“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.” – Albert Einstein
UU Lent – Day 15 – Curiosity
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UU Lent 2019 – Day 14 – Hunger
Hunger is both a physical and spiritual thing. Aisha Ansano describes her thoughts about filling us up at “Dinner Church“.
Bruce Southworth gives thought to spiritual hunger in “In Our Hungering for Meaning
What are some of your favorite ways to combat spiritual hunger? Do any of them translate into ways to combat physical hunger?
UU Lent 2019 – Day 13 – Search
The dictionary defines search as “try to find something by looking or otherwise seeking carefully and thoroughly”
Linda M Hansen describes searching in her meditation “May We Seek the True Questions”
UU Lent 2019 – Day 10 – Partnership
“If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.” – Booker T. Washington
“None of us, including me, ever do great things. But we can all do small things, with great love, and together we can do something wonderful.” – Mother Teresa
Partnership is more than friendship. It is not just being there for someone. Being a partner means working alongside them. Being a partner means holding each other accountable.
Transgender Religious Professional UUs Together (known as TRUUsT) has created a Call to Action because “In the wake of recent events and the Trump administration’s continued assault on trans lives, TRUUsT calls on Unitarian Universalists everywhere to take immediate action to live out the above truths and directly support trans UUs. Unitarian Universalism’s commitment to trans lives is all too often aspirational rather than true today. According to a recent survey, only 28% of trans UUs feel that their congregation is fully inclusive of them as trans people. We need this to change, because trans lives are at stake.”
As Unitarian Universalists, we are called to be better partners. As Rev. Theresa I. Soto states “All of us Need all of us to Make It.” This responsive reading co-written by Rev. Megan Foley highlights this.
UU Lent 2019 – Day 9 – Acceptance
The dictionary defines acceptance as a) the action or process of being received as adequate or suitable, typically to be admitted into a group and b) the action of consenting to receive or undertake something offered.
“There’s my Temple” is an affirmation about acceptance from Ma Theresa Gustilo Gallardo.
UU Lent 2019 – Day 8 – Mistakes
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”
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“Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.”
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“Smart people learn from their mistakes. But the real sharp ones learn from the mistakes of others.”
― Fablehaven
“All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.”
― Antigone
“At an early age I learned that people make mistakes, and you have to decide if their mistakes are bigger than your love for them.”
― The Hate U Give
Here is “A Blessing for Risk-Takers and Failures” by Robin Tanner
UU Lent 2019 – Day 7 – Resilience
The dictionary defines resilience as a) the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness and b) the ability of a substance or object to spring back into shape; elasticity.
In her reflection, “Come to Church Anyway!” Victoria Weinstein discusses that we should always show up. Sometimes showing up requires resilience.
This song is about resilience.
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