Mark Belletini

Mark Belletini is completing his thirty-seventh and final year in parish ministry. He has served at First Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus, Ohio, for the past seventeen. He previously served two congregations in California, and was chair of the commission that produced the Unitarian Universalist Association hymnbook Singing the Living Tradition. He is also the author of Sonata for Voice and Silence (Skinner House Books).

From Mark Belletini

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How to discuss the truth that some men love men, and some women, women, and some, both, with the children in the church school and church home? Nonchalantly. Without drum-rolls. Without tip-toe preparations. Without calculating and predicting to the nth degree. With candor. With open ears. With...

Reading | By Mark Belletini | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Anti-Oppression, Gender, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Love, Pride Sunday

Go in peace. Live simply, at home in yourself. Be just in your word, just in deed. Remember the depth of your own compassion. Do not forget your power in the days of your powerlessness. Do not desire with desire to be wealthier than your peers, and never stint your hand of charity. Practice...

Closing | By Mark Belletini | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Body, Compassion, Peace, Power, Purpose, Unitarian Universalism

For religion to be significant, it has to provide more than the comforts of community. It also has to provide opportunities for deepening, for what I call spiritual growth, and for the casting down of false images and stereotypes, which hurt us all. A good religion has to open us to the real...

Reading | By Mark Belletini | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Diversity, Unitarian Universalism

Love the gift of your life and do no harm.

Reflection | By Mark Belletini | June 15, 2008 | From Spirit
Tagged as: Personal Inspiration

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