17th Century Japanese poet and Samurai Mizuta Masahide gifted us this beautiful paradox, “My barn having burned down. I can now see the moon.” Do you have a sense of what “faith” is in your life? Can you imagine possibilities beyond your own definition, opportunities that pull us all together into potential larger and more … Continue reading How Do We Envision Our “Faith”?
Vietnamese Buddhist monk and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh calls us to important and perhaps uncomfortable insight: “When you look deeply into your anger, you will see that the person you call your enemy is also suffering. As soon as you see that, the capacity of accepting and having compassion for them is there.” Today … Continue reading Vision for Peace
American philosopher and self-help guru Wayne Dyer claims, “If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” What might this mean for us on a Sunday morning, worshiping in the context of Unitarian Universalism? What might this mean on any given day, meeting the needs of our larger community … Continue reading Seeing Our Service
