From Your Minister
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Years ago, I directed the UUA’s Washington Office. It was a challenging time in U.S. history, marked by the passage of the civil-rights-denying Patriot Act, pompous patriotic righteousness about the need to attack Iraq, support for fundamentalist Christian-style “family values,” and endless attacks on vulnerable communities. Read more →
REsources for Living
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A few years ago, various members of the CLF staff were talking about taking a social media Sabbath for one day a week, and shared things like the graphics they would post to Facebook letting people know that they were unavailable for the day. Read more →
Did You Know?
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You can listen to audio recordings of Quest Monthly, read back issues or get electronic versions of the text to share with friends (and much more) at questformeaning.org Read more →
Adjacent to Eternity
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[One] who wants to enter the holiness of the day must first lay down the profanity of clattering commerce, of being yoked to toil. Read more →
Beauty as Well as Bread
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For many years, I spent most Monday evenings in the basement of All Souls Church in New York City, where their fellowship hall, nicknamed “Friendship Hall,” was transformed into a dining room for over 300 guests. Read more →
Loving Ugly
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Have you ever been worshipped? I’m not talking about the “bring offerings to an altar built in your name” kind of worship—although if you do happen to have offerings of chocolate, I’m open. Read more →
Inner Beauty
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I entered prison in 1989 and did not care about beauty. I hadn’t for many years. I did not seek it, didn’t even pay attention to it. Read more →
Do You Find Beauty
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Do you find beauty—even inspiration—in the words that you find in Quest each month? Read more →
From Your Minister
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When my child Jie was 4, we were waiting in line at the post office behind a very dark-skinned man who wore a kufi cap, tunic and pants of a colorful African fabric featuring oranges, yellows and reds. My child looked up at him in wonder. “You’re beautiful!” Jie declared. Read more →
REsources for Living
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The saying goes that “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” What is beautiful to one person might very well do nothing for another. Read more →
