Tag Archives: UU 7th Principle
Everything Possible: Conditions all right
The Buddha taught that when all the conditions were right, a thing would happen. This little bit of wisdom can be applied to everything, great and small. For example, a thin piece of paper comes at just the right angle, … Continue reading
Everything Possible: The Power of Friendship
On Saturday night of this past week, our Unitarian Universalist congregation held a potluck dinner to welcome and get to know our Muslim neighbors in our part of metro Atlanta. Here’s the backstory. The President of the United States issued … Continue reading
Everything Possible: Imagine
Imagine there’s no heaven It’s easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people living for today This is my daily prayer each day for the next month. Thirty days. I am going … Continue reading
Everything Possible: Perfection
I walked outside this morning before dawn. There had been a storm in the middle of the night, and the cloud cover was still so thick that I really could see nothing, no stars or moon, not even the shape … Continue reading
Fire of Commitment–Finding Faith
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
Woyaya: Winning and Losing
I was out running errands when I first heard the news. Professional tennis player, Serena Williams had just beat her sister, Venus Williams, in the Australian Grand Slam tournament to become the most winning player since the Grand Slam opened … Continue reading
Woyaya: Heaven Knows How, but . . .
I’m learning to play the banjo. One thing I’ve discovered as I’ve aged is that my fingers don’t always do what my brain commands. In fact, there are times they behave something like the broken springs in a cartoon clock. … Continue reading