Author Archives: Bob Patrick

Resist and Trust

Posted on March 5, 2025 by Bob Patrick

Trust is an experience. It’s an action, and it is a very particular kind of action that is really challenging these days. Trust is the act of letting go, allowing, relaxing, opening and receiving the worthiness, the wholeness and the … Continue reading →

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Trust? Really? Now?

Posted on March 3, 2025 by Bob Patrick

For a period of several months, the spiritual and reflective reading I was doing continued to serve up to me the image of “opening” myself. One of the most poignant examples of that came with the opening words of a … Continue reading →

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What do we win?

Posted on February 24, 2025 by Bob Patrick

In a recent Sunday service, I wrote this question down which I think either Rev. Nancy or Sherree shared in a reading or reflection: When we are a diverse group, what do we win? My mind began to flood with … Continue reading →

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Three Superpowers

Posted on February 19, 2025 by Bob Patrick

In a recent reflection, I named three human superpowers that I’d like to revisit.  The first superpower is curiosity. Most of us began to develop this superpower when we were 4 or 5 years old with the incessant questions we … Continue reading →

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Empathy: Who Do We Include?

Posted on February 17, 2025 by Bob Patrick

Opinion is really the lowest form of human knowledge. It requires no accountability, no understanding. The highest form of knowledge . . . is empathy, for it requires us to spend our egos and live in another’s world. It requires … Continue reading →

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Living Love Through the Practice of Inclusion

Posted on February 3, 2025 by Bob Patrick

This is my 20th year as a Unitarian Universalist. In my early years, it was not uncommon to hear someone say: “In Unitarian Universalism, you can just believe whatever you want to.”  When that came from a fellow UU, I … Continue reading →

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Suffering Calls Forth Our Stories

Posted on January 30, 2025 by Bob Patrick

Someone reached out to me recently seeking support. They were feeling overwhelmed by what is coming out of our government’s administration on a daily basis. This person has immediate and personal stake in some of those actions. They wanted to … Continue reading →

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