#Unitarianism

[linen-shroud]

God as smoke, God as electricity, God as wind, God as the will of crops to grow, God as the force with which rivers flow, God as fire, God in canyons, God in trees, God in my little sister. God, everything.

#spirituality #dark green #murmuring #unitarianism #taoism #poetry #the ineffable

[pinkpetalbee]

🌈🌸✨ "The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well." 🌟🌺🎀 ❤️ Ralph Waldo Emerson ❤️

#unitarianism #unitarian universalist #uua #uu #unitarian #universalist #unitarian universalism #quote #inspiration #motivation #inspiring #Unitarian #Unitarianism #Spirituality #Compassion #MeaningfulLiving #RalphWaldoEmerson #Inspiration

[woadge]

Spoilers for Nimona and TW for Christianity & Catholicism mentions

Heads up: This post contains a lot of Christianity talk, and I know that’s not for everyone, and I also don’t want this to be taken as some attempt at proselytizing; I simply resonated with this reading of the story as a queer Christian myself and I wanted to share. Tl;Dr, Ballister is a Queer Unitarian Christian and we love that for him and the story is about how he and his Genderfluid Satanist daughter destroy the pope and the catholic church together. Here’s a reading of Nimona I haven’t seen yet: While the story of Nimona (the character) is about transphobia and how fascistic and discriminatory governments often are willing to kill entire populations simply to kill “the monster”, Here’s a way I read Nimona as a Transfem Pansexual Christian Anarchist: The story of Knighthood being Christianity, the institute being the organized Catholic church. We see two opposing knights, a black knight (black sheep ref for sure), and a golden one. Both queer, and in this reading, both Christians. Both pushed by the institution and “brainwashed” as Nimona says, into dogmatic belief. The status of being a knight is the allegory for being a Christian. The moment the institution turns their back on one queer, the golden queer turns his back on him as well; he cuts his arm off in the reaction, and spends most of the first half of the movie hunting him to throw him in prison or kill him. The organized religion has actively turned the queer lovers against each other. Throughout the movie, Ballister maintains his knighthood. He maintains his practices, his belief systems, and his desire for honor, justice, etc. At first he tries to justify his hatred of the director but not the institute, and then becomes disillusioned with the organization as a whole, at one point considering abandoning the religion and leaving with Nimona. Nimona tells him, functionally, that he’s a good person. And if he can be a good person and still be a knight, then others can as well. Nimona never encourages him to abandon his core beliefs, even when the organization is very obviously corrupt, because there isn’t anything inherently harmful or even necessarily untrue about his yearning for knighthood; only his reliance on the structure of the state as a means to acquire it. Ballister’s story to me reads as a queer Christian, abandoned by the church and other queers who sought acceptance from said church. He maintains his Christian faith but learns to exist without the structure of the church, even hybridizing many of his beliefs with those of other systems; he even hangs out with someone who is frequently depicted as a monster and a dragon, who has been cast out from the land: Nimona being an allegory here for anything the church considers evil, and to some extent, satanism as a concept (which is not inherently evil even from a Christian standpoint, instead it is hated because it is misunderstood by many). But yea Ballister is Unitarian and we love him and I refuse to read Ballister as a cop like some others might do because Ballister is actually perfect in every way and acab

#Nimona #Christianity #Transgender #Trans Rights #Gender Fluid #Genderfluid #Nonbinary #Queer #Christian Anarchism #Anarchist #Ballister #Ballister Boldheart #Netflix #Catholicism #Unitarian #Unitarianism

[christianpeacefellowship]

Say His name - Jesus. Keep saying it. Repeat it over and over. Let the name of Jesus be your prayer. Let it be your mantra. Focus your attention on the name as you say it. Become mindful of God through saying His name. Let the name become your anchor that keeps your grounded. Let the name become your hammer to keep down wrong thoughts. Set aside a time each day, each morning and evening to just sit quietly saying and repeating the holy name of Jesus.

Jesus, Jesus, Jesus

#catholic #christianity #gnostic christianity #god #jesus #jesus christ #jesusisgod #meditation #mysticism #orthodox #orthodoxy #protestant #spirituality #philosophy #religon #mantra #religion #prayer #unitarianism #modalism #modalist #unitarian universalist #salvation #enlightenment #liberation #monk #oneness #pentecostal #evangelism

[runaway90s]

The power of #friendship 💖@lovesaramaeve #unionism #union #democracy #unitarian #unitarianuniversalism #universalist #churchofunion???

#unionism #divine friendship #church of Union #unitarian universalism #unitarianism #autism #aspergers #autistic meltdown #actually autistic #audrey hepburn #advertising #black and white #artists on tumblr #strawberry fields forever #the beatles #talking to people #friendly discussion #love yourself #sharing is caring #ascension #spiritual awareness #spiritual journey #spiritual awakening #spirituality #meditation

[dowsingfordivinity]

Old friends

Changing Paths challenge day 9 — old friends. Although Unitarianism / Unitarian Universalism wasn’t my path, I still value many of their ideas and values. They’re green, they’re LGBT+ inclusive or at least welcoming, they were the first to ordain women ministers (the Universalists in 1860, the English Unitarians in 1904), among the first to welcome LGBT+ people (1970 in the UK). Many 19th…

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#Changing Paths #Changing Paths blogging challenge 2023 #community #inclusive #practice #religion #religious identity #spiritual practices #spirituality #Unitarian Universalism #Unitarianism

[gristbitung]

I'm really interested in Unitarianism but I live in a "city" that doesn't have a Unitarian church. The closest one is 20 miles away, much faster by train than by bus. I think I'll keep going to Quaker meetings, but the Unitarian faith really represents how I want to learn from a lot of sources and how I don't think jesus was god. But in my home city there's a Unitarian church, so I think I'll give it a go next week! I've actually been to my home city's first religious gay wedding in that Unitarian church, but didn't understand what it was at the time as a 12 year old. I'm excited to try the Unitarian church, and I'm excited to go to worship tomorrow!

