LENT WITH UNION
How We Get Free
"You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free" (John 8:32)
This Lent in the Year of Interdependence, we reflect and engage in spiritual practices that help us get free.
We are ‘getting free’ of the myth of self-sufficiency and the noncritical notion of independence. We remember that freedom is less about independence and more about interdependence — the promise that the closer we get to one another and to God, the more freedom we will experience.
In this season, we are all invited to take on a spiritual practice in community. See the many ways we are praying, reading, writing, and discerning together, and sign up for one this Lent.
Read How We Get Free
Read the book which inspired our Lenten theme: How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective edited by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor.
The Combahee River Collective, a path-breaking group of radical black feminists, was one of the most important organizations to develop out of the antiracist and women’s liberation movements of the 1960s and 70s. In this collection of essays and interviews edited by activist-scholar Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, founding members of the organization and contemporary activists reflect on the legacy of its contributions to Black feminism and its impact on today’s struggles.
Book scholarships available upon request. Reach out to the Union team at office@unionboston.org.
When: Church-wide discussion TBA
