Posts Tagged ‘compassion|quest-magazine-2022-07’

One of the many reasons I choose Unitarian Universalism as my faith is that I don’t believe in saviors.

For me, growing up in the nightmare of my childhood and the abuses I suffered, compassion was an unknown word and concept.

In October of 2020, I suffered a week of torment within which I was repeatedly beaten, extorted of property and medication, and sexually abused by a cellmate.

Religious scholar Karen Armstrong has studied the teachings of religions large and small all around the world. And she has, as we all have, witnessed the strife in our world: the pain, the isolation, the injustice, the inequality.

The CLF held its Annual Congregational Meeting on Sunday June 5, 2022. Anyone who could not attend the meeting was invited to vote by mail ahead of the meeting.

All CLF members (incarcerated and free world members) are welcome to submit reflections on upcoming Quest themes, original poetry and artwork.