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How much of our lives do we spend wishing we had chosen differently? We replay old decisions, imagine alternate paths, and wonder, “What if I had only done things differently?” But as Pastor Joshua’s wise daughter puts it: “The choice that I make is the choice that I make.” What might happen if, instead of regretting the choices we've made, we learned to accept them and then ask what we can do with where we are now?

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This Sunday marks a number of sacred occasions. We will have our annual Animal Blessing ritual. It is also National Coming Out Day and it is the day before Indigenous People's Day. It will also be the first full worship service that Pastor Joshua will be incorporating the new Woven Faith theme from the UUA. That theme for October is "Living the Questions" and this week it asks us to think about Brokenness, Disaster, Evil, Pain, and Worry. That's a lot of tough topics so Pastor Joshua will weave in our various rituals into finding the sacred in the question, "Why is there evil in the world?"

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It can be remarkably difficult to admit when we have caused harm. Individuals do it. Communities do it. Nations do it.

Sometimes, however, even in the face of overwhelming evidence, we insist that we are innocent.

Real reconciliation begins with something deceptively simple: acknowledging what we have done. As Jews observe Yom Kippur, a day devoted to atonement and seeking forgiveness, Pastor Joshua asks: What if we all made a regular practice of owning our mistakes? Could the world be different?

Note: Some parts were cut off when Internet was patchy. But, it's mostly there.

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Why is it so easy to judge someone by what they do -- and so difficult to imagine what they might be going through? Psychology calls this tendency the Fundamental Attribution Error -- when we explain other people's behavior by their character while overlooking the circumstances that may have shaped it. And, if we're honest, we all do it. What would happen if, instead of rushing to judgment, we practiced Love as Radical Grace -- Pastor Joshua concludes his UU Values Series talking about our central value of Love.

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Justice can mean so many things. In Unitarian Universalism, as with many value systems, it intersects with love. Pastor Joshua's talks about how we "do" justice in the face of the almost inconceivable issues we are confronting in this moment.

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"The Singularity" refers to a hypothetical time when AI surpasses humanity's ability to contain it. If such a future awaits us, no nation, religion, or community will meet it alone. If we fail to learn the art of peaceful coexistence, the only identity that will still matter, will not be a human one. Pastor Joshua presents Pluralism as part of his UU values series.

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Our society and world are past needing change. We need transformative change. When even simply change is incredibly difficult, what will it take to truly transform into a society based on our values? This week, Pastor Joshua's UU values series tackles Transformation.

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You've probably seen the equity meme of three people of different heights standing behind a fence watching a baseball game. Their varying ability to see over the fence, regardless of height, illustrates equity. But what if the fence were removed altogether? This Sunday, Pastor Joshua continues his series on UU values as we explore the meaning of Equity.