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Monthly Archives: September 2015
Justice: Is there a balance?
Today is officially the Fall Equinox in the northern hemisphere of our Blue Boat Home, the Earth. The planet has been tilting on its axis away from the Sun since the Summer Solstice in June, and it will continue to … Continue reading
Justice: Touching Humanity
I was sitting in a long line of cars waiting to turn at a busy Gwinnett intersection. I could see the man standing at the intersection holding a cardboard sign. I could not read the words, but I imagined what … Continue reading
Justice: Elders
The social worker had requested help from “Focus on the Elderly,” a charity supported by my college service club. Our orientation visit was to a woman whose house was about to fall off of the hill. She lived there by herself, and had … Continue reading
Justice and Mercy
In front of the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama there is a statue of Justice and Mercy. Justice is blindfolded and the scales she holds are perfectly balanced. The angel, Mercy, is whispering in Justice’s … Continue reading
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Tagged compassion, EJI, Hanauer, Humility, justice, Mercy, Stevenson, TED, UU 1st Principle, UU 2nd Principle
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Justice: Domestic Violence
Often, I think, the moment to engage in social justice catches us unaware and throws us into a moment of choice. One of those moments came to me as a phone call. The woman on the phone was a member … Continue reading
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Tagged UU 1st Principle, UU 2nd Principle, UU 6th Principle, UU 7th Principle
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Hindrances to Justice
If you prick us, do we not bleed? if you tickle us, do we not laugh? if you poison us, do we not die? and if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? If we are like you in the … Continue reading
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Tagged UU 1st Principle, UU 2nd Principle, UU 6th Principle, UU 7th Principle
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The Language of Justice
Everywhere I turn in the media these days I am confronted with powerful images of human suffering. The stream of Syrians seeking refuge from the civil war in their country; the response or lack of response of our and European nations; … Continue reading