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We Are: One
“For each child that’s born the morning star rises and sings to the universe who we are.”* Yesterday was my birthday. Those of you who know me personally already know this because, well, Facebook. Because it was my birthday, and … Continue reading
Love Makes a Bridge: Where is the Love? part 2
I have always been a relatively optimistic person. I see the silver linings in situations, I see hope on even the farthest horizon, and I believe that people are inherently good, at the core. I abhor injustice, and I break … Continue reading
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Tagged commitment, community, humanity, inherent worth, Love, unity, UU 1st Principle
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Love Makes a Bridge: Where is the Love–part 1
This. Slays me. Breaks me. Opens me. Please listen. Again and again. The group, The Black Eyed Peas, has done and re-done this amazing, devastating, healing song. It is a bridge. It is a bridge in so many ways. It … Continue reading
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Tagged community, compassion, justice, Love, UU 1st Principle
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June 27 – Listening: Do You Hear What I Hear?
Anyone here who has had a conversation with me over the last year or so knows that I have been grieving and processing the death of my mother in November of 2104. As the executrix of the estate my parents … Continue reading
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Tagged community, faith, UU 1st Principle, UU 2nd Principle, UU 3rd Principle, words
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Listening: Whose Headphones?
For quite a few years, something called a “Silent Disco” has been gaining popularity. It’s a party at which there are several DJs playing different music, and all of the guests wear headphones, each with the ability to individually control … Continue reading
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Tagged community, music, perspective, UU 1st Principle, UU 2nd Principle
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Belonging: Someplace We Belong
Outwitted: He drew a circle that shut me out – heretic, rebel, a thing to flout. But love and I had the wit to win: we drew a circle that took him in! — Edwin Markham When … Continue reading
Harbor: Would You Harbor Me?
Would you harbor me? Would I harbor you? Would you harbor a Christian, a Muslim, a Jew, a heretic, convict, or spy? Would you harbor a runaway woman or child, a poet, a prophet, a king? Would you harbor an … Continue reading
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Tagged community, connection, drought, Earth, fear, Love, service, UU 1st Principle, UU 7th Principle
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