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Pamphlet or Card | By David O. Rankin | From inSpirit: The UU Book and Gift Shop

A religion that promises a life without tension, a life without conflict, a life without suffering, is a religion of passivity, a religion of mediocrity, a religion of insignificance. Everything worth doing in the world is a desperate gamble, a game of chance, where nothing is certain. What is love?

Meditation | By David O. Rankin | May 28, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Activism, Challenge, Conflict, Courage, Faith, Journey, Living Our Faith, Love, Religion, Suffering

Silence is not always golden. Sometimes, silence is a contempt for goodness; silence is a consent for atrocities; silence is a scorn for humanity. Often, it is better to scream.

Meditation | By David O. Rankin | May 28, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Activism, Discernment, Evil, Good, Responsibility, Silence

I have learned to trust those who are witnesses rather than gurus, those who express their confusion as well as their knowledge, and those who share their suffering along with their joy.

Quote | By David O. Rankin | May 28, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Humility, Joy, Suffering, Trust, Vulnerability, Wisdom

Dear God: Good Friday is gone—a dark day on the calendar, A time of suffering—with more losses than gains, And more pain than we thought we could bear. We are tired of crying, We are tired of burying, We are tired of mourning. But Easter is here—and we who survived are prepared For the turning...

Meditation | By David O. Rankin | May 28, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Beginnings, Death, Easter, Grief, Hope, Joy, Love, Pain, Sorrow, Transformation

During the Advent season, we celebrate the qualities of faith, hope, love, and joy. Yet these must be viewed through the prism of paradox. No Faith is worthy without the capacity to doubt all things—for then it is only credulity. No Hope is possible without the specter of defeat in the wings—for...

Meditation | By David O. Rankin | May 28, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Advent, Discernment, Doubt, Faith, Hope, Leadership, Love, Sorrow, Wisdom, Worry

To escape the trap of public acclaim, an authentic church should advertise as follows:...

Meditation | By David O. Rankin | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Christianity, Love, Religion

I love to pray, to go deep down into the silence: To strip myself of all pride, selfishness, and coldness of heart; To peel off thought after thought, passion after passion, till I reach the genuine depths of all; To remember how short a time ago I was nothing,and in how short a time again I will...

Meditation | By David O. Rankin | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: God, Immanence, Presence
palms from a palm tree thickly overlapping

Palm Sunday is found: whenever we are serving a noble and unpopular cause with selfless devotion, holding to the ideals of truth and justice; whenever we are seeking to uplift the fallen, to comfort the brokenhearted, to strengthen and encourage the weak and hopeless; whenever we are working brav...

Meditation | By David O. Rankin | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Palm Sunday

I declare a reign of holiness.

By David O. Rankin | January 18, 2009 | From Life

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