We do not know the true appearance of Jesus, and his exact words are subject to the ravages of time and translation, but we do know that Jesus was a firebrand rabbi who preached a message of radical love. What we know of Jesus is that he quoted parts of the Old Testament1 that were […]
“Try to understand men. If you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and almost always leads to love.” – John Steinbeck Steinbeck is perhaps guilty of sexist language, or is acknowledging that hate and lack of understanding is more commonly found among men.
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Sometimes a seemingly good idea doesn’t stand up well under greater scrutiny. Sometimes people are not quite as admirable as they seem. This quote originates from Gandhi, who himself had some serious flaws*, so we are only dealing with this idea from him, which is often misconstrued. “Hate the Sin, Love the Sinner” This is
“Hate the sin” is just hate!! Read More »
On this Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2016, I celebrate his life and vision with his words from his 1963 book Strength to Love. There’s just not much I can add to that…
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Buddhist monk and teacher Thich Nhat Hanh makes a clear connection between our love for others and our ability to see how we “inter-are.” We already have everyone we need to be loving and feel connected. He says, “The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.”
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My sister had all of our family’s old 8mm home movies digitized. One of the early videos, from the early 1960s, opened on a historical marker, shown below in a screen capture from the video. This apparently was an earlier version of the more recent “This was his Georgia” marker in Harris County at the
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“One of the urgent tasks of theology today has become the critique of idolatry within theology itself. “Ideology” means the way established world views reflect and legitimate social domination, making other options unimaginable. The world view of the ruling group defines the boundaries of reality and the nature of God. Theologically, this critique of ideology
Rosemary Radford Ruether: One of the urgent tasks of theology Read More »
Sermon first delivered at Northwest UU on March 9, 2014 Good morning! It is a good morning to be with you! Twenty years ago, I married a vivacious, wonderful woman. Very soon, our relationship became very chaotic, as she sustained a traumatic brain injury, and the woman that I loved, the person she had been
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