tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post5043517977830888828..comments2023-10-24T05:49:04.269-04:00Comments on The Chaliceblog: A really amazing prayerChalicechickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07781469958573869914noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-42508661526349535622007-06-30T15:14:00.000-04:002007-06-30T15:14:00.000-04:00Well this U*U prayer serves to illustrate what Rev...Well this U*U prayer serves to illustrate what Rev. Joseph Santos-Lyons aka Radical Hapa <A HREF="http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/118248453144390.xml&coll=7" REL="nofollow">recently said</A> about "liberals" (insert U*Us here. . .) -<BR/><BR/>"A habit of liberals is to want to fix everything on the outside," says Santos-Lyons, 34. "But we don't turn inward and fix ourselves."<BR/><BR/>Allow me to underline this regrettable fact in my usual manner of inserting appropriate links into this U*U prayer that is clearly directed outside of the U*U community, and fails to turn inwards and fix U*Uism. . .<BR/><BR/> <BR/>We have <A HREF="http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=%22Robin+Edgar%22+and+a+Unitarian+war.+.+.&btnG=Google+Search&meta=" REL="nofollow">known war</A>, and <A HREF="http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=Unitarians+had+%22Robin+Edgar%22+arrested+%22once+again%22.+.+.&meta=" REL="nofollow">once again</A>, there are <A HREF="http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=%22Robin+Edgar%22+and+Unitarian+%22legal+action%22.+.+.&btnG=Search&meta=" REL="nofollow">rumors of wars</A>.<BR/>And so we come this morning<BR/>to lay this burden on the altar of prayer.<BR/><BR/>We know that <A HREF="http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22Robin%20Edgar%22%20was%20assaulted%20by%20Unitarians.%20.%20.&qt_s=Search&sa=N&tab=gw" REL="nofollow">violence</A> cannot sustain us …<BR/>And so we seek a new way:<BR/>a way that leads to peace …<BR/>a way that leads to the promise of<BR/><A HREF="http://groups.google.ca/groups?hl=en&q=%22Robin%20Edgar%22%20and%20Unitarian%20freedom.%20.%20.&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&um=1&sa=N&tab=wg" REL="nofollow">freedom</A>, <A HREF="http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=%22Robin+Edgar%22+and+Unitarian+justice.+.+.&btnG=Search&meta=" REL="nofollow">justice</A>, and <A HREF="http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22Robin%20Edgar%22%20and%20Unitarian%20security.%20.%20.&sa=N&tab=gw" REL="nofollow">security</A><BR/>for all the peoples of the Earth.<BR/><BR/>Oh Thou who gives us perfect freedom to find the ways of <A HREF="http://groups.google.ca/groups?hl=en&q=%22Robin%20Edgar%22%20and%20the%20truth%20about%20Unitarians.%20.%20.&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&um=1&sa=N&tab=wg" REL="nofollow">truth</A>:<BR/><BR/>We know that <A HREF="http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22Robin%20Edgar%22%20and%20Unitarian%20democracy.%20.%20.&sa=N&tab=gw" REL="nofollow">democracy</A> is a fragile thing that needs to be <A HREF="http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=%22Robin+Edgar%22+guards+democracy.+.+.&meta=" REL="nofollow">guarded</A>;<BR/>And some of us see <A HREF="http://groups.google.ca/groups?hl=en&q=%22Robin%20Edgar%22%20and%20the%20U*U%20World.%20.%20.&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&um=1&sa=N&tab=wg" REL="nofollow">our nation</A> taking a <A HREF="http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22Robin%20Edgar%22%20and%20backward%20Unitarian%20steps.%20.%20.&sa=N&tab=gw" REL="nofollow">backward step</A> — <A HREF="http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=%22Robin+Edgar%22+and+Unitarian+ostrichization.+.+.&meta=" REL="nofollow">isolating and insulating</A> itself from the world.<BR/><BR/>It’s easy to think that <A HREF="http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=%22Robin+Edgar%22+and+Unitarian+voices.+.+.&meta=" REL="nofollow">our voices</A> are not being heard;<BR/>that we have been <A HREF="http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=%22Robin+Edgar%22+and+Unitarian+silence.+.+.&meta=" REL="nofollow">silenced</A>.<BR/>And under such circumstances,<BR/>one can easily resort to <A HREF="http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=Is+%22Robin+Edgar%22+disillusioned+with+Unitarians%3F&spell=1" REL="nofollow">disillusionment</A> and <A HREF="http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Does%20%22Robin%20Edgar%22%20anger%20Unitarians%3F&sa=N&tab=gw" REL="nofollow">anger</A>.