Tag Archives: UU 4th Principle

As a trusting relationship, faith is constantly asking me to stretch beyond my own comfort.  My comfort, if I am being honest, is ensconced by being white, by being a man, and by being straight.  Two of those three things … Continue reading →

Faith means trust.  Faith is better a verb than a noun.  Faith is acting in relationship to others placing our hearts into the action, acting on and living out of the places where our hearts are. Recently I was told, … Continue reading →

I have written here that faith is trust.  I have also written that faith may be more useful to us as a verb than as a noun:  to place one’s heart upon something, to engage in life in the present … Continue reading →

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. – Buddha I find in many Buddhist teachings something that strikes me as “how to practice faith.” Faith is often understood … Continue reading →

The days are growing darker as we enter into winter.  I feel the darkness speaking to us. In darkness, edges and definitions disappear.  When I get up in the dark morning, the edges that define shoes on the floor, the … Continue reading →

I am wondering if I didn’t grow up in a world that essentially turned things like faith, hope, grace and truth into items of transaction–almost a religious capitalism. Each of these words, in my experience, becomes a sort of quid … Continue reading →

Faith is whatever helps you know and understand your place in the larger scheme of things. There are a variety of things that can help us do this.  I have to admit that that variety of possibilities gives me some … Continue reading →