(Delivered at UUSF on October 1, 2017. Listen to the audio here.)

The people here are warm and accepting, even hospitable. In many ways it is like a hospital, as a place of healing for illness; physical, emotional, spiritually. It is also a school, a place of learning with so many opportunities. But my favorite thing about UUSF is how it is a space for laughter. Whether at the clever ministers' ministrations, or the choir's cut...