The effective channeling of our religious values into social programs is a perennial problem for Unitarian Universalist congregations. Each of us has our favorite cause, and action on any particular issue can produce unintended effects, both within and outside our community. This sermon takes the position that these obstacles are more apparent than real. The Rev. Silvio Nardoni, a member of our congregation, is a graduate of Harvard Divinity School, where he and Judith Meyer were classmates. Best known to our congregation for his popular August sermon series on spirituality and film, Silvio is an attorney at law in Glendale.