At a Loss For Words
28.07.2008
(The flaming chalice)
I was raised as a Unitarian-Universalist. I’ve alternatively loved my tradition and distanced myself from it.
Yet I felt the air leave my body when I heard that a gunman in Knoxville, Tennessee targeted a Unitarian-Universalist church because, among other reasons, he felt a hatred for the liberal movement.
The gunman chose a children’s production of Annie as the time to begin his assault.
I suppose all UUs may think of themselves as targets now. It’s hard not to. That’s the intended consequence of violence, I think. A few may die, but many suffer.
May kind blessings rain down on the good and the evil alike.