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Filled with Loving Kindness: The Absurdity of Today

(The fires, while very real and truly devastating, are herein used as a metaphor for my feelings about the results of the 2016 U.S. Presidential election.  Also very real and – from my perspective – truly devastating.)    Wildfires are … Continue reading

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Filled with Loving Kindness: Friends with strangers

We have recently celebrated another Halloween night.  I found myself sitting in the living room while most of the trick-or-treaters came to our door, answering it myself occassionally.  I was recovering from the flu, and mostly I was just sitting … Continue reading

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Love Makes a Bridge: Dealing with Fear

Love is the bridge between you and everything. Jalaluddin Rumi Unfortunately, this powerful little line from Rumi can come across almost as a platitude–a nice, innocuous little saying that really carries no weight, a saying that we could say and … Continue reading

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Love Makes a Bridge: Holy Moments

In our Sunday Service this past week, Rev. Jan made this observation: “Holy moments often become the words and deeds of prophetic women and men.” Unitarian Universalists will recognize the “words and deeds of prophetic women and men” as one … Continue reading

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Love Makes a Bridge: Into the Future

This whole week we have been pondering and reflecting on these well articulated reasons why Black Lives Matter.  They can help us understand that the push-back claim “all lives matter” does not work to help us all become a better … Continue reading

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Love Makes a Bridge: Through the System

Monday’s post of reasons why Black Lives Matter received very high readership.  I want to continue for the next few days reflecting on some of those points and how love can make bridges for us.  Let’s consider the itms on that … Continue reading

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Love Makes a Bridge: Into our Memory

Monday’s post of reasons why Black Lives Matter received very high readership.  I want to continue for the next few days reflecting on some of those points and how love can make bridges for us.  Let’s consider the fourth and fifth … Continue reading

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