From Blossoms
From blossoms comesthis brown paper bag of peacheswe bought from the boy at the bend in the road where we turned towardsigns painted Peaches.
Read MoreTurn, Turn, Turn
If we hadn’t learned it already from reading the Ecclesiastes section of the Hebrew Bible (what Christians call the Old Testament), many of us absorbed this piece of scripture through a musical rendition by Pete Seeger or The Byrds.
Read MoreThe Place We Require of Humans
“Who will journey to the place we require of humans?” asks the poet, Sonia Sanchez. This question from her poem “Aaaayeee Babo (Praise God)” has become scripture to me in recent months.
Read More“Keep open the door of thy heart”
There is a profound ground of unity that is more pertinent and authentic than all the unilateral dimensions of our lives.
Read MoreFrom Your Minister
How do I stay present when things are breaking or broken? How do I allow things to break when they need to break, and still stay on the side of Life? How do I manage to not numb out or move into denial, without going mad and breaking apart myself, when systems far beyond my control or even my comprehension, are wreaking havoc? And for what do I go down fighting?
Read MoreREsources for Living
Unitarian Universalists tend to be pretty upbeat about human nature. We remind ourselves of each person’s inherent worth and dignity,and rather than baptizing babies (to cleanse them of original sin), we welcome young ones with rituals that affirm that we’re delighted to have them exactly as they are.
Read MoreThe Cup of Our Life
it is time for meto see the flawsof myself
Read MoreTapping Transformation
Can this really come to pass? Will justice ever roll down like waters? Will we find our way to right relationship in our personal lives, in our neighborhoods, and in our world? Many days, it seems the odds are against us, stacked much higher than forty to one.
Read MoreReaching Beyond
If Unitarian Universalism stands for love, it is wed to freedom. Freedom invites vision. Vision leads to change. Change causes anxiety. Anxiety awakens resistance.
Read MoreWhere Do We Go From Here? (Excerpt)
Let us be dissatisfied until from every city hall, justice will roll down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream. Let us be dissatisfied until that day when the lion and the lamb shall lie down together, and every[one] will sit under [their] own vine and fig tree, and none shall be afraid.
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