8th Principle of Unitarian Universalism
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Which Wolf Will Win?
Part 1 Where do we come from What are we Where are we going? Where do we come from What are we Where are we going? Robin Wall Kimmerer, in her book Braiding Sweetgrass, brings us into indigenous wisdom teachings. It must feel so bittersweet to her, to usher her fellow Americans into this traditional…
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How to Be More Non-Judgmental
Today we are exploring judgmentalism and what can be done about it. Judgmentalism, as in: This must be distinguished from discernment, which enables us to be fair and reasonable in distinguishing between what is genuinely medicine and what is genuinely poison, what is truly helpful and what is truly harmful, who is honestly a friend…
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One Nation Under the Gun
8th Principle of Unitarian Universalism, Adam Winkler, Big Lie, Brandolini's Law, Doug Muder, Elliott Ackerman, good guys vs. bad guys, gun control, gun ownership, gun violence, Heather Cox Richardson, Joseph M. Pierre, mass shootings, Mike DeWine, Movement Conservatism, NRA, Second Amendment, The Psychology of Guns, Thomas Fuller, thoughts and prayers, Uvalde Texas
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. For me, every day of school used to start with the ritual of saying these words, hand on heart. Except today, I would replace…
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Liberation from Body Shame
In her poem “homage to my hips,” Lucille Clifton says: these hips are big hips they need space to move around in. they don’t fit into little petty places. these hips are free hips. they don’t like to be held back. these hips have never been enslaved, they go where they want to go they…
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