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Beginner's Heart
why would you disavow your happy life?
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Britton Gildersleeve
I love my car. And I love the few times I’ve been able to ride in it w/ my BFF. I’ve had it for 10 years this month, and I still love it. Strangers drive up next to me and tell me they love it. (This happened just yesterday, at the intersection of 71st &…
an impersonal universe: when bad things happen to people we love ~
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Britton Gildersleeve
I wish I thought the universe granted personal requests. That what I want matters in the huge scheme of things. If I knew of a sure-fire way to get the universe to pay attention (short of violence, which always triggers a reaction!), I would do the dance, sacrifice the goat (really), burn the incense. Unfortunately,…
how many Unitarians ~
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Britton Gildersleeve
Today a student in one of my classes sent me a Unitarian joke (thanks, Terry!). I’ve heard variations on it before, but this one — the best — struck me as worth sharing. Here it is: How many Unitarian Universalists does it take to change a light bulb? We choose not to make a statement…
the way home ~ faith and the trouble with poets…
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Britton Gildersleeve
I’m an expat brat — raised from the age of 8 overseas. Spending those years when experts say you ‘attach’ to a place somewhere else. Then somewhere after that, and somewhere after that, and somewhere else after that. I can count more than 20 moves that I remember; I’m pretty sure there are more than…
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