Dontê Hilliard led a marvelous worship service at CLF this weekend whose message was this: If you being your full, authentic self “disturbs the peace,” the peace was an illusion all along.
How have you learned to claim and be your full, authentic self?
“The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life.” -Jane Addams
How can we secure some good for others today?
It is hard to think about what a peaceful relationship means when mutual respect is absent.
How have you established mutual respect in a difficult situation?
“Justice and peace can only thrive together, never apart.” -Oscar Arias Sánchez
How have you experienced people attempting to separate justice and peace?
“Kindness is sometimes uncomfortable, because it requires us to not stay comfortable…. Kindness doesn’t sit still.” -Kimberley Debus, from a UUWorld Article entitled Kindness over Niceness
When have you made yourself uncomfortable in service to a larger good?
