What would it be like to have an intentional focus to live more ethically for a year? How can we pay more attention to our actions - and reactions, being more reflective in the choices we make when we interact with people, the choices we make in our daily lives, the choices we make as we try to make the world a better place?  Could we do this for a year?  What would we do?

This was the challenge I put to members and friends of the Ethical Society Without Walls (ESWoW) at the beginning of 2011 year, and one I share with you.

Some members of ESWoW have been taking action to live more ethically in 2011.  But just as with any habit, or lifestyle change, living ethically isn't something that you do for a year and then stop.  So we'll be doing another year of living ethically and hope that more people will join us and share their ideas, challenges, and of course, successes.

I gave a Platform Address (rather than a sermon) on this topic at several Ethical Societies which meet in person over the last year, and share the latest version, given in November 2011 at the Essex County Society for Ethical Culture in NJ.  Please click on the link for the attachment to read the full Platform.

What are your thoughts about living more ethically?  We'll have a brief community call on Sunday, January 1, 2012 to say Happy New Year to each other, and perhaps start to think about a year of living more ethically, and we'll follow that up on Sunday, January 8, 2012 to explore more fully, "What does it mean to live ethically?"  I hope you can join us.  The number to join our calls is 866-740-1240 and the access code is 5766842#.  The calls will last about 1 hour and begin at 5pm PT, 6pm MT, 7pm CT, and 8pm ET.  If you would like to join the call, but can't do so at the scheduled time, please let me know and we'll see if we can have calls on these topics at other times also.