We Are One featuring The First Unitarian Brooklyn Choir
In witnessing the awe and wonder of the solar eclipse and in times of unexpected natural disasters like flooding or wild fires, when what is happening takes us outside of ourselves and there’s no time to question it, we simply know that we need each other. We see the humanity in each other and ourselves, and however briefly, we know that we are all so much more alike than we are different.
When it’s possible to “look into a stranger’s eyes, and see yourself looking back” and recognize “all our differences are nothing in the face of love.”
Now, in a time when our country and much of the world is so divided, any precious moments of connection are crying out to be acknowledged, even cherished.
I've been attending service at First Unitarian Universalist Congregational Society in Brooklyn, NY for a couple of years now. Initially I was drawn by the brilliance of Rev. Ana Levy-Lyons' sermons. She continues to blow my mind and inspire me by the way she offers hard truths about injustice and environmental issues along with inspiration and ways through these crazy times we're living in. It's an amazing community with a thirst for 'showing up' and not shying away from the difficulties of life and also not being embarrassed to celebrate the joy and simple goodness in ourselves and each other. After leading the choir a couple times in the past on special occasions, and experiencing how amazing that felt, it was a real pleasure and honor to work with the choir and choir director Adam Podd on this song.