September 2012
“The beginning of atonement is the sense of its necessity. ” —Lord Byron
Articles
Rev. Marti KellerIf we hadn’t learned it already from reading the Ecclesiastes section of the Hebrew Bible (what Christians call the Old Testament), many of us absorbed this piece of scripture through a musical rendition by Pete Seeger or The Byrds.
Read more » Rev. Joshua Mason Pawelek“Who will journey to the place we require of humans?” asks the poet, Sonia Sanchez. This question from her poem “Aaaayeee Babo (Praise God)” has become scripture to me in recent months.
Read more » Contributing WriterThere is a profound ground of unity that is more pertinent and authentic than all the unilateral dimensions of our lives.
Read more » Contributing WriterI’m not interested in who suffered the most. I’m interested in people getting over it.
Read more » Rev. Meg RileyWhat, I ask myself, does it take to live in at-one-ment? I can imagine the road I need to travel from where I am now to a place of living in at-one-ment with myself, with my friends and family, with my neighbors, with the world…
Read more » Rev. Dr. Lynn UngarYom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, many be the source of one of the most…um…surprising religious traditions I know of. Surprising, as in a nice way of saying downright strange.
Read more » Rev. Alla Renee BozarthSpeak out the paralyzing secret and begin to come back to yourself.
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