Originally posted on Truly Open Minds and Hearts:
By Rev. Kate Braestrup As a rule, my New Year’s resolutions are notable neither for originality nor for their chances of being fulfilled. Year after year, along with so many of my fellow Americans, I resolve to– -surprise!– – exercise and lose weight. Year after year, my…
Category: Religion
Despair, Anger, Hope, and Faith
I despair that Unitarian Universalism seems to have plunged into the same us-and-them-ness as our culture at large
For Me, These Shootings Are Personal
When faced with the unbelievable, like mass killings, we react by not believing the obvious.
How Vietnam Scarred Us
My generation came head-to-head with the draft and the Vietnam war just as we reached the age of questioning and rebellion.
Shahada-Shema
I find the similarities between the Shahada and the Shema…striking in their similarity. Even the words both mean “hear, listen, pay attention.”
My Muse from Gerichsstaal 600
What we need most in the U.S. is truth and reconciliation. Maybe that’s what the Nuremberg trials represented for Jews, incomplete as they were.
Injustice Anywhere…
Oppression and injustice are not competitive sports with winners and losers and a need to take sides.
What It Means to Be Human — Sermon, August 6, 2017
Only beings with stories and myths can weave a cultural tapestry, and it’s through that cultural tapestry that we can bind larger groups together.
My Life
My spiritual life takes two interconnected (aren’t they all?) paths. I’ll discuss the Buddhist one, the Unitarian Universalist one, and how they connect.
The Great Perfection
In each moment, we can use our free will to take a non-dual, compassionate view or submit to the karma that tends to pull us toward self-and-other.
Good Grief
Memoirs by Kate Braestrup and Bryan Stevenson come as close as possible, for us earthlings, to putting religious truths, love and grief into words.
Let’s Dismantle Supremacy
Greed, mismanagement, and cronyism probably existed before the mutation that resulted in white skin.
Melting-Pot Dharma 