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Empathy Exercise

So, tonight was my first night in the ESL class with the refugee development center. Tonight, the language buddies met with the genuine instructors to learn a bit more about what the next 12 weeks will hold. At the end of class we engaged in an empathy exercise that you might find interesting. Here’s theContinueContinue reading “Empathy Exercise “

New Opportunity as an ESL Buddy

Earlier this year I said to Hubby that I felt like I wasn’t doing enough in our community. I wasn’t being giving enough with my time. That I needed to give back more. For the past 5 years or so I’ve been narrating books at the Braille and Talking Book Library. That’s good and I’mContinueContinue reading “New Opportunity as an ESL Buddy”

BYOT: My faith statement

Throughout this Building Your Own Theology class I’ve tried to reflect on what I believe about the nature of God, of religion, of spirituality and of how I feel called upon to practice my faith as well as what I feel called to believe. I began attending UU services in January when I recognized aContinueContinue reading “BYOT: My faith statement “

Working on my faith statement part 3

What do you believe happens to you after death? I really struggle with this one. My parents taught me from day one that we cease to exist when we die. My faith teaches me that there will be a Judgment Day. The UU church I attend holds that in the end we all go toContinueContinue reading “Working on my faith statement part 3”

Working on my faith statement part 2

Are there any concepts, myths or stories from the other religions that are meaningful to you? Why? For this one, let me just address my own faith, Islam. There is a rich tradition in Islam called the Hadith. These are the sayings and actions of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). They are a source of customs,ContinueContinue reading “Working on my faith statement part 2”

Working on my faith statement part 1

One of the goals of the BYOT class is for each member to develop a faith statement. We’re following some of the same guidelines that UU youth do as they develop their own personal faith statements at about the age of 13 but these are good questions for all of us to ask and toContinueContinue reading “Working on my faith statement part 1”

BYOT: My Own Ethical Ten Commandments

The homework assignment for this week is to write our own ethical ten commandments. There’s a joke that UUs believe in the Ten Suggestions, or, alternately, that they’d agree to consider the Ten Commandments if they were scheduled to come up for a vote at the next annual conference. I’m not even a Christian but thatContinueContinue reading “BYOT: My Own Ethical Ten Commandments”