Maybe because I was born 1954, the same year as Brown v. Board of Education, I have always known that brokenness is not only individual, but also social and collective. I learned that religious community and theology often hold a people struggling with brokenness, suffering, and injustice. Read more »

The early Universalists did believe that every person is redeemable, salvageable, possessed of worth and even dignity, no matter what—but this was less a statement about human nature than about the nature of God, who was Love and nothing else for them, understanding and nothing less for them, forgiveness absolutely, if one would be forgiven. Read more »

How do I stay present when things are breaking or broken? How do I allow things to break when they need to break, and still stay on the side of Life? How do I manage to not numb out or move into denial, without going mad and breaking apart myself, when systems far beyond my ...Read more »

Unitarian Universalists tend to be pretty upbeat about human nature. We remind ourselves of each person’s inherent worth and dignity,and rather than baptizing babies (to cleanse them of original sin), we welcome young ones with rituals that affirm that we’re delighted to have them exactly as they are. Read more »

it is time for meto see the flawsof myself Read more »

“Forgiveness is the name of love practiced among people who love poorly. The hard truth is that all people love poorly.” ―Henri J.M. Nouwen

“Healing yourself is connected with healing others.” —Maya Angelou

“The beginning of atonement is the sense of its necessity. ” —Lord Byron

“Without forgiveness there is no future.”—Desmond Tutu

“Suddenly there is a point when religion becomes laughable. Then you decide that you are nevertheless religious.”—Thomas Merton