with Worship Associate Lula Beatty
The freedoms of belief, exploration, and expression have been essential characteristics of Unitarian Universalism and the traditions we claim. In our fourth principle, we covenant to affirm and promote not just a free, but a free and responsible search for truth and meaning. What happens when freedom and responsibility are connected this way? To what and to whom are we responsible?
Kirk Freeman is a seminarian and candidate for Ministerial Fellowship with the Unitarian Universalist Association. He is serving as a chaplain intern at the Clinical Center of the National Institutes of Health and has completed a ministerial internship at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Rockville, MD. Kirk is on the leadership teams of the Chesapeake Chapter of the Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association and Allies for Racial Equity, a national UU organization. In his previous career, Kirk worked for fifteen years in politics, first as a congressional aide and then as a government relations executive for a trade association. He lives in Washington, DC, with his spouse, Betsy, who is passionate about her work as a postpartum doula and OWL-trained comprehensive sexuality educator. Together they are raising two elementary school aged children.