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un-learning (when Buddhism & Unitarian Universalism conflate) ~
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Britton Gildersleeve
I don’t go to church much. When I do, I go to All Souls Unitarian Universalist, the largest UU church in the world. In Tulsa. Tulsa. Today I went to see my nephew officially welcomed in to the congregation. His significant other is UU from her earliest childhood — grew up at All Souls —…
poetry time, or, when names are poetry ~
By
Britton Gildersleeve
“…in Micmac … some trees ‘are named for the sound the wind makes when it blows through them during the autumn, about an hour after sunset when the wind always comes from a certain direction. Moreover, these names are not fixed but change as the sound changes.” ~ as qtd. in Elizabeth Seay, Searching for…
looking to breathe ~
By
Britton Gildersleeve
I sometimes pretend I’m a calm person…:) But during an election year, as a ‘bright blue dot in a very red state,’ it’s hard. People I know, even like, are filled with fear and loathing. They aim it at my beliefs, at what I hold dear. At my core values, as we seem fond of…
it’s just school/ work/ a relationship…NOT LIFE ~
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Britton Gildersleeve
I had a note from a former student today. This isn’t unusual — I’m fortunate to have contact w/ many of my wonderful former students. But this was a bit different. It was a thank-you note. Because of you, it said, I graduated alive. Wow. I shiver thinking about it even now. Because this student…
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