Sunday Service, Rev. Karen LeBlanc
Sun, Jan 04
|First Unitarian Church in New Bedford
Practicing Resistance


Time & Location
Jan 04, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
First Unitarian Church in New Bedford, 71 8th St, New Bedford, MA 02740, USA
About The Event
Sunday Service at 11 AM. Coffee and conversation after service!
Out of all our themes this year, resistance is among the most complex. But it also may be the most simple.
Let’s start with the complexity.
Sometimes resistance involves bravely picking up a picket sign; other times it asks us to courageously put down our masks and allow who we really are to see the light of day. Sometimes it involves defeating the enemy; other times it’s a matter of noticing that treating
“them” as the enemy defeats us all. Often the path of resistance asks us to stay in it for the long haul, but just as often it’s about taking that first tiny step. Most of the time it requires us to fight to the bitter end, and yet there are many moments when we need to stop resisting and let go. Resistance certainly takes the form of…
