Category Archives: God

Life After Prop 8

Posted on November 10, 2008 by revrose

What can I say?  What a bummer it was to wake up to the glory of Barack Obama’s election as President of the United States, and then to know that Proposition 8, banning same-sex marriage, won in California.  Talk about … Continue reading →

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Fresh Air

Posted on March 20, 2008 by revrose

For some time, I have taken it as an article of faith that Barack Obama should be the next President of the United States; I felt that way from the moment I heard him speak at the Democratic National Convention … Continue reading →

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Plantation Politics, Part Two

Posted on March 13, 2008 by revrose

As a Unitarian Universalist, I am obliged by covenant to affirm the inherent worth and dignity of every person. As a minister within this free religious tradition, I have a special obligation to attend to these affirmations. But I have … Continue reading →

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Testimony

Posted on February 9, 2008 by revrose

A. is a big man; tall, stocky, full of presence. He is a professor of literature in Congo-Brazzeville, and he is one of us now. Last night, he told the story of how he found our faith. His brother, it … Continue reading →

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Ways of Worship

Posted on February 9, 2008 by revrose

The hymn sandwich is dead; long live worship among our brothers and sisters in East Africa! After a great presentation about worship by our UK colleague David Usher, we had a wonderful opportunity today to hear about how the differing … Continue reading →

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A Pentecost Moment

Posted on February 9, 2008 by revrose

At the end of a lovely session on worship, led by my colleague from the United Kingdom, David Usher, he said these words about Unitarian/Universalists: “We don’t speak in unison, but in harmony.” Then he asked us each to say … Continue reading →

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