The Mission (aim and purpose) of This Blog

The Mission (Aim and Purpose) of this Blog

This site presents spiritual ideas and theological concepts and ruminations as derived from my experience within religious communities formed by covenants; and whose chief aim as communal agreements are to shape the individual’s spiritual life as a disciplined endeavor to walk in the ways of God as they are made known through freedom. These ideas, concepts, and ruminations are themselves the products of years of practicing my faith life within the Unitarian Universalist tradition through ministering to and with churches in that heritage. Unitarian Universalism is a faith tradition that combines two distinct but old and related faith traditions, Unitarianism and Universalism. Both of these traditions have their historical roots in Christianity, are non-creedal and non-doctrinal in nature, are “liberal” theologically; that is, are shaped by a long history of understanding God as the origin and aim of the liberty of the mind to think without doctrinal restrictions, and the liberty of the heart to mirror the generosity of God’s own affectional nature by extending a love to all souls. The mission of this blog is, like the aim and purpose of liberal religious faiths like Unitarian Universalism and the spiritual communities formed to manifest them, to liberate and cultivate the spirit. The inspiration for this is all the people I have known who have lived the life of the free spirit in spiritual community, and who are the hope of the world. The mistakes and misinterpretations in content are mine.

Dr. Brent A. Smith, Minister
All Souls Community Church (Unitarian Universalist)
Grand Rapids, Michigan