I'm a middle aged cultural Protestant and serious Zen Buddhist. UU should fit me. But I just cannot get into my local UU church. It was great under a prior minister (who was interesting and challenging). Then, there were a few years of literal chaos - multiple visiting or transitional ministers with strong congregational likes/dislikes about each one and a lot of discord and anger. Between the strife and the economy, a ton of people (mostly younger) left and weren't replaced.
Then a depressed minister who talked about depression a lot (no thank you). Now a minister with a strident, angry, lecturing edge. Probably well meaning - we are going to respect everyone and be affirming and anti-racist and and and OR ELSE (like, or else we're going to be slapped with a ruler a la old Roman Catholicism). And a vastly aging congregation.
This should be my home and it is not. I don't know what to do about that.
Maybe I should just wait until in-person services resume in the Fall and see what happens? If things have changed or how? If the minister comes back (who has not been seen in some time, lay people have been leading services).
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