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Return Again: School Days!
This morning, there is a great return in the metro Atlanta area where I live. It’s the return of hundreds of thousands of children and teenagers (and their teachers) to school. Granted, for some little ones, this is not a … Continue reading
July 22–Blessings: The Human in Humanity
“I never heard another man tell me that he loved me,” said the younger man to the older man in the StoryCorps booth. He went on to say how awkward he felt and how he didn’t know what else to … Continue reading
July 18–Blessings: How We Identify
My suitcase was wedged in with about a half dozen others right in front of the seat I took next to a woman whom I did not know. When the train began to move, the entire stack of luggage shifted, … Continue reading
July 11–Blessings: Mirrors and Monsters
Pulitzer Prize winning author Junot Diaz wrote: “There’s this idea that monsters don’t have reflections in a mirror. And what I’ve always thought isn’t that monsters don’t have reflections in a mirror. It’s that if you want to make a … Continue reading
Blessings: and Pain
I am finding it difficult to write about blessings this morning. Blessings. When the killing of Alton Stirling permeates the news. Many more words have already been and will continue to be published by writers who are many times more … Continue reading
Listening: Howling at the Moon
Sometimes my dog jumps up from where he is sitting in the house and begins barking frantically. My initial inclination, still, is to shush him and admonish him for “barking at nothing”. But I always stop myself. I am aware … Continue reading
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Tagged feelings, UU 1st Principle, UU 2nd Principle, UU 3rd Principle
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June 27 – Listening: Do You Hear What I Hear?
Anyone here who has had a conversation with me over the last year or so knows that I have been grieving and processing the death of my mother in November of 2104. As the executrix of the estate my parents … Continue reading
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Tagged community, faith, UU 1st Principle, UU 2nd Principle, UU 3rd Principle, words
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