Boots and Blessings

UU’s are often familiar with James Luther Adams quote that: “Liberalism holds that the resources (divine and human) that are available for the achievement of meaningful change justify an attitude of ultimate optimism.” But they don’t always know that the next sentence is: “This view does not necessarily involve immediate optimism.” Last night, amazing, wonderful strides forward happened for our country.   We elected an openly gay governor, two Native American women, two Muslim women. So many firsts – youngest, first Black, first woman – in their area. And some of the removals were very important – the person who refused to issue marriage licenses for gay couples, the person who wrote the “bathroom bill.”   And now, on the national level, we have reason to believe that investigations and consequences can happen, as the House changed power. It was a very good night. And yet, we’re disappointed, we liberals. Of course we are. Because as savvy an