Ralph Waldo Emerson Unitarian Universalist Association Senior Lecturer in Divinity Dr. Dan McKanan at Harvard Divinity School delivered his inaugrual lecture on May 7th. Entitled “Cultivating Liberal Institutions,” you may view it here (Real Player required), and read more about it here.
Entries from May 2009
May 17, 2009
Universalist Quote of the Day #232
“If God loves his children one-half as well as I do mine, he can never inflict endless misery upon them. If Jesus is as merciful and impartial to his brethren as Joseph was to his, he will never suffer them to perish in a barren land while the riches of his grace endure, or the [...]
May 17, 2009
Universalist Quote of the Day #231
“As the mother may permit her well-loved child liberties which may lead it to some pain, to the end of its discipline, but not liberties that will involve it in utter ruin; as she may allow it to stumble over a clod, but not off a precipice; as she may suffer it, if it will [...]
May 16, 2009
Unitarian-Puddingists
Calling oneself a Unitarian-Universalist is the denominational equivalent of the opening scene in the original Star Wars movie, when the Imperial star destroyer flies over the camera and just keeps passing and passing for what seems like an eternity. But cheer up, because things could’ve been much worse: you might’ve ended up as a Unitarian-Puddingist. [...]
May 16, 2009
Universalist Quote of the Day #230
“The fact that man was created by a God of infinite love, wisdom, power, and justice, is a sufficient guaranty that such existence will not in any case prove an endless curse. Infinite love would desire the final happiness of all. Infinite wisdom would arrange a perfect plan, which, when carried through, would secure the [...]
May 15, 2009
Universalist Quote of the Day #229
“We do not believe any of the forms or doctrinal statements of any of the churches in Christiandom is itself spirit. No Bible word as it rests upon ordinary printed pages is itself spirit. Forms, dogmas, the most sacred words, all become spirit to mankind, only when they are refilled by the spirit which God [...]
May 14, 2009
Universalist Quote of the Day #228
“If my name were worthy to be preserved, I should wish to have it inscribed on the banner of Christ the Lord, set up in some of the waste places of the earth, to redeem souls to righteousness through and by the redeeming power of Infinite and Everlasting Love.”
–M. Louise Thomas
