Thought for the day - Who will save us?

"Though we may feel inadequate to the task, in the words of June Jordan, "we are the ones we've been waiting for." Indeed, there is no other to save us."

Sarah Lammert, "The Inherent Worth and Dignity of Every Person", in The Seven Principles In Word and Worship, Ellen Brandenburg, ed., p. 10

Could it be us the Unitarian Universalists who are the people who have covenanted together to promote and affirm the inherent worth and dignity of every person, every child of God, every incarnate manifestation of the Life force of the Universe, that we have been waiting for? What if we are the yeast in the dough of humanity, and as Jesus said, "the salt of the earth?" What if it us, as a church, that is part of the instigation of cosmic change at this crisis time in the history of humanity? Could it be us, with our moral imagination, that will be a catalyst for an awakening? And if so, what will your contribution of time, talent, and treasure to the effort?

My Kind Of Church Music - We Are The Ones, Tituss Burgess and Middle Church

Thought for the day - Religion is not a set of beliefs but a way of life.

"...we'll discover that religion is not mainly a set of beliefs. Rather, it is first and foremost a way of life."

Galen Guengerich, God Revised, p. 17

Thought For The Day - Rev. Kenneth Collier's Profound Beauty

Thought For The Day - Shift your attention to the Profoundly Beautiful

"What I have called the Profoundly Beautiful lives deep within the heart of every human being."

Kenneth Collier, Our Seven Principles in Story and Verse, p. 16

Thought For The Day - We teach what we have learned in our lifetime.

"When people ask me how long it takes to write a twenty minute sermon, I sometimes say a lifetime...."

Galen Guengerich, God Revised, p.ix

Thought For The Day - Who should I love?

“This principle calls on us to affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person, and it does not admit exceptions.”

Kenneth Colier, Our Seven Principles in Story and Verse, p. 15

Thought for the day - Religion is no longer something you are but a commodity in the marketplace of ideas

"Secularism is not about the elimination of religion, but about the proliferation of choices."

Galen Guengerich, God Revised, p. 10

Betty Butterfield searches for a church.

 

Thought of the day - Rich and poor

"It is not the person who has too little who is poor, but the one who hankers after more."

Seneca, Letter II

Thought For The Day - Advertising our faith

"Doing business without advertising is like winking at a girl in the dark. You know what you are doing but nobody else does."

Stuart Britt

This is Thought For the Day #3 in a series.

Thought For The Day - Tears

"As soap is to the body,

tears are to the soul."

Yiddish Proverb

This is thought #2 in a series.