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Monthly Archives: October 2025
The Compassion in Justice
All of our Unitarian Universalist values, in one way or another, embody the dynamic of change. Among them, transformation, pluralism, generosity, interdependence, equity, and justice, with love at the center, certainly justice stands out as a value charged with the … Continue reading
The Work of Compassion
Compassion is hard work. I think many of us see compassion as being something emotional and largely divorced from physical action. I believe it isn’t so simple. Our emotions and ourbodies are not separate things. Think of the last time … Continue reading
Just Doing Things To Help
I had to Google compassion because I really didn’t know it’s meaning. It is almost the same as empathy except that you do something. An act of kindness is considered compassion. I learn things all the time. I started to … Continue reading
The Compassion in Equity
In some conversion on social media that I was involved with (I wish I could remember where so that I could give credit), I heard this proposition: when privilege meets equality it experiences oppression. When privilege meets equality it experiences … Continue reading
Finding Humanity in Prison Ministry
In college, I participated in my University’s chapter of Amnesty International, an internationalnon-governmental organization focused on human rights. While I was there, the chapterprioritized opposition to the death penalty. The case of Troy Anthony Davis was a commontopic, and his … Continue reading
Love for Yourself
Many of us are taught to “love thy neighbor as thyself.” This phrase can be interpreted in several ways. For many folks, in our religion of origin, we are taught that loving ourselves is “selfish” or that we should place … Continue reading
Cultivating Compassion for the Outsider
In a time where humanity still so frequently engages in Us Vs. Them ideology, to be inclusive isto be defiant. Recognizing that the “other” is worthy of love and care is not a new concept, but it continues to be … Continue reading