This summer I met a family who was struggling with their child’s announcement that the child no longer wanted to be called a boy. Mom shared that she had always wondered if her young son was gay and had come to the conclusion that she loved her son and wanted the best for him. This […]
Universal Love
“Love all God’s creation, the whole of it and every grain of sand. Love every leaf, every ray of God’s light! Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things. And once you have perceived it, you will begin to comprehend it ceaselessly, more […]
Universal Love: A Conversion Experience
In his December post in Quest for Meaning, the publication of the Church of the Larger Fellowship, a UU Congregation Without Walls, Prof. Mark Morrison-Reed writes about a conversion experience of his own: “Listening to Gordon McKeeman talking about the ‘Persistence of Universalism’ I got it. This was a religion of radical and overpowering love. Universal […]