<BR/><BR/>But let our thoughts not turn to <A HREF="http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=%22Robin+Edgar%22+and+cynical+Unitarians.+.+.&meta=" REL="nofollow">cynicism</A> and <A HREF="http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=%22Robin+Edgar%22+and+Unitarian+despair.+.+.&meta=" REL="nofollow">despair</A>.<BR/>Let <A HREF="http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=%22Robin+Edgar%22+and+Unitarian+fears.+.+.&meta=" REL="nofollow">our fears</A> not become <A HREF="http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=%22Robin+Edgar%22+and+Unitarian+helplessness.+.+.&meta=" REL="nofollow">helplessness</A> or <A HREF="http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=%22Robin+Edgar%22+and+Unitarian+hope.+.+.&meta=" REL="nofollow">hopelessness</A>.<BR/><BR/>Help <A HREF="http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=%22Robin+Edgar%22+and+Unitarian+leaders.+.+.&meta=" REL="nofollow">our leaders</A> to <A HREF="http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=%22Robin+Edgar%22+and+Unitarian+Transcendentalists.+.+.+%3B-%29&meta=" REL="nofollow">transcend</A> their <A HREF="http://www.google.ca/search?q=%22Robin+Edgar%22+and+Unitarian+delusions.+.+.&hl=en&filter=0" REL="nofollow">delusion</A><BR/>about the <A HREF="http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=%22Robin+Edgar%22+and+Unitarian+righteousness.+.+.&btnG=Search&meta=" REL="nofollow">righteousness</A> of <A HREF="http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=%22Robin+Edgar%22+and+the+Unitarian+cause.+.+.&meta=" REL="nofollow">their cause</A>.<BR/>Help them to <A HREF="http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=%22Robin+Edgar%22+and+Unitarian+respect.+.+.&meta=" REL="nofollow">respect</A> the <A HREF="http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=%22Robin+Edgar%22+and+Unitarian+sacredness.+.+.&meta=" REL="nofollow">Sacredness</A> of Life more than conquest.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=In+the+coming+days+and+weeks+%22Robin+Edgar%22+and+Unitarians+will.+.+.&meta=" REL="nofollow">In the coming days and weeks</A>,<BR/>as we wander through <A HREF="http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=%22Robin+Edgar%22+and+Unitarian+pathways.+.+.&meta=" REL="nofollow">pathways</A> unknown,<BR/>“Grant us <A HREF="http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=%22Robin+Edgar%22+and+Unitarian+wisdom.+.+.&meta=" REL="nofollow">wisdom</A>. Grant us <A HREF="http://groups.google.ca/groups?hl=en&q=%22Robin%20Edgar%22%20and%20Unitarian%20courage.%20.%20.&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&um=1&sa=N&tab=wg" REL="nofollow">courage</A>.<BR/>Lest we miss your <A HREF="http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22Robin%20Edgar%22%20and%20peaceful%20Unitarians%3F!&sa=N&tab=gw" REL="nofollow">peaceful</A> goal.”<BR/><BR/>Ashé. As’Salaam Alakim. <A HREF="http://groups.google.ca/groups?hl=en&q=%22Robin%20Edgar%22%20and%20blessed%20Unitarians.%20.%20.&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&um=1&sa=N&tab=wg" REL="nofollow">Blessed</A> be. Shalom, and <A HREF="http://groups.google.ca/groups/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22Robin+Edgar%22+and+a+Unitarian+amen.+.+.&qt_s=Search" REL="nofollow">Amen</A>.<BR/><BR/>I think the foregoing sufficiently illustrates the inner emptiness of that U*U prayer. . .Robin Edgarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06208142626285495635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-30868295530556982732007-06-27T15:43:00.000-04:002007-06-27T15:43:00.000-04:00The "collect":The collect usually consists of five...The "collect":<BR/><BR/>The collect usually consists of five parts:<BR/>- Invocation or address<BR/>- Scriptural or theological basis for the petition (thanks or praise)<BR/>- Petition<BR/>- Purpose of the petition— result of the prayer (why)<BR/>- Conclusion—mediation-doxology<BR/><BR/>My grandmother was great at this format for saying grace before meals:<BR/><BR/>(1) Dear Heavenly Father, (2) we give thanks today for your boundless love. (3) Bless this food (4) that it may strengthn our bodies. (5) In Jesus' name, Amen.<BR/><BR/>Dhiro<BR/>Facilitating ParadoxDhirojhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10253622145577861554noreply@blogger.com