Too many times we jump to solving the problem when the other person just needs to vent. Sometimes we inadvertently invalidate the feelings of others because we are too busy trying to find solutions instead of giving them comfort. This picture is a cute and helpful reminder for how we should approach situations like this. This is respecting the dignity of others.
~Namaste,
Cricket
From the archives: Ten years ago this week, we launched uuworld.org as a weekly web magazine, with plans to publish one news story a week—just in time to cover the devastation of Hurricane Katrina and the response of Unitarian Universalists to that complex catastrophe. (Reporter Donald Skinner filed 14 hurricane-aftermath stories in our first three months!) Revisit our coverage here; the link takes you to our earliest stories. We’ll publish an update to mark the tenth anniversary soon.
https://www.uuworld.org/hashtag/hurricane-katrina?page=4
Namaste,
Cricket
This is a website for the Unitarian Universalist College of Social Justice and here are some Job and Volunteer Opportunites
Namaste,
Cricker
UU World editor Chris Walton writes in his Fall Column: “The General Assembly passed a resolution calling on UU congregations to support the Black Lives Matter movement, which is challenging police brutality and other expressions of white supremacy. The movement challenges us, too.”
~Namaste
Cricket
Often it is hard to describe our religion, especially when you are starting out.
This video goes into the depths of who we are and what we are about. Mostly we are about finding our own way together. Spirituality is personal, but fellowship and changing the world require others.
Namaste,
Cricket
http://blogs.wordalchemy.net/fringe/2011/08/17/it-is-well-with-my-soul/
This song was a lullaby for my family and I am grateful for the ability to sing it to my own children with Unitarian Universalist words.
~Namaste
Cricket
Mindfulness is both simple and tricky. This is a easy guide.
~Namaste
Cricket
It is hard to believe that Malala is just now an adult when she has been contributing to the world for so long now. This is a message of hope. One day all people will be seen as people.
Namaste,
Cricket
http://www.uuperspective.com/uupp-025-uua-president-peter-morales/
The Rev. Peter Morales is the eighth president of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA). He was elected in June 2013 to a second four-year term.
~Namaste
Cricket
” When parents lose a child, there are rituals to mark their grief — holding funerals, sitting shiva, bringing casseroles. But when that loss happens before birth, it often isn’t marked. Sometimes, it’s barely even mentioned. It’s different in Japan, which has a traditional Buddhist ceremony that some Americans are adopting as their own.”
This article describes a Buddhist ceremony giving closure and relief to the grieving.
~Namaste
Cricket
