“So first we have to understand what I mean by ‘life.’ It must not be simply growing old, it must be growing up. And these are two different things.”
Osho, Maturity: The Responsibility of Being Oneself, p.ix
Wednesday, October 17, 2018
UU A Way Of Life Ministries Index - How religious involvement impacts lying in Gen Z
- Percentage of Gen Z who are engaged Christians who say lying is wrong = 77%
- Percentage of Gen Z who identify as cultural Christians who say lying is wrong = 38%
- Percentage of Gen Z who identify as having no faith who say lying is wrong = 20%
Ask Alexa - Do I worry too much?
Yes. Most people do. You must become aware that you are not in control of the universe.
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
When They Call You A Terrorist: A Black Lives Memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors & Ashe Bendele
I am reading When They Call You A Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors & Asha Bendele. It will be discussed this coming Sunday, 10/21/18 at First Universalist Church of Rochester.
It is very moving.
I highly recommend it.
I will be posting some excerpts over the next few weeks.
Join me in the reading and please share your own comments.
"A few years after I complete my degree, Dr. Monique W. Morris published her groundbreaking book, Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools, demonstrating how Black girls are rendered disposable in schools, unwanted, unloved. Twelve percent of us receive at least one suspension during our school careers while our white (girl) counterparts are suspended at a rate of 2 percent. In Wisconsin the rate is actually 21 percent for Black girls but 2 percent for white girls."
Khan-Cullors, Patrisse. When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir (p. 26). St. Martin's Press.
It is very moving.
I highly recommend it.
I will be posting some excerpts over the next few weeks.
Join me in the reading and please share your own comments.
"A few years after I complete my degree, Dr. Monique W. Morris published her groundbreaking book, Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools, demonstrating how Black girls are rendered disposable in schools, unwanted, unloved. Twelve percent of us receive at least one suspension during our school careers while our white (girl) counterparts are suspended at a rate of 2 percent. In Wisconsin the rate is actually 21 percent for Black girls but 2 percent for white girls."
Khan-Cullors, Patrisse. When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir (p. 26). St. Martin's Press.
UUAWOL quote worth noting - Obedience
Obedience” isn’t a word that is readily embraced in Unitarian Universalism, yet this statement invites us to embrace a more powerful, committed practice of our values, knowing that it will lead us into noncompliance during times of great injustice.
Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray
For more click here.
In the end will it all be okay?
Jesus tells us to love our enemies, to do good to those who persecute us.
Gandhi said that "an eye for eye makes us both blind."
The Tao Te Ching says, "Accept disgrace willingly. Accept misfortune as the human condition."
The bumper sticker says, "Shit happens."
Another bumper sticker says, "Mega shit happens."
Living with an ego and a body we are consumed by fears.
Embarking on a spiritual path we leave fear behind as we rise above mundane concerns and focus on the Divine embrace of the Universe.
Unitarian Universalists who commit themselves to the covenant based on the seven principles have recognized a Higher Power of Universal Unconditional Love that whispers to us gently, "It's all okay in the interdependent web of existence of which we are just a small part."
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