Sermon by Rev. Dr. Stephen Atkinson.

A past Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association Institute on “Excellence in Ministry” had a theme something like “Be Transformed!” It got me thinking about the interplay between our core message of the inherent worth and dignity of every person, which can also read “You’re OK,” and our hope to provide transformation to those who come to our churches, which can read as, “You can change.” Or might that read “You’re not OK?” Is this a contradiction or something else? And transform what exactly?