Crystal Clear UU Sunday
With recent comments and questions about UU principles,
I decided to
start taking, at least for this Sunday, time to write about some
personal reflections about UU Principles & Purposes...I think you
will find at least in my experience of UUs, I am among a smaller part
that is more conservative politically and socially than the rest. I am
Pro-life and voted for President Bush although I loath his plans
regarding a guest worker plan and have very strong feelings, thoughts,
and experiences regarding illegal aliens.
I lovingly joke about my Ventura UU congregation that you can't trip without falling into a therapist. Therapists and social workers tend to be I think most would agree a more liberal group of people and so it seems people (not just tp) are somewhat curious on how a therapist and a UU....are quite Conservative politically and socially... Thus arrives a series (I hope and plan for if there is interest) of posts that might even entice more conservatives who aren't completely comfortable with Christainity to explore UU...or just to share some grist for the mill ...or for my own spiritual practice...
We, the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association, covenant to affirm and promote:
The inherent worth and dignity of every person;
I remember reading all of the tenets of UU and thinking YES! Yes I do, I want to publicly agree to this covenant as well as affirm and promote these principles. I was so excited to find an "organized" religion that I could embrace and feel a true relationship with in calling myself a member. After years of feeling "left out", because I didn't accept Jesus Christ as my savior, I was finally appreciated in a place where I could explore my beliefs. I could reconcile as well as affirm the faith I held in my heart and person. I began at this point to really wonderfully and with great relief and peace begin to for the first time in my adult life feel congruent with attending church and want to refer to God. I still believe I would be a different and better person if I had known of UU earlier in my life.
How though could I and how did I and do I find myself affirming and promoting people like Hitler, Timothy McVeigh, and Osama Bin Laden as well as Mother Theresa, Jesus, and Gandhi?
