Tag Archives: UU 2nd Principle

Loss: Losing the Conversation

Posted on October 5, 2015 by Bob Patrick

I watched several social media conversations unfold this past weekend about the mass murder at Umpqua Community College in Oregon.  They went something like this: Person A:  If those students had all had guns this wouldn’t have happened. Person B: … Continue reading →

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Loss: A Lose-Lose Situation

Posted on October 4, 2015 by admin

As a transition from our last theme, Justice, to our current theme, Loss, I offer  words from Ta-Nehisi Coates’ book “Between the World and Me.” In this book, which is written as a letter to his teenage son, Coates shares … Continue reading →

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Justice: Shared Compassion

Posted on October 2, 2015 by Bob Patrick

We wake today in the United States to another mass shooting on another school campus. We will wring our hands.  We will, some of us, call for laws to control guns. We will, some of us, chant the refrain that … Continue reading →

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Justice–Becoming Aware

Posted on September 29, 2015 by Bob Patrick

Somewhere this very moment, babies are born, fathers are dying, mothers are grieving. Yet, pervading all is a groundless awareness, delicate and strong at the same time. Everything becomes we, a beating heart with a transparent, radiant smile. And we … Continue reading →

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Justice: The Examined Life

Posted on September 28, 2015 by admin

 Live the examined life, subjecting my motives and actions to the scrutiny of mind and heart so to rise above prejudice and hatred. Care. Gene Griessman I was born with the advantages of a white, middle class family.  I was … Continue reading →

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Justice: Forgiveness

Posted on September 27, 2015 by admin

This past week, people of the Jewish faith honored the season of atonement and forgiveness in their observation of Yom Kippur. Every year people look at their relationships and examine where they need to make repairs, to atone for words … Continue reading →

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Justice and Mercy

Posted on September 20, 2015 by admin

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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