This was in 1993. At the time, I had a picture of Harriet Tubman on the wall behind my computer screen. Her courage and tenacity spoke to me as I was becoming visible in ways I had never dared before, inspired to free my own people. Read more »

How do souls get healed? Well, there are plenty of different answers for that one. Some Christians would say that the way to heal souls is simply to accept that Jesus has saved you. But UUs tend to expect that each of us is more involved in our own healing, and in the healing of ...Read more »

How shall we mend you, sweet Soul? What shall we use, and how is it in the first place you’ve come to be torn? Come sit. Come tell me. We will find a way to mend you. 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