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The Threshold: Insha’Allah
Insha’Allah by Danusha Laméris I don’t know when it slipped into my speech that soft word meaning, “if God wills it.” Insha’Allah I will see you next summer. The baby will come in spring, insha’Allah. Insha’Allah this year we will have … Continue reading
The Threshold: Investigation
When we are willing to investigate, with loving attention, the difficult feelings that come up in relationship to others, our happiness or unhappiness is less conditioned by how others behave. Narayan Liebenson Grady, “Questioning the Question” In our community at … Continue reading
The Threshold: Acceptance
Most of my life (being 6’4” with long hair and a goatee, and a habit of wearing biker jackets and combat boots) I was well accustomed to being judged before people know me. When I was leading the band I … Continue reading
The Threshold: Internal Passages
We often think of “threshold” as that divide between outside and going inside a building. In fact, every building that has more than one room has internal thresholds, too. Every room has at least one internal passage where one crosses … Continue reading
The Threshold: Something Different
Maybe by Mary Oliver Sweet Jesus, talking his melancholy madness, stood up in the boat and the sea lay down, silky and sorry. So everybody was saved that night. But you know how it is when something different crosses the … Continue reading
The Threshold: Stay Awake!
The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep. You must ask for what you really want. Don’t go back to sleep. People are going back and forth across the doorsill Where the two worlds … Continue reading
The Threshold: LUUBE
At a recent meeting of the Faith Development Team, someone made reference to the “grease” required for social interaction. We played with that idea for awhile and coined the word LUUBE to express Unitarian Universalist interaction with the world at large. … Continue reading