I was leaving my mom in another world, located far away from mine.

In order to be welcoming, the systems of power and privilege in our spaces need to be actively dismantled.

May the beginnings and endings in our stories be held in unconditional love and acceptance.

It’s so [easy] to see the one disabled person and say, She needs a cure so she can fit into our world.

When I was small and just learning how to do life in my body, I didn’t hesitate, didn’t hold back, didn’t worry how it would look, didn’t look for cues or ask for a line. My imagination ruled... I was entirely free to be, driven by the innovation my body inspired.

Shame seems to be a bestselling product pumped out of all these crushing systems.

I want to be shaped in a way that lets me serve the eternal.

We need resilience, perseverance, and persistence.

I believe in your grace and protection and cannot imagine them slipping through the cracks.

Dear Creative Life Force, the infinite healing power of creativity is the best gift you've given to us.

My God lives in the margins and witnesses to the broken-hearted.

Somehow, the things that are too much to bear alone are bearable together.

The 8th Principle is about actively dismantling racism.

The following is an excerpt from the Theological Statement that opens the May 2018 Report of the UUMA Ableism Task Force. The members of that Task Force were Rev. Josh Pawelek and Rev. Barbara F. Meyers, co-chairs; Rev. Mark Belletini; Rev. Erika Hewitt; Rev. Evan Keely; and Rev. Theresa I. Soto.

Don’t argue with salvation when it arrives on your shores.

My inner compass reminds me of the power we’ve been given to create a new future.

I learned that love and support can be expressed in many different ways by different people.

To see how we fight still after entire lifetimes of struggle—and then to tell us to be more polite is just plain cruel.

Emergence, becoming, is inherent in each of us.

Conflict resolution is in fact one of the greatest things that you can accomplish in your life and in your relationship. [W]hen I view people as not bringing conflict up, I think it’s being unfaithful to the relationship. I think it’s an abdication of your role in the relationship, and you are...