When We Disagreed
Reflections
I’m Saved . . . Right?
Delivered Sunday, July 31, 2016 by Worship Associate Jay Kiskel Poor Jack. That’s not his real name, but names don’t really matter in this instance. I only invite you to join me in the sense of despair I felt for Jack back in the 1960’s. I met Jack in the ninth grade after eight years at
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Dog Days
Dear Friends, This past week, I was asked to officiate the service of an extended family member who had served in the Navy during World War II. The service was held at the Canton National Cemetery, a beautiful place near Lake Allatoona and close to the Appalachian Foothills. It was a blistering hot morning, and
A Not So Peaceful Journey
On this personal spiritual journey I have learned quite a bit about Unitarians and Universalists who have long preceded us. I have learned that their collective journey in the never-ending evolution of our faith tradition has been filled with times of peace and times of challenge.
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Getting to Here
“Are all my Jewish friends going to hell?” I asked my parish priest in Suffern, NY, where I grew up.
The answer to my question really started me on my personal religious journey. When Father Joyce said to me, “No. God is merciful to all who worship and keep faith in the way of their fathers, the way that they are taught,” it opened a whole new horizon to me. It affirmed my belief in an all merciful God, and the teachings of Jesus to love one another as he loved us and as we love ourselves. It also made me start to think about how all religions shared, but did not own, those universal truths.