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Filled With Loving Kindness: Being Kindness

Posted on November 20, 2016 by admin

My heart has been so heavy since the Presidential election, and it’s taken some time to sort out my feelings to figure out why my heart has been so heavy. After all, I’ve been “awake” for decades to the racism, … Continue reading →

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Filled With Loving Kindness: Otherwise

Posted on November 17, 2016 by Bob Patrick

How did the rose Ever open its heart And give to this world All its beauty? It felt the encouragement of light Against its being, Otherwise, We all remain Too frightened Hafiz Otherwise.  I think lately I’ve been caught in … Continue reading →

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Filled With Loving Kindness: Hard Lessons

Posted on November 16, 2016 by Bob Patrick

Filled with loving kindness.  May I be filled with loving kindness.  May you be filled with loving kindness.  May we be filled with loving kindness.  May we be well.  May we be peaceful and at ease.  May we be whole. … Continue reading →

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Filled With Loving Kindness: Sacred Ground

Posted on November 8, 2016 by admin

Last week I added North Dakota to the list of states I’ve visited in my lifetime. Most of our drive into North Dakota was in darkness, so it wasn’t until Thursday, the day of our national clergy witness of solidarity … Continue reading →

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Filled with Loving Kindness: Our House of Loving Kindness

Posted on November 6, 2016 by admin

It was a great privilege and an honor to travel to North Dakota this past week to take part in a gathering of over 500 clergy from at least 20 different faith traditions, along with indigenous peoples from well over … Continue reading →

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Filled with Loving Kindness: A Practice

Posted on November 1, 2016 by Bob Patrick

Today we shift our theme to this hauntingly beautiful song and prayer:  Filled with Loving Kindness.* This song from our hymnal is a sung expression of the Buddhist prayer known as the metta sutta.  Metta means loving kindness, and the prayer … Continue reading →

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October 31: Let Us Build A House of Peace–A World House

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Bob Patrick

On this last day of our theme–Let us build a house of peace–I am drawn back to a simple and yet transformative teaching that I’ve known since I was a small child.  For all that people from different sectors want … Continue reading →

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