I used to consider myself both a Buddhist and a Unitarian Universalist, but my Buddhism teaches me that no one benefits from harm to another. I don’t benefit from racism.
Author: melhpine
I’ve been called a religious omnivore, but I call myself a Jewish Buddhist Unitarian Universalist Contrarian — Jewish by birth and early culture, Buddhist by calling, Unitarian Universalist by spiritual community, and Contrarian by temperament. I am a lay preacher in UU churches, a leader of Buddhist meditation groups, and a storyteller my Jewish ancestors would be proud of. The more I write, the more I feel that my mission is to help the many who seek spiritual wholeness but don’t feel at home with an imposed dogma. So expect an eclectic mix from my blog that I hope you will find interesting and helpful on whatever path you are taking. May the words I need to say be those you need to hear.
Hoping for Clarification
Originally posted on Jim Aikin's Oblong Blob:
As I noted last month, the Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association (UUMA) has issued an official letter of…
A Perspective Based on 22 Years of Marginalization
“The lessons I learned from my marginalization and how I was able to escape it are very different from what many well-meaning liberal birthright white Americans, who have never experienced marginalization themselves, think we should be doing.”
The Righteous and the Woke – Why Evangelicals and Social Justice Warriors Trigger Me in the Same Way; Re-Blog
Originally posted on AwayPoint:
I was Born Again until nearly the end of graduate school, a sincere Evangelical who went to church on Sunday and…
America’s Aspirational Greatness
By Mel Harkrader Pine I distinguish between two types of American exceptionalism: accomplished exceptionalism, which is self-celebratory, complacent, and un-critical, and aspirational exceptionalism, which is
Sam Cooke, Change, and Better Angels
Our vision of patriotism is tied to our commitment to the well-being of one another, and a recognition of the fact that each American story is a part of the larger American story – and thus a part of our own.
