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Holy Reconciler, help us make peace with each other.Reflection | By Amanda Udis-Kessler | November 15, 2023 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: Arts & Music, Conflict, Division, Friendship, Peace, Politics, Relationships, Secular, Worship -
Do we who are UUs really believe in the values of our faith enough to enact to them in bold, clear, and unequivocal ways?Reflection | By Takiyah Nur Amin | June 23, 2021 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: #8thPrinciple, #BlackLivesMatter, 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), America, Anti-Oppression, Conflict, Direct Experience, Division, Equity, Justice, Living Our Faith, Race/Ethnicity, Unitarian Universalism, Worship -
"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there." —Rumi ...Reflection | By Robin Tanner | September 14, 2016 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), 6th Principle (World Community), Community, Direct Experience, Diversity, Division, Humanism, Secular, Unity -
There is no algebra for death. No life lost cancels out another. The idea that there is some other side to the equation is a lie perpetrated by centuries of war and revenge. There is no other side. You cannot subtract and equalize the equation. There is an addition of loss, grief upon grief upon...Poetry | By Lynn Ungar | July 8, 2016 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Activism, Community, Division, Grief, Solidarity, Unity -
Some beliefs are like walled gardens. They encourage exclusiveness, and the feeling of being especially privileged. Other beliefs are expansive and lead the way into wider and deeper sympathies. Some beliefs are like shadows, clouding children's days and fears of unknown calamities. Other beliefs...Reading | By Sophia Lyon Fahs | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Belief, Division, Doubt, Faith, Growth, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Unitarianism