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August 17 – Return Again: Coming Home
“Coming home” won’t always be a pleasant experience immediately, and I didn’t anticipate that truth happening to me. My feelings when I touched down back in Atlanta, after almost ten months of calling another city and other people “home,” were … Continue reading
Filled with Loving Kindness: The Absurdity of Today
(The fires, while very real and truly devastating, are herein used as a metaphor for my feelings about the results of the 2016 U.S. Presidential election. Also very real and – from my perspective – truly devastating.) Wildfires are … Continue reading
Filled with Loving Kindness: Our House of Loving Kindness
It was a great privilege and an honor to travel to North Dakota this past week to take part in a gathering of over 500 clergy from at least 20 different faith traditions, along with indigenous peoples from well over … Continue reading
Posted in Filled With Loving Kindness
Tagged Earth, forgiveness, healing, hope, mindfulness, UU 1st Principle, UU 6th Principle, UU 7th Principle
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Departures: Baggage Claim
As we progress through life’s journey, we pick up things here and there, and we carry them along with us. Some of what we collect will make us feel lighter, more capable of easy flight; but much of what we … Continue reading
Posted in Departures
Tagged healing, help, relationships, self-help, service, UU 3rd Principle
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Ecology: Stewards of Life
Similar to arguments against evolution, the Bible is often cited as evidence behind the attitude that man is the “ecological dominant” over all other species of beings on the planet. Genesis 1:26 has been used to justify all manner of … Continue reading
Ecology: Standing on the Side of Love
Almost three weeks ago, the Atlanta area experienced an “extreme weather event”, the effects of which were so catastrophic that they made national news. People were stranded for hours on the icy roads, in freezing temperatures, without food or water. … Continue reading
Posted in Ecology
Tagged connection, create, future, healing, labor, relationships, service
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Birth: Your Voice
From the day you were born, other people told you what you are. You’re cute, you’re loud, you’re silly. You’re the smart one, the skinny one, the slow one. You are stupid, you’re funny, you’re lazy, you’re handsome, you’re so … Continue reading
Advent (Joy): Winter’s Solstice
Joy takes on the color of its surroundings. Today is the shortest day of the year because, as the ancients had it, the Sun is dying. That is the color of Joy today. Don’t stop reading. Joy can, indeed, be … Continue reading