In this era of intense focus on immigration, border enforcement, ICE raids, and the question of "Who belongs?," we will reflect on the power of a recent naturalization ceremony where people from nine different countries raised their right hand and swore two oaths: the first of renunciation and the second of U.S. citizenship.

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Joseph Bednarik speaks regularly at Unitarian Universalist congregations in the Salish Sea region. He is currently engaged in a robust process of “Swedish Death Cleaning,” and just looked through the contents of two dozen poster tubes that have been stored in a dark attic for decades. Most everything went straight into the recycling bin…