What does it mean to be a brother, sister, step-sibling, half-sibling or adopted sibling? What are the spiritual, ethical, familial, and (sometimes) economic obligations this role can impose upon us as UUs? For better or worse, our lives are intertwined (sometimes invisibly) with those of our siblings.

Our guest preacher, Rev. Jennifer Pader, M.Div., STM, LMSW, is a graduate of McGill University, Union Theological Seminary, the Hunter College School of Social Work, and the William Alanson White Institute. From 2001 to 2015, Jennifer was the Affiliate Minister for Pastoral Care of the Fourth Universalist Society in Manhattan. She now lives in Burlington with her husband Joe Davidson.