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“Believing that fear makes us safer is heresy.” As many of you know, I spent last week in Washington DC with 19 of my Conference Minister colleagues.  We were there to engage in Advocacy particularly around the issues of immigration and LGBTQ+ inclusion.  There was a lot that happened during these few days and I know I will write at least once more about what happened. For this, I am going to focus on the happenings of last Wednesday, October 29 th .  That was our main day of

Standing Stones: Bravery, Not Just Welcome Rev. Derek A. Terry – Keynote for the New Hampshire Conference of the UCC (10/25/2025) Cincinnati has a women’s choir. Muse: Cincinnati Women’s Choir. A member of my church was a long time singer in the choir invited me to hear her choir sing. And I’ll be honest with you, I went begrudgingly. I’ve heard a lot of choirs in my life, and I thought, ‘Alright, this is going to be sweet — maybe a little corny.’ But I was wrong. It was powe