A post from a UU minister last year, but still relevant, and, I think, relevant for any time we are dealing with our feelings about anyone else’s struggles – maybe even those we don’t agree with or are opposed to.

Pax, Lisa

Blue Boat » Spiritual Practices For White Discomfort http://blueboat.blogs.uua.org/2015/08/17/spiritual-practices-for-white-discomfort/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blueboat+%28Blue+Boat%29

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/johnbeckett/2015/07/5-reasons-you-cant-find-the-right-spiritual-path.html

Many of us, like this UU minister, are a complicated mix of beliefs and values we cherish from a Christian or Jewish upbringing, the mystic thread of seeing beyond the everyday surface of things that runs through medieval and some present Christianity, Judaism, Zen, Sufism, and nearly all religions, insights from pagans and nature religions, and the reason of humanism and science.

A Blessed World Humanist Day to You!
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/monkey And mind/2015/06/and-a-blessed-world-humanist-day-to-you.html

He drew a circle that shut me out
— Heretic, a rebel, a thing to flout.
But Love and I had the wit to win:
We drew a circle that took him in! A Circle

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/monkeymind/2015/04/he-drew-a-circle.html