by Deepa Iyer. (If you participated in the January 4 worship, this was the book Rev Anna talked about.)  On Sunday February 1, 11:30 – 1:00, Rev Anna will facilitate a discussion of this book as the first installment in the Shifting Paradigms series, (more information on this series is coming soon, but its primary focus will be on aspects of moving out of a supremacist/hierarchical paradigm and into a more authentically multicultural paradigm).

If you would like to participate in this discussion of Social Change Now, please register here. Participants are invited to bring a nut-free lunch to eat during the discussion and are asked to read the book ahead of time. The book can be purchased through the UUA InSpirit bookstore or other major retailers (if cost is an issue, please let us know in the comments on the registration form as soon as possible so that we can get you a copy). The book is also available in ebook and audiobook formats.

Participants are asked to ponder the following questions while reading:

1. What areas of resonance, celebration, or affirmation did you encounter? What passages or messages prompted a “YES!” from you?
2. Were there any parts that prompted resistance, confusion, challenge, or conflict within you?
3. Considering your points of resonance and resistance from the first two questions, is there an invitation or emerging understanding that you are now wanting to explore?
4. How might this be relevant or useful to this church, as a community of communities?