All Services and Sharing Circles are held in person at the Bent Lodge, 124 Camino de Santiago, Taos, NM 87571.
Sunday, June 14, 2026, 11 a.m. — Sharing Circle: Dilemma
This year I owed the U.S. government a good amount of money on my federal tax return. I had suspected I might owe because I’d received a lump payment from Social Security that was for an entire previous year. I was angry. Angry because of the actions of ICE, because of the war the U.S. had started with Iran, and because of poverty in America. I didn’t want to pay for this needless cruelty. Briefly I considered refusing to pay, but I was afraid and wrote the check.
Should I have stood up and refused to pay? Would it have done any good? I started thinking of Nazi Germany and the brave souls who had defied the regime by helping Jews escape and hide. I thought of Thoreau and his refusal to pay his poll tax resulting in his night in jail for this refusal. What should I have done? Am I a coward? I am
not sure but I am still evaluating my choice.
Are there any decisions or choices you have made that you still think of and wonder what you might have done differently?
Sunday, June 21, 2026, 11 a.m. — Service: Lift Every Voice and Sing
“Lift Every Voice and Sing” is #149 in our UU hymnal. It is also the African American National Anthem. It was first performed by Black students in segregated schools, during the time of Jim Crow. The artist Jon Batiste has said the hymn “connects us to the history of all … who have marched and fought and died for the freedoms we enjoy.” What does it mean for us, a mostly white UU congregation, to sing this hymn today?
Sunday, June 28, 2026, 11 a.m. — Sharing Circle: Open Topic
Come as you are. Say what you like. Share your thoughts or feelings as we pass the mic.