Tag Archives: Love

Welcome to the Work

Posted on September 4, 2023 by Christiana McQuain

I want to love the world. I really, truly do. But it’s hard, you know? There is so much division, exclusion, judgement… Where do we begin doing the work of welcoming that honors our interconnectedness and the understanding that our … Continue reading →

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Courageous Love

Posted on October 31, 2022 by admin

In my spiritual exploration, I’m reading Smile at Fear: Awakening the True Heart of Bravery by Chögyam Trungpa. In the few first pages he offers ideas about what fear is and where it comes from:  “Fear is nervousness; fear is … Continue reading →

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Filled with Loving Kindness: The Absurdity of Today

Posted on November 11, 2016 by Christiana McQuain

(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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Love Makes A Bridge: Many Bridges are Needed

Posted on September 25, 2016 by Jan Taddeo

In today’s worship service I shared a quote from the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: What is needed is the realization that power without love is reckless and abusive and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its … Continue reading →

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Love Makes a Bridge: Where is the Love? part 2

Posted on September 6, 2016 by Christiana McQuain

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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Love Makes a Bridge: Where is the Love–part 1

Posted on September 5, 2016 by Bob Patrick

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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June 5: Listening – The Art of Listening

Posted on June 5, 2016 by Jan Taddeo

“Being heard is so close to being loved that for the average person, they are almost indistinguishable.” — David Augsburger, Fuller Theological School In 1993 I participated in a weekend healing workshop in which each person in the workshop had the … Continue reading →

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