Henry David Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience”—his ode to the prophetic power of conscience—inspired both Gandhi and Dr. King. Thoreau’s message was: “Let your life be a counter-friction to stop the machine.” How can our friend Thoreau help us think about disobedience and resistance in the Age of Trump.

Love is at the heart of the life of faith. But not just any kind of love. The religious life demands of us a big love—a love that stretches us, and invites us to draw wide the circle of our embrace. What are the implications of such a love for our lives and our world?

The prophets of fear play on our anxieties and turn us against one another. None of us are immune from their influence. From its beginning, Unitarian Universalism has confronted the prophets of fear with a gospel of love. Now more than ever we are called to embody that legacy.