Returning as a guest speaker again, Rev. Michael Walker takes us on a historical journey of Unitarian leadership for social justice. The Father of American Unitarianism, Rev. William Ellery Channing, once said (paraphrasing) we are saved by our deeds, not our creeds. He taught that it was by our actions, our work for justice, that we should be judged in this life, and not merely by what beliefs we each hold, to be judged in the next life. Channing did not have a concept of a metaphysical afterlife and day of judgement – he lived for today, and counseled us to find ways to do good today. In an era that was straining from the puritanical Calvinism and its doctrine of predestination, Channing’s views were a breath of fresh air, for some.