Posts Tagged ‘quest-magazine-2019-04|restoration’

I kept imagining how it might have gone.

To all members of the Church of the Larger Fellowship, Unitarian Universalist: Per Article VII, Sections 1 and 2 of the Church of the Larger Fellowship (CLF) Bylaws, the 46th Annual Meeting will be held via video/telephone conference call and screen sharing on Tuesday, June 11, 2019 at 8:00PM EDT.

If European Americans begin to learn the real stories, and become aware of the level of devastation and grief suffered by Indigenous peoples, our first reaction can sometimes be defensiveness.

I watched a man die today.

Years ago, I worked in Arizona’s so-called justice system. A woman named Kathy McCormick, who worked at the Attorney General’s Office doing victim-offender mediation, told me this story.

Restorative justice is an act of giving back, not going back, for nothing will ever be the same as before the damage was done.

Do you remember a time when you attended a Unitarian Universalist congregation or gathering, and it felt like you were finally at home?

Perhaps you find that Quest or other resources from the CLF help to restore your spirits in difficult times.

You can listen to audio recordings of Quest Monthly, read back issues or get electronic versions of the text to share with friends (and much more) at questformeaning.org

When I think of restoration, I cannot help but think of my time in prison so far. Before I was arrested I was a hopeless, miserable wreck that could not pull away from drug addiction.