Introducing 30 Days of Love 2026: Reimagining the World as It Could Be
Across the country, people are rising to meet this moment with courage, imagination, and deep care. They are neighbors, teachers, shop owners—people across the political spectrum and across religions and beliefs—rejecting the cruelty and lies of this administration. In congregations, in streets, in courtrooms, and in community meetings, you have shown again and again that faith is not passive. Our faith is a living promise to one another and to the world we imagine together.
As we witness the violence of hatred and oppression, we often hear that "cruelty is the point." But so is the chaos—the demand for constant reaction, the relentless alarms of the news cycle and social media feeds, and the ways this urgency seeps into even the most intimate parts of our lives.
To be honest, I have felt demoralized in those harsh, hollow moments when life feels reduced to a scoreboard of legislation, elections, and Supreme Court decisions. In this whirlwind, I have felt unsteady. I have doubted my commitment when it feels like I haven't done enough. I have questioned my leadership, fearing the responsibility of having a plan or response in a moment like this, knowing that what we do (for better and for worse) has real consequences in people's lives, shaping both our present and our future.
That fear is not accidental. The chaos and the cruelty are meant to distract us and push us inward, convincing us that our individual actions are too small to matter against a force that seeks to dominate land, bodies, and the very idea of liberty and justice for all. It is true that a single phone call to an elected official may feel insufficient. A single prayer for compassion and healing may feel fragile in the face of legacies of harm. Our generosity, as so many struggle to afford food and housing, does not add up to the relief and care that our communities deserve.
On their own, these acts can feel painfully small. But none of us is meant to carry this alone. When our actions are woven together—across congregations, movements, and communities—they become something else entirely: a shared moral force capable of interrupting cruelty and insisting on love and liberation.
We must share in all of it—the heartache, the frustration, the hope, and the collective action that binds our souls to one another and moves us to manifest the world we long for. The truth is, there is a mass awakening underway. As we reject the lies of scarcity and supremacy, we are called to illuminate another truth—that we can live and thrive in mutuality and abundance, in the world as it could be. This is deep spiritual work, and it requires practice.
Let us turn towards one another and greet the reality of this new world that is emerging through our collective vision and action.
If hope is a discipline, then spiritual practice is how we cultivate that discipline. Our practices—how we breathe, how we gather, how we move, how we discern—shape who we become and what we can build together. They determine whether we can sustain the work, remain faithful to one another, and keep returning to love when the world tries to corrode our spirits.
This year's 30 Days of Love invites us to slow down and return to the heart of how we do our organizing work faithfully. Our theme, Reimagining the World as It Could Be, calls us to root ourselves in spiritual discipline and creative possibility, trusting that how we show up for the work will shape the world we are building.
Each week, beginning on January 19, we will reflect on and offer practices inspired by how our Side With Love team organizes our work and practice:
Imagining Thriving – nourishing our freedom dreams and expanding what we believe is possible.
Grounding in Context – understanding the histories, conditions, and truths that shape our communities and this moment.
Nurturing Community – tending to relationships, belonging, and the sacred web that holds us.
Mobilizing for Action – moving together with courage and strategy, allowing action itself to be a teacher.
Exploring Possibilities – opening ourselves to emergence, creativity, and transformation as we make the future together.
Each Monday during 30 Days of Love, our weekly offering will be available at 9am Eastern and can be accessed from the 30 Days of Love 20206 landing page.
Over these five weeks we will move from imagination to action, returning again and again to the spiritual practices that keep us on a faithful path and resist the ways these times can corrupt the spirit. At a time when fear, violence, and extraction dominate our politics and our planet, we practice another way. We cultivate a love that is not fragile—it is fierce. It grounds our organizing, fuels our imagination, and sustains our communities.
We're grateful to journey with you. May these 30 Days of Love deepen our capacity to believe in one another, to act courageously, and to reimagine the world as it could be.
In faith and solidarity,
Nicole
Nicole Pressley, UUA Director of Organizing Strategy Team
