Sunday surprise sermon, superb
[ by Charles Cameron — encapsulating a Unitarian Universalist perspective from DC in five tweets ]
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Unitarian Universalist Coming of Age Sunday is a rare thing: an annual ritual dedicated to comfort in uncertainty. Thanks, @AllSoulsUUDC
— Kelsey D. Atherton (@AthertonKD) May 1, 2016
"@AllSoulsUUDC challenges us to remember that the divine spark dwells within our opponents also" -Maya Woods-Anderson, coming of age service
— Kelsey D. Atherton (@AthertonKD) May 1, 2016
The full context: said by a young woman of color, speaking specifically of the trial for Michael Brown's killer https://t.co/NNhFkUFsts
— Kelsey D. Atherton (@AthertonKD) May 1, 2016
Voice trembling with fear & despair at officers never indicted, & the continued injustice, still driven to acknowledge that divine spark.
— Kelsey D. Atherton (@AthertonKD) May 1, 2016
There were many short sermons today, full of authenticity. This one, a three-minute credo, will stick with me for years, likely decades.
— Kelsey D. Atherton (@AthertonKD) May 1, 2016
With gratitude to Kelsey D Atherton.
Scott:
May 1st, 2016 at 9:53 pm
I’m confused. If the shooting was justified, then why use the term killer and indicted, and “continued injustice”. Seems like inflammatory rhetoric to me.
Charles Cameron:
May 2nd, 2016 at 2:48 am
From my POV, it’s the proposition that we are challenged “to remember that the divine spark dwells within our opponents also” that’s inpressive — and indeed, makes such an impression that KD writes that it “will stick with me for years, likely decades”.
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It reminds me of expressed by both Bishop Angeelos and the young girl in my post Some recent words from the Forgiveness Chronicles.