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  1. My 8year old did a project about heritage and she drew a coconut tree to show her father’s family is in Miami and “a church sign to show my mom goes to church”. I showed her how to draw a Chalice. #Unitarian

  2. Took my mum up to shady grove Unitarian chapel and cemetery where our ancestor John monks is buried. He donated the land to the church in the 1850s #unitarian #adelaide

  3. Fyi, this is the 78th annual service, an incredible legacy from TBI, First Unitarian Church of Oklahoma City and Mayflower Congregational Church

    #Unitarian #unitarianuniversalism #UCC #Congregational

  4. This morning I'm reminded of this quote from Frances Ellen Watkins Harper in 1866:

    "We are all bound up together in one great bundle of humanity, and society cannot trample on the weakest and feeblest of its members without receiving the curse in its own soul".

    #unitarian #spirituality #humanism #america

  5. Two people now have asked me if I say “beloveds” because of some hot guy on #tiktok

    No, I say “beloveds” because I’m #unitarian you buttholes

  6. These are powerful and wise words for those of us struggling with idealism in this immoral and evil world.

    Learn "How to Have an Enemy".

    Take a few minutes to listen. You won't be sorry.

    #spirituality #faith #religion #humanism #unitarian #universalism

    uuworld.org/articles/2024-skin

  7. Why rejoice in the misfortune of others

    One way to feel my social status improving is if someone else lowers theirs. And so, when I see someone mess up in ways that cause them to lose face, and thus lose social status, I can feel a burst of satisfaction as my own status is raised, at no cost to me.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schadenf

    #joy #resentment #selfEsteem #rivalry #Schadenfreude #humiliation #sociality #normalcy #morals #sociology #philosophy #criticalThinking #psychology #populism #unitarian #unitarianism #communitarianism #farRight #family #patriarchy #tradition #values

  8. A modest proposal about popes...

    So, another pope has died and his ashes will soon be emitted from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel. It is time to select a new pope.

    But the pope has presided over a seemingly endless series of scandals for generations. They keep electing new popes, but the problems never go away. Why can't they solve these problems?

    Looking for commonalities among all the popes of the last century or so, one stood out to me: they're all Catholic!

    Maybe they should try choosing a nice Unitarian, or perhaps a Wiccan? They'd have at least as good a chance of solving the problems as the last umpteen Catholic popes. Maybe even better.

    It's worth a shot.

    (V jbaqre ubj znal ercyl thlf jvyy rnearfgyl rkcynva gb zr jul gur cbcr zhfg or Pngubyvp.)

    #pope #selection #conclave #Swift #JonathanSwift #AModestProposal #catholic #wiccan #unitarian #cardinal

  9. Trans Day of Visibility is today. Love and support from my UU church yesterday, where all are welcome, and visible as their full selves. uua.org/lgbtq #trans #transgender #uu #unitarian #UnitarianUniversalism

  10. One thing about volunteering in a #Unitarian #Universalist church community is that you realize that you can’t cite your ancient age of 53 years old as an excuse for not helping out more— not when there are people 20 years older than you that are lapping you, volunteering-wise.

    (Inspired by @synkr3tyk ‘s post about stamina…)

  11. I taught Sunday School at the church where Barak's grandmother also taught Sunday School.

    #UU #Unitarian

  12. CW: Christianity and economics

    A great shock to most who think they know the words of the “Our Father” also known as “The Lord’s Prayer” — take a shufty at this article.

    “Conventions of translation and habits of thought are chiefly to blame — we fail to notice that a very great many of Jesus’ teachings concern debtors and creditors, the legal coercion of the former by the latter, the need for debt relief, and the inferred imperative to return to Mosaic law with its recognition of the fundamental indecency of using interest to enslave the needy.”

    “The prayer Jesus taught was originally, and remains, a prayer for the poor—a prayer, that is, for the poor alone to pray.”

    churchlifejournal.nd.edu/artic

    #Unitarian
    #Christianity
    #RingwoodUnitarians
    #faith
    #justice
    #economics
    #creditcarddebt

  13. "We kindle this chalice flame because there is darkness
    In our world, the shadows of injustice, oppression, hunger, and pain fill too many lives with gloom
    We light this small flame
    Not because it will vanquish all darkness
    But because it is a start
    Because rather than condemn the dark
    We have chosen to bring light"

    Courtesy of Newington Green & Islington Unitarians, on behalf of we Unitarian Universalists everywhere.

    #Unitarian
    #universalis
    #faith
    #hope
    #darkness
    #light
    #religion

  14. #Abolitionism
    #ThomasWentworthHigginson (December 22, 1823 – May 9, 1911) was an American #Unitarian #minister, author, #abolitionist, #politician, and #soldier. He was active in the @American Abolitionism movement during the 1840s and 1850s, identifying himself with #disunion and #militant abolitionism. He was a member of the #SecretSix who supported #JohnBrown. During the #CivilWar, he served as colonel of the #1stSouthCarolinaVolunteers, the first federally authorized #blackregiment, from 1862 to 1864.[1] Following the war, he wrote about his experiences with African American soldiers and devoted much of the rest of his life to fighting for the rights of freed people, women, and other disfranchised peoples.
    #BlackHeritageMonth #BLM #BlackLivesMatter

  15. #December 2, 1808
    #OTD John Lewis Russell, American #Unitarian #Minister & Botanist

    In 1874, Edmund Willson wrote,

    "Wherever this man went to fill a #Pulpit, lovers of #Nature gravitated to him. [They went along] to the #Fields, steep #Hills, and miry #Swamps.

    His #Animated talk & kindling eyes as he described the #Graces of #Ferns and the #Glories of #Grasses & #Lichens quickened their #Love of #Beauty.

    He had an ear for the #Mysteries of the #Sea, #Forests, [and] #Moss-coated #Rocks."