156: Black Lives of UU
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The Black Lives of UU regulars join the VUU. The VUU is hosted by Meg Riley, Joanna Fontaine Crawford, Aisha Hauser, Hank Peirce, Alicia Forde, and Slim Moon. The VUU airs Thursdays at 11 am ET. This episode first aired on October 20, 2016.
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155: Indigenous People’s Day and the Dakota Pipeline Protests
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Hear from UUs who went to North Dakota in solidarity with the Protectors to help stop the Dakota Access Pipeline. Scheduled guests are Carlo Voli, Florence Caplow, Alyzza May, Karen van Fossan.
The VUU is hosted by Michael Tino, Joanna Fontaine Crawford, Aisha Hauser, Hank Peirce, Alicia Forde, and Slim Moon. Meg Riley is on sabbatical. The VUU airs Thursdays at 11 am ET. This episode first aired on October 13, 2016.
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154: Clergy Misconduct in Unitarian Universalism
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The VUU speaks to Deborah Pope-Lance about clergy misconduct, which was the topic of her Berry Street Lecture in 2011. The VUU is hosted by Michael Tino, Joanna Fontaine Crawford, Aisha Hauser, Hank Peirce, Alicia Forde, and Slim Moon. Meg Riley is on sabbatical. The VUU airs Thursdays at 11 am ET. This episode first aired on September 29, 2016.
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We Belong to Each Other
The song “From You I Receive, To You I Give” is a beautiful articulation of how we serve one another in community. You can learn this song together as a family and sing it at bedtime, as a meal blessing, or any time you want to celebrate belonging together as a family.
Lyrics: 
From you I receive, to you I give.
Together, we share and from this, we live.
(To lead this song as a round, have the second group enter when the first group completes the line “From you I receive… “)
Listen as Rev. Lynn Ungar sings this song, and then join in!
(Words and music by Joseph and Nathan Segal)
In the Circle of Love
The poet Edwin Markham, who was born in 1852, and became the poet laureate of Oregon from 1923-1931, was invited to read his poem “Lincoln, Man of the People” at the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in 1922.
But UUs most often remember him for a tiny little poem that expresses his Universalist beliefs in love that is big enough to include everyone—and offers a radical understanding of belonging. The poem, called “Outwitted,” says:
He drew a circle that shut me out—
Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
But Love and I had the wit to win:
We drew a circle that took him in!
Think about what the poem says: He wanted to shut me out and say that I didn’t belong. He said that my beliefs made me someone who had to be pushed away. But because I live from a place of love, I did something very clever and sneaky—I found a way to include and welcome him, even when he wasn’t willing to include or welcome me.
That’s Universalism—love big enough to offer belonging to every human soul. Not because everyone is like us or even necessarily likeable, but because Love is big enough to include everyone.
You Belong Here
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If you are reading this, you belong here!!! Did you know you can belong at the CLF as a member and also be a member at a bricks and mortar congregation? Read more →
Did You Know?
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…that you can expand your sense of belonging to the CLF through connecting with other CLFers in conversation on Facebook? Read more →
Belonging
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When I was released from prison the first time, I had been away from society and my family for ten years. Read more →
Belonging
October 2016
Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition. —James Baldwin
Articles
You Belong Here
If you are reading this, you belong here!!! Did you know you can belong at the CLF as a member and also be a member at a bricks and mortar congregation? Read more »
Why Belong?
I wanted to start this sermon by saying I am no good at joining, by proclaiming, I don’t follow the crowd! I am an individual! Read more »
My Tribe
When I say I have found my tribe what I mean is that I have found a community of people I enjoy sharing Earth with. Read more »
A Letter to a Cousin
I had a bit of an epiphany the other day. Let me ask you a question. Read more »
REsources for Living
There are certain Big Questions that all of us deal with across the span of our lives. The answers may very well change over time, but our spiritual journeys are built around how we answer those questions. Read more »
Did You Know?
…that you can expand your sense of belonging to the CLF through connecting with other CLFers in conversation on Facebook? Read more »
Belonging
When I was released from prison the first time, I had been away from society and my family for ten years. Read more »
Belonging
“Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition.” —James Baldwin Read more »
