An online magazine of faith based on a free and responsible search for truth and meaning. The mission of Unitarian Universalism: A Way Of Life ministries is to provide information, teach skills, and clarify values to facilitate the evolutionary development of increasingly higher levels of spiritual development for human beings around the world.
Friday, August 27, 2021
Quote of the day - Without a vision the people will perish
Friday, August 6, 2021
Quote of the day - The pernicious dynamic in Unitarian Universalism
"Safetyism is a pernicious dynamic which is stultifying the life and grace of Unitarian Universalism especially in light of the fourth principle which is the free and responsible search for truth and meaning."
Thursday, August 5, 2021
Quote of the day - Has post modernism gone to far with "microaggressions" requiring "trigger warnings"?
"Nowadays there is a new vocabulary which has emerged stifling free speech and expression of ideas under the umbrella of "microaggressions" which require "trigger warnings" to spare people hurt feelings and the complaint of not feeling safe."
David Markham, Notes on the Gadfly Papers.
Wednesday, August 4, 2021
Quote of the day - Tension management in UU
Thursday, June 14, 2018
Quote the day, Camille Dungy - how our society supports the wealth of the few
And Dungy responds in part, "My point is that most white people didn’t have the kind of wealth that the institution of slavery was protecting, just like most people today don’t have the kind of wealth protected by tax codes that allow a billionaire to write off a private jet but don’t allow schoolteachers to write off $250 worth of school supplies. It’s sometimes difficult to accept the fact that whole portions of our society were built up — are still built up — to support the wealth of just a few."
Editor's note:
It is interesting how the 99% support the wealth of the 1%. What kind of a system is this that we have created here in the United States?
Is the resentment of this fact being manipulated by a billionaire President to fuel further racism and authoritarian policies to further enrich the 1% by encouraging one group of the 99% to hate another group of the 99% to distract them from realizing who the real culprits are who have rigged the system for their favor?
This rigging of the system is in violation of UUs second principle, "justice, equity, and compassion in human relations." It is also something which Jesus consistently pointed out - the unfairness of the treatment of the poor by the wealthy minority. Jesus never censured people for sexual behavior, but He constantly advocated for a juster system for the poor in society.
Wednesday, June 13, 2018
Quote of the day - Where did America's wealth come from?
Camille Dungy, The Sun, June 2018, p.7
Thursday, June 7, 2018
Quote of the day - Camille Dungy
Camille Dungy, The Sun Magazine, June, 2018, p.5
Editor's note:
The U.S. census has reported that the fertility rate in 2017 in the U.S. is 1.8 which is below the 2.1 replacement rate necessary to maintain the population.
The suicide rate is again up from previous years.
These social indicators may mean that Trumpian policies have contributed to Americans having less hope in their own lives and the future.
Can Unitarian Universalism help restore faith in our own well being?