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Fire of Commitment–Finding Faith

Posted on February 21, 2017 by Bob Patrick

It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me the most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who had ever been alive. James Baldwin There is a certain … Continue reading →

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Fire of Commitment: Fired Up!

Posted on February 1, 2017 by Christiana McQuain

Ever since the election I have felt burdened with worry.  I feel like we are living in a nightmare, and I have deep fear for the future of our nation and our world.  I am simply burnt out. Or am … Continue reading →

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Woyaya: Working on the Vision

Posted on January 16, 2017 by Bob Patrick

Every year for many years now, I try to read or listen to a recording of one of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s speeches.  This year, because we used an excerpt in our service at the Unitarian Universialist Congregation of … Continue reading →

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Filled with Loving Kindness: For the Sake of the Earth

Posted on November 25, 2016 by Bob Patrick

We have come into this exquisite world to experience ever and ever more deeply our divine courage, freedom and light! Hafiz I know that some people reading this do not accept the notion that we come into this life with … Continue reading →

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Filled with Loving Kindness: Not Fear

Posted on November 23, 2016 by Bob Patrick

Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions. Hafiz How do we want to live?  Isn’t that at least one of the questions driving many of us these days?  How … Continue reading →

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Filled with Loving Kindness: Through Us

Posted on November 21, 2016 by Bob Patrick

Ever since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you.   Hafiz Imagine that happiness is actually a being, an entity.  Imagine that not only is happiness not a thing but a who, … Continue reading →

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Filled with Loving Kindness–What We Speak

Posted on November 18, 2016 by Bob Patrick

What We speak Becomes the house we live in. Who will want to sleep in your bed If the roof leaks Right above It? Look what happens when the tongue Cannot say to kindness: “I will be your slave.” The … Continue reading →

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