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, September 28, 2018
My Kind Of Church Music - Justice, Bruce Cockburn
What's been done in the name of Jesus?
What's been done in the name of Buddha?
What's been done in the name of Islam?
What's been done in the name of man?
What's been done in the name of liberation?
And in the name of civilization?
And in the name of race?
And in the name of peace?
Everybody Loves to see Justice done On somebody else
Can you tell me how much bleeding
It takes to fill a word with meaning?
And how much, how much death It takes to give a slogan breath?
And how much, how much, how much flame
Gives light to a name
For the hollow darkness In which nations dress?
Everybody Loves to see Justice done On somebody else
Everybody's seen the things they've seen
We all have to live with what we've been
When they say charity begins at home
They're not just talking about a toilet and a telephone
Got to search the silence of the soul's wild places
For a voice that can cross the spaces
These definitions that we love create --
These names for heaven, hero, tribe and state
Everybody Loves to see Justice done On somebody else
Ask Alexa - is the world safe?
Alexa: Is the world safe?
According to Daniel Pinker in his book, Enlightenment Now, human kind has never been safer but you would never know it with the 1% filling our media with terror and horror stories to sell us things and manipulate our political behavior.
According to Daniel Pinker in his book, Enlightenment Now, human kind has never been safer but you would never know it with the 1% filling our media with terror and horror stories to sell us things and manipulate our political behavior.
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Ask Alexa - How fast do lies and bad news travel?
Alexa: Is it true that a lie can travel around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes?
Yes. Bad news travels like wildfire while good news travels slow. That's why you hear that bad news everywhere you go.
Yes. Bad news travels like wildfire while good news travels slow. That's why you hear that bad news everywhere you go.
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Ask Alexa - Can I talk about religion with co-workers and acquaintances?
Alexa: Is it acceptable to talk with co-workers and acquaintances about religious things?
21% of people polled in 2017 by the Barna group said they have never had a religious conversation in the last year while 29% said they had " once or twice" over the course of the year. 29% said they had "several times, 14% reported 10-50 times and 7% reported over 50 times. So the answer is 50/50.
21% of people polled in 2017 by the Barna group said they have never had a religious conversation in the last year while 29% said they had " once or twice" over the course of the year. 29% said they had "several times, 14% reported 10-50 times and 7% reported over 50 times. So the answer is 50/50.
UUAWOL ministries index - U.S. cap on immigrants in 2018-2019
- Cap on refugees to U.S. in 2018 - 2019 = 30,000
- Change on cap from previous year = - 15,000
- Actual number settled so far this year in U.S, = 21, 000 (Fiscal year ends on 09/30/18)
- Previous year when number of refugees settled was so low = 1980
- Number of refugees seeking immigration around the world = up significantly due to war and famine
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