Is it true that the word Democracy is nowhere to be found in our Constitution or in the Declaration of Independence? Yes, it is so. Yet we refer to our government as a Democracy! As it turns out, our Founding Founders actually feared democratic rule. The Founders preferred the word “Republic.” This sermon will share insights about the differences between the two and an offering for our present post-election world.

Rev. Anthony Mtuaswa Johnson, Mississippi born and Chicago bred, is an Ordained Unitarian Universalist Minister, speaker, writer, poet, producer, soldier, teacher, mentor and Elder. He is the former Minister of the Humboldt Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Bayside, California and Director of Congregational Life at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Phoenix, Arizona. He served his Internship at the Sedona Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Sedona, Arizona and did his Ministerial field work at the Unitarian Universalist Society of Sacramento, California. His ministry is dedicated to Removing Unconscious Debris from the Soil of the Soul.

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