Monthly Archives: June 2011
And Let the River Answer: Meditations on Grace
In a moment of self-doubt; in a moment of feeling the weight of burdens too heavy to bear, of feeling overwhelmed by suffering all around her, of feeling ineffective and helpless, Elizabeth Tarbox tells us, “I went again to the … Continue reading
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Tagged believers and unbelievers, beyond, God, grace, Learning to Fall, magical thinking, Philip Simmons, self doubt, Unitarian Universalist
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The Free Pulpit
On Sunday afternoon, March 23rd, 2003, the leadership of this congregation presented me with a “Letter of Call.” A Letter of Call is essentially an employment contract. The members had just voted to call me as UUS:E’s fourth settled minister. They—you—wanted … Continue reading
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Tagged Free pulpit, freedom of speech, minister, Preach, Theodore Parker, Tradition, Truth, Unitarian Universalist, UU, Values
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