David Schwartz

The Rev. David Schwartz is a Unitarian Universalist minister serving the First Unitarian Church of Chicago.

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flowers with stone backdrop

Čapek turned to the beauty of the countryside; to the beauty of flowers.

Reading | By Teresa Schwartz, David Schwartz | June 16, 2021 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Flower Communion, Unitarianism, WorshipWeb, Worship
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter," paraphrased from Martin Luther King, Jr.

We gather at Thanksgiving, in some sense, to retell the creation myth of our country. In this myth is our very best and our very worst: a boldness; a care for the common good; a wish to say we before I. Yet from even before the first Thanksgiving feast, it’s a story of theft and violence, and a...

Reading | By David Schwartz | November 15, 2016 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 6th Principle (World Community), America, Anti-Oppression, Freedom, Generations, History, Humanism, Indigenous American, Race/Ethnicity, Secular, Thanksgiving

A former South African paramilitary commander looks across his dining room table into the interviewer's camera. He is in his early sixties, overweight, with short gray hair. He wears glasses and a polo shirt. It's late morning. He explains: "We were at war. We believed that if the Blacks were...

Sermon | By David Schwartz | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: 5th Principle (Conscience & Democracy), Conscience, Dissent, Spiritual Practice

Why are we always surprised when reasonable, well-meaning people offer smart arguments for terrible acts?

By David Schwartz | July 23, 2006 | From Spirit
Tagged as: Living Our Faith, Social Justice

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