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reconciliation, ubuntu
Seven attitudes that prevent ubuntu (part 6 in ubuntu series)
11.01.06 | Permalink | Comments Off on Seven attitudes that prevent ubuntu (part 6 in ubuntu series)Still drawing from Schreiter’s book on Reconciliation, here are seven ways of looking at folks that prevent reconciliation and ubuntu. 1. Demonizing. The other guy is powerful and dangerous, and he should be eliminated ASAP. 2. Romanticizing. The other guy is “god’s special little angel,” much better than you and I, and probably born that […]
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conflict, conflict-mediation, forgiveness, reconciliation, retribution, ubuntu, violence
Three things reconciliation ain’t (part five in ubuntu series)
10.30.06 | Permalink | 3 CommentsSo if the best way to practice ubuntu is any way that works, then why aren’t we practicing ubuntu better? Violence and conflict—and the memory of violence and conflict—stand in the way. The only way around them to ubuntu is reconciliation. Reconciliation is damn hard. Last night I took some time to thumb through an […]
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expedient-means, reconciliation, ubuntu, upaya
Any way we can (part four in ubuntu series)
10.27.06 | Permalink | 2 CommentsSo if ubuntu is so damn important—maybe even all we really need—how do we do it? Short answer: any way we can. Buddhism has a nice concept called “upaya.” Upaya is the idea that, when crossing the river to enlightenment, any water-worthy thing that gets you across will do. Bass boat, yacht, driftwood—it’s all good. […]
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aliens, buddhism, damascus, franklin-graham, god, richard-dawkins, terry-eagleton, ubuntu, unitarian-universalism, UU
Scribe Jamboree: 10/27/206
10.27.06 | Permalink | Comments Off on Scribe Jamboree: 10/27/206The Daily Scribe lived. The Daily Scribe died. The Daily Scribe lives again. Buddhism on god. (Unknowing Mind) Religion for Rent: Atheism. (Panthea) Uber-philosopher Terry Eagleton takes on Richard “asshat” Dawkins. (perigrinatio) Nathan Colquhoun looks for space for his church start. A purple space alien takes the podium from Donald Rumsfeld to give a shout […]
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providence, ubuntu, unitarian, universalist, UU
We already have what we need (Part three in ubuntu series)
10.15.06 | Permalink | 8 CommentsEarlier I said ubuntu is all we need. Now I want to push further. If Unitarian Universalism has a Good News, it is this: we already have what we need to practice ubuntu, and to practice it more fully. There is nothing missing that prevents us from realizing a fuller expression of ubuntu. If there […]
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community, happiness, ubuntu
How to build ubuntu
The Journey has it nailed: “. . .aiming for community is a bit like aiming for happiness. It’s not a goal in itself. We find happiness as an incidental by-product of pursuing love, justice, hospitality, and generosity. When you aim at happiness, you are bound to miss it. Likewise with community. It’s not our goal. […]
