Tag Archives: Great Turning

Earth Day 2015

Posted on April 21, 2015 by KGJ

In the early 1980s, we all lived under the pale of mutual nuclear destruction.  Are you, dear reader, old enough to remember? I was in high school then and I took this very personally.  While others were out partying, or … Continue reading →

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The Great (Racial Justice) Turning (Part II)

Posted on December 7, 2014 by KGJ

(Part I can be found here.) (2/26/2020: edited for clarity, as well as to remove some able-ist language) We long for a clear, identifiable fix. Something that we can advocate for – it might not come tomorrow or next week, … Continue reading →

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Inexplicably Towards the Great Turning

Posted on October 3, 2014 by KGJ

There are three stories that describe this point in the earth’s narrative: Business as Usual; the Great Unraveling; and the Great Turning. Business as Usual is a familiar paradigm. This story values growth over all other things. But only particular … Continue reading →

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Hope with Feet: Stepping Into the Great Turning (sermon)

Posted on June 2, 2013 by KGJ

 Village Church, Cummington, MA ~ June 2, 2013 Karen G. Johnston, Candidate for the Unitarian Universalist Ministry READING #1 “Causes and effects assume history marches forward, but history is not an army.  It is a crab scuttling sideways, a drip … Continue reading →

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What is Worth Saving? (sermon)

Posted on May 19, 2013 by KGJ

Village Church, Cummington, MA May 19, 2013 Karen G. Johnston Candidate for the Unitarian Universalist Ministry Readings A Stone Jug A bulldozer digging a pond on my mother’s family’s land unearths two stoneware jugs buried four feet in the ground, … Continue reading →

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