"Love one another. Reject what is evil and hold on to what is good. Your love will be recognized by the sincere respect you show one another."
— Romans 12:9 (via revnaomiking)
by Patricia Montley
A friend of mine wrote this, which I think is a lovely piece, for UU World Magazine.
“Feeling Good” was the first Nina Simone song I heard.
I was 31, recently divorced, and I needed to find her. Her recordings became a frequent companion. Nina Simone gave me the sound of her soul — as an activist, as a woman want of love, full of wit, and hardened by pain. She deserves to be celebrated.
Joyeux anniversaire Mme. Simone!
~Stefni Bell, coordinating producer
There were a lot of things I encountered in my youth that were 110% about god even when they weren’t about god at all and this was one of them.
Chiune Sugihara. This man saved 6000 Jews. He was a Japanese diplomat in Lithuania. When the Nazis began rounding up Jews, Sugihara risked his life to start issuing unlawful travel visas to Jews. He hand-wrote them 18 hrs a day. The day his consulate closed and he had to evacuate, witnesses claim he was STILL writing visas and throwing from the train as he pulled away. He saved 6000 lives. The world didn’t know what he’d done until Israel honored him in 1985, the year before he died.
The awesome things I learn on tumblr
Reblogging because more people should know Mr. Sugihara’s name. I learned about him in Sunday School, but he doesn’t get nearly the name recognition Schindler does. Which is a schande, frankly—and I’m certain race has a lot to do with it.
“Whoever destroys a soul, it is considered as if he destroyed an entire world. And whoever saves a life, it is considered as if he saved an entire world.” —Sanhedrin 37a
I salute you, sir. Thank you.
(via notemily)
"If you light a lantern for another, it will also brighten your own way."
— Nichiren (via revnaomiking)
A New Serenity Prayer (From the dotMagis Blog)
A New Serenity PrayerGod, grant me the serenity
to accept the people I cannot change,
which is pretty much everyone,
since I’m clearly not you, God.
At least not the last time I checked.And while you’re at it, God,
please give me the courage
to change what I need to change about myself,
which is frankly a lot, since, once again,
I’m not you, which means I’m not perfect.
It’s better for me to focus on changing myself
than to worry about changing other people,
who, as you’ll no doubt remember me saying,
I can’t change anyway.Finally, give me the wisdom to just shut up
whenever I think that I’m clearly smarter
than everyone else in the room,
that no one knows what they’re talking about except me,
or that I alone have all the answers.Basically, God,
grant me the wisdom
to remember that I’m
not you.Amen
