Intransitive Hope - a podcast by 1st Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco

Intransitive Hope

Hope is dangerous. We can become attached to particular outcomes. The best sort of hope is not a bet on outcomes, but an intransitive “orientation of the spirit,” as humanist Vaclav Havel put it. To operate in the realm between faith and love is also to learn to practice non-attachment to the fruits of right action. We’ll sing, with the help of the choir, a hymn that speaks of “hope, all other hopes above.” We’ll also hear the haunting song, “An Only Hope,” from the film, "A Walk to Remember", and an anthem by poet Elizabeth Alexander that speaks of sustaining hope “while pulling every weed.”

Rev. John Buehrens, Senior Minister
Alex Darr, Message for All Ages
Susan Anthony, Worship Associate
Reiko Oda Lane, organ
Wm. Garcia Ganz, piano & conductor
Elliott Etzkorn, piano
Jonathan Silk, OOS, Sound, Worship Archives/Podcast

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