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hospitality, justice, mercy, uuism, welcome
Welcome: Gift giving or justice making?
08.02.07 | Permalink | 5 CommentsWhy do we welcome the stranger? Seems to me there are two types of motivations: mercy and justice. Merciful welcomers focus on the giving of gifts. For them, welcome is an expression of the abundance of life. It’s a matter of generosity. They give because they have been given much. At its worst, merciful welcome […]
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hospitality, hypocrisy, uus, welcome
We don’t do that sort of thing here
12.08.05 | Permalink | 14 CommentsPeacebang on Unitarian hypocrisy: We’re just as fallen as any religious movement. We billed ourselves as the saviors, the reformers, the ones who would purify the church, and we failed. We just don’t see it, because the ways we have tunnel vision are so in sync with so much of liberal, secular culture, we have […]
