Our religion calls us to hold truth in our hearts and proclaim it with strength. We do this best in realization, that different eyes ever view the world in different ways. It therefore follows that while truth-speaking may be the soul of virtue, humble listening is also the soul of wisdom. Neither virtue nor wisdom […]
PTSD and the MFC
Unitarian Universalist ministry was a huge, mid-life career change for me. When I made the decision, I didn’t dream I had Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. It’s a rigorous path. The Unitarian Universalist Association requires self-analysis, years of postgraduate education, and extensive fieldwork. As a final step, the Candidate goes before the UUA’s Ministerial Fellowship Committee […]
Little Celebrations #20: Liturgical Quotables
Of any riches life may bestow, one’s own mind is the brightest gift of all. No barrier blocks it. Neither rain nor snow may sway it from its journey. Only we, ourselves, can destroy this wonderful gift, by choosing to let it lie fallow. Let us use our mind-gift with joy, for the harvesting of […]
Chelsea Manning: Obama Did the Right Thing
Human beings are called to feel, to reason things out, and to practice compassion. Because without those higher inclinations, our own weakness, desire, fear, and the ways of the mob, trample all human potential. The shadow side of human nature is strongest when we make war. As I’ve said many times, to go to war […]
Little Celebrations #19: Liturgical Quotables
It does not serve us to separate the spirituality of our hearts from the spirituality of our hands. Trees and flowers soothe the soul, but a garden untended soon clogs from leaves and draught, then withers and dies. To truly mean something, ultimate reverence and deepmost principle must transport us not just toward high sentiments […]
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