#quaker meeting #quakerism #quaker worship #religious society of friends #unitarianism #unitarian church #jesus #jay speaks

[changingpathsresources]

Old friends

Changing Paths challenge day 9 — old friends. Although Unitarianism * / Unitarian Universalism wasn’t my path, I still value many of their ideas and values. They’re green, they’re LGBT+ inclusive or at least welcoming, they were the first to ordain women ministers (the Universalists in 1860, the English Unitarians in 1904), among the first to welcome LGBT+ people (1970 in the UK). Many 19th…

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#beneficial practices #Changing paths #Changing Paths blogging challenge 2023 #changing tradition #community #escaping fundamentalism #LGBTQ #religion #Unitarian Universalism #Unitarianism

[trinitiesblog]

podcast 361 - A Lutheran pastor explains Socinianism and biblical unitarianism

https://trinities.org/blog/podcast-361-a-lutheran-pastor-explains-socinianism-and-biblical-unitarianism/

#Apologetics #Bible #Calvinism #Christology #Divine Attributes #Dynamic Monarchian #Heresy &038; Orthodoxy #Holy Spirit #Listener Questions #Miracles #Mystery #Philosophy #Podcast #Protestant #Socinian #Theologians #UCA #Unitarianism #Worship

[timmurleyart]

Kris Kringle at First Parish.🎄🎄❄️🎅🏼❄️🎄

#santa’s little helper #santa claus #saint nicholas #saint nick #noel 2022 #Noel #christmas eve #Christmas #christmas 2022 #first parish church #unitarian church #unitarianism #unitarian universalism #Unitarian #Unitarian universalist #grandma moses #naive art #brookline ma #Brookline #boston artist #boston architecture #gothic architecture #outsider art #folk art painting #folk art #wreaths #christmas wreath #papa noël #papa noel #christmas tree decorations

[linen-shroud]

When our ink runs into each other across so many fibers what is the use of distinction between us?

#buddhism #unitarianism #unity #no self #anatman

[pinkpetalbee]

🌟🌿 In the quiet of our hearts, we seek The light that shines in every soul, A spark of divinity, pure and unique, In each, a part of a greater whole. 🌺🌟

May we see the brilliance within, Like diamonds, formed under pressure, Each life a gem, a precious kin, In love and faith, let us find our treasure. 💎🌟

In times of doubt, let kindness be our guide, In every moment, let love be our song, Together, in unity, let us abide, For in each other, we find where we belong. 🕊️🌟

#pray #prayer #uu #uucommunity #unitarianuniversalism #progressivefaith #inclusivefaith #interconnectedness #unitarian #spirituality #belovedcommunity #personalgrowth #mindfulness #unitarianism #universalist #lgbt #lgbtq community #lgbt pride #lgbtqia #lgbt nsft #lgbtq #queer #queer community #nonbinary

[agetocome]

Unitarianism Encyclopedia Americana, 1956 edition Volume 27, p. 294L

#Encyclopedia Americana #Americana #biblical unitarian #unitarianism

[christianpeacefellowship]

🌈Jesus was god incarnate in human form, he was the manifestation of God the father, he was the avatar of God.

🌈But He wasn’t unique in this, we are all children of God, we are all incarnations of the divine, we are are manifestions of God. We are all avatars. But We have forgotten our divine nature and identify ourselves with our egos, our minds and bodies. Nevertheless, our true self, our real identity and our original nature is God.

🌈Jesus wasn’t special in his divinity, but he was special in remembering and understanding it.

🌈This is the essence of Christian non-duality.

🌈Non-duality is Unitarianism as it denies the trinity and accepts ‘one god, one person’, and it recognises the father as God alone (and only worships the father). But as a mystical teachings it sees all humans, Jesus and everyone-else, indeed everything, as avatars and manifestation of God our father.

#catholic #christianity #gnostic christianity #god #jesus #jesus christ #jesusisgod #meditation #mysticism #orthodox #theology #unitarianism #gnosis #nonduality #religion

[great-art-and-a-purple-tongue]

I just gave a sermon at my church today about asexuality and how to be an ally. Not only did I get a lot of comments about how much people liked it (and how it was easy to understand for so many old folks), but one old lady came up to me afterwards with tears in her eyes and she said, "I'm 77 years old and I finally know what I am. Thank you." And that just made everything I've done worth it.

(also, thank you @onbearfeet for letting me use one of your blog posts. It resonated with a lot of people)

#let me know if anyone wants my notes or the slideshow #update: check the notes to see the video #asexual #asexuality #ace #old queers discovering themselves #ace pride #asexual pride #international asexuality day #religion #unitarian universalism

[dowsingfordivinity]

Things I do miss

Changing Paths challenge day 13 — things I do miss about my old path. Unitarian hymns — specifically the earth-based ones like Peter Mayer’s “Blue Boat Home” (which doesn’t get sung often enough in the UK), “Mother Spirit” by Norbert Čapek, and nature-based ones like “Daisies are our silver” and “Spirit of Life” of course, but also some of the other ones like “Name Unnamed” which is beautiful.…

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#community #Nature #Pagan #Paganism #practice #spiritual practices #Unitarian Universalism #Unitarianism