Sunday, February 15
Resilience & Resist
With Rev. Stephen Shick
We are living in deeply troubled times. In a recent poem entitled: For Renee Nicole Good Killed by I.C.E. January 7, 2026, Amanda Gorman encourages us to resist the daily attack on our democracy:
Change is only possible,
& all the greater,
When the labour
& bitter anger of our neighbors
Is moved by love
& better angels of our nature.
This Sunday, we will look at Gorman’s words, and those of others who have given “Presidential Inauguration” poems, to help us discover what we must do individually and in community.
Photo by Meg on Unsplash
Stephen Shick is Minister Emeritus of the Unitarian Church of Marlborough and Hudson, MA. He also served our congregations in Haverhill, MA and Portland, ME. Stephen was founding director of the Unitarian Universalist Peace Network and former director of U.S. programs for the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, and helped to establish Community Ministries within our association. Stephen has taught the art of public speaking to UU ministers and social activists for over 25 years. He is the author of Speaking by Heart: The Spiritual Practice of Unscripted Public Speaking; Be the Change: Poems, Prayers & Meditations for Peacemakers and Justice Seekers; and Consider the Lilies, a collection of meditations.