Worship Resources
September 20, 2020
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Resources
Percy Wakes Me by Mary Oliver
On Being Podcast: Sharon Brous – Days of Awe
One Being Podcast: Rachel Naomi Remen – The Difference Between Fixing and Healing
Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front By Wendell Berry
Quotes
“When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you
don’t blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not
doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or
less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have
problems with our friends or family, we blame the other
person. But if we know how to take care of them, they will
grow well, like the lettuce. Blaming has no positive
effect at all, nor does trying to persuade using reason
and argument. That is my experience. No blame, no
reasoning, no argument, just understanding. If you
understand, and you show that you understand, you can
love, and the situation will change” – Thich Nhat Hanh
“The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either — but right through every human heart — and through all human hearts. … And even within hearts overwhelmed by evil, one small bridgehead of good is retained.” – Alexander Solzhenitsyn
September 13, 2020
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Quotes
“To be a people of renewal is to ask not simply, “How do I refresh?” but also “How do I return?” The challenge of life is not just about moving forward but moving forward without losing touch with all we hold dear.” – Rev. Scott Tayler
“Just as grief work is a process by which bereaved persons unblock their numbed energies by acknowledging and grieving the loss of a loved one, so do we all need to unblock our feelings of despair about our threatened planet and the possible demise of our species. Until we do, our power of creative response will be crippled.” – Joanna Macy
“When the crowded Vietnamese refugee boats met with storms or pirates, if everyone panicked all would be lost. But if even one person on the boat remained calm and centered, it was enough. It showed the way for everyone to survive.” – Thich Nhat Hahn
Other Resources
“The Book of Awakening” by Mark Nepo
“Wild Geese” by Mary Oliver
Unlocking Us Podcast – episodes on March 19 and September 2
September 6, 2020
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Other Resources
To Be Of Use – Marge Piercy https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57673/to-be-of-use
August 30, 2020
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Here We Are – https://www.amazon.com/Here-We-Are-Living-Planet/dp/0399167897
Other Resources
The Peace of Wild Things –https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/peace-wild-things-0/
August 23, 2020
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After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again) – https://www.amazon.com/After-Fall-Humpty-Dumpty-Again/dp/1626726825
Quotes
Kamala Harris – “The constant chaos leaves us adrift. The incompetence makes us feel afraid. The callousness makes us feel alone.”
Pablo Casals – “Throughout my career, nervousness and stage-fright have never left me before playing. And each of the thousands of concerts I have played at, I feel as bad as I did the very first time.”
And still, he kept on. Even when he was 90 years old, Casals practiced for four or five hours every day. Someone asked him why at his age, he still worked so hard on the music, and he responded, “Because I think I am making some progress.“
Pema Chodron – “Finding the courage to go to the places that scare us cannot happen without compassionate inquiry into the workings of ego… Openness doesn’t come from resisting our fears but from getting to know them well.”
August 16, 2020
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AntiRacist Baby – https://www.amazon.com/AntiRacist-Baby-Ibram-X-Kendi/dp/0593110412
August 9, 2020
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Whimsey’s Heavy Things – https://www.amazon.com/Whimsys-Heavy-Things-Julie-Kraulis/dp/1770494030
Quotes
Muriel Rukeyser – “The universe is made of stories, not atoms.”
Father Richard Rohr – “Pain that is not transformed is transmitted.”
Rachel Naomi Remen – “Wounding and healing are not opposites. They’re part of the same thing. It is our wounds that enable us to be compassionate with the wounds of others. It is our limitations that make us kind to the limitations of other people. It is our loneliness that helps us to to find other people or to even know they’re alone with an illness. I think I have served people perfectly with parts of myself I used to be ashamed of. ”
August 2, 2020
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The Youngest Marcher – https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Youngest-Marcher/Cynthia-Levinson/9781481400701
Readings/Other Resources
Dr King’s Ware Lecture – https://www.uua.org/ga/past/1966/ware
Dr. King’s Letter from the Birmingham Jail – https://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html
Rep. John Lewis on good trouble – https://time.com/5087349/why-getting-into-trouble-is-necessary-to-make-change/
Member Reading List from July 19 Slideshow
The Reader
The Help
Becoming
So you want to talk about race
Brilliant Beacons
White Kids
The House of the Gerulean Sea
Finding Meaning
White Fragility
Deacon King Kong
A New Earth
Say Something!
Kept Animals
Conflict Resolutions for Holy Beings
Pale Rider
Down the Great Unknown
Ghosthunters and the Incredibly Revolting Ghost
Between the World and Me
What is Owed
The Warmth of Other Suns
My Grandmother’s Hands
A Thousand Mornings
A Death at Tollgate Creak
A Woman of No Importance
The Club
Inheritance
Maniac Magee
Two Old Women
Normal People
Beguiled
The Eyes of Gray Wolf
Stamped from the Beginning
Billionaire’s Vinegar
America’s First Daughter
Les Miserable
The Testament
Puppy Bible
Braiding Sweetgrass
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
notes from a small island
Bridging Worlds
Miles from Nowhere
Strength in the Storm
The Uninhabitable Earth
The Institute
The Stone Sky
Devils Tower-Stories in Stone
Go Dog Go!
Good Time Girls
Little Weirds
Prayer to the Universe
Americanah
The Art of Living
The New Class War
The Black House
Antiracist Baby
The Way of Gratitude
American Harvest
How Long ’til Black Future Month?
En el tiempo de las mariposas
Best American Science Fiction Fantasy 2019
Everything Here Is Beautiful