Is Liberal Religion Still Alive?

“Sometimes it feels like we are drowning in a sea of division, anxiety, racism, inequality, and general despair. Liberal religion, especially its manifestation in the traditional forms of Unitarianism and Universalism, brings a theology of optimism and love just when our tanks are about to run dry. We need liberal religion in times such as ours and the world is better for our faith.”
Our guest speaker, John Fahey, has been a Unitarian Universalist for the last 27 years and has been a member of various congregations in the Pacific Northwest. He hails originally from the traditional Irish-Catholic neighborhoods of Boston where he learned to drink and fight with three older brothers and too many cousins to count. John holds a B.A. in Philosophy and Religion from Colgate University and a Master of Divinity from The Starr King School for Ministry, a member school of the Berkeley Graduate Theological Union. He is currently pursuing a Doctorate Degree from The Claremont School of Theology where he recently moved with his wife Cyndy and their Bernie-Doodle dog “Bernie.” John is an active member of Alcoholics Anonymous and enjoys helping “sinners get to heaven” when they have no place else to go! He has a passion for religious education and has served as the Campus Minister at UC Berkeley, a youth advisor in two Unitarian Universalist congregations, and has also preached and taught in a number of other U.U. congregations. John attended Starr King School for Ministry with Reverend Nina and has cherished their friendship for the last 20 years.