UU thoughts, sermons, music
According to the dictionary, liberation is 1) the act of setting someone free from imprisonment, slavery, or oppression; release. and 2) freedom from limits on thought or behavior.
Here is a sermon from Rev. Chris Jimmerson at First UU Austin called Collective Liberation
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According to the dictionary confession means: 1) a formal statement admitting that one is guilty of a crime, 2) an admission or acknowledgment that one has done something that one is ashamed or embarrassed about, 3) intimate revelations about a person’s private life or occupation, especially as presented in a sensationalized form in a book, newspaper, or movie, and 4) a statement of one’s principles.
Confessing Communities by Robin Tanner
Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby. – Langston Hughes
Rain is good for me. I feel like I achieve clarity actually when it rains. The longer I have to sit and wait, the clearer my game becomes to me. – Venus Williams
Higgins: A Drop with a Dream by Christopher Buice
Water Makes Its Mark by Matt Alspaugh
In my opinion, there is no aspect of reality beyond the reach of the human mind. – Stephen Hawking
The power of choosing good and evil is within the reach of all. – Origen
The Life That Stretches Between Us by Emmy Lou Belcher
A Springtime Prayer by George A Tyger
The sermon from Rev. Andrew Brown of the Unitarian fellowship in Cambridge, England this morning, parts of which were read in our service.
A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. – Jesus Christ
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates. – Lao Tzu
You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection. – Buddha
Hope, Not Nearly There by David Breeden
I am not alone. There is a Love holding me. by Heather Rion Starr
The Promise and the Practice: Repairing Our Mistakes with Love (Time for All Ages) by Jaelynn Pema-la Scott and Erika A. Hewitt
“Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it.” – Ann Landers
“If you surrender completely to the moments as they pass, you live more richly those moments.” – Anne Morrow Lindbergh
“The creative process is a process of surrender, not control.” – Julia Cameron
The Promise and the Practice: Lamentation for Two Voices by Rebekah Savage and Erika A. Hewitt
Who Am I Not to Be Blessed? by Chris Jimmerson
“A child who has overcome challenges with proper emotional support will emerge stronger.” – Kate Middleton
“Strong people don’t put others down… They lift them up.” – Michael P. Watson
“I want to be around people that do things. I don’t want to be around people anymore that judge or talk about what people do. I want to be around people that dream and support and do things.” – Amy Poehler
Spectrum of Language by Alex Kapitan
Time to Tune in by Brittany Packnett
Supporting the People who Need Us by Mandy Neff
The dictionary defines inspiration as 1) the process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something, especially to do something creative and 2) a sudden brilliant, creative, or timely idea.
Playlists of the Spirit by Connie Simon
“The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.”
― Ernest Hemingway
“Trust is built when someone is vulnerable and not taken advantage of.” – Bob Vanourek
“All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.”
― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
Where the Real Growth Happens by Alix Klingenberg
Trust Walk by Rianna Johnson-Levy
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