Reflections on Christmas, 2020

The Children of our Sunday Club lead us into our service today by using our 7 Unitarian Universalist Principles as their framework to reflect on this 2020, Covid19-affected year. And in her address today, our President, Jennie Dyster compares our approaching Australian Christmas to the somewhat bleaker Christmas in the country that invented it  - as Germans face the prospect of another Covid19 lockdown. Jennie also finds other examples of not-so-merry Christmases  - in times of war, political dissent, rebellion and social change  - in early 17th Century US Puritan history and in recent European reactions to lockdowns and the impact on civil liberties and freedoms. Hopefully, Australians and New Zealanders will face a less bleak Christmas in 2020. With wiser leadership and informed decision-making, better communication and community cooperation, we are also lucky to have our land borders clearly defined by our World's widest and deepest "moats". Listen on!