From Your Minister
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Who are the most vulnerable people you know—both individually and because they hold identities which are marginalized and dismissed by powers and principalities? Read more →
REsources for Living
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What do you choose to do even though it makes you feel vulnerable? Do you speak up in class or in a meeting? How about if you’re not entirely sure you have the right answer? Read more →
Did You Know?
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…that we are looking for UUs to join our Prisoner Pen Pal program? Read more →
Inhabiting Vulnerability
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Vulnerability is not a weakness, a passing indisposition, or something we can arrange to do without; vulnerability is not a choice. Read more →
Riding the Waves
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Ten adults face a layoff, a messy divorce, a big mistake, serious health problems, etc. You know, all the stuff of life that launches any of us into unwelcome, uncomfortable, inevitable change. Read more →
A Community of Support
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One of the elements that creates resilience in our lives is knowing that we can count on a community that will both support us throughout our spiritual journey and call us toward a vision of who we can become. Read more →
Resilience as a Spiritual Strength
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One thing I’ve learned about the word “resilience” is that it initially came from the field of metallurgy, describing how certain metals when heated will lose their shape, but when cooled can amazingly recover their original form, resiliently. Read more →
Stronger in the Broken Places
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A famous rabbi once said the truth will set you free. Trouble is, the truth is truth, whether we like it or not. The truth is that we will all break in this life. That’s how we learn to recover. Read more →
Observations at Southwest Atlanta Nature Preserves
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Stunning in their endurance,
despite chain saws and sewage spills,
mounds of old tires, garbage, plastic bottles that blanket creek banks; Read more →
From Your Minister
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Times that are hard require more spiritual practice for me. This past year, I’ve been hard at work strengthening my spiritual systems to create more resilience. For me, stronger resilience requires building flexibility, love, agility, and willingness. Read more →
