PRIDE Quotes Contemplation

These PRIDE contemplation quotes were recorded live at our Sunday service on June 27, 2021. Rev. Carol Wilke reads powerful quotes from Tammy Baldwin and Sharon Salzberg. Music by Dr. Kent Rautenstraus.

Transcript

Our readings today are in honor of National Pride Day.

All of us who are openly gay are living and writing the history of our movement.

We are no more and no less heroic than the suffragists and the abolitionists of the 19th century and the labor organizers,

The freedom writers,

Stonewall demonstrators and environmentalists of the 20th century.

We are ordinary people living our lives and trying,

As civil rights activist Dorothy Cotten said,

To fix what ain't right in our society.

And from Sharon Salzberg,

I believe in the possibility of a world where our interconnection is deeply known and motivating force,

Where no one is left out,

Where the innate dignity of every person is acknowledged,

And where hatred and fear and greed can be tempered.

I believe in a world where change might be hard,

But it is always seen as possible,

However stuck we might feel in any given moment.

I believe in a world where we can have wisdom to guide us,

Where we can have love to propel us,

And we can have the support of one another to accomplish a vision of inclusion and care.

I also believe in justice,

In a world where actions have consequences,

Where people are held accountable even as we try to take care of one another.

And I believe in a world where the fluidity and the softness of love,

Like water,

Might superficially seem like the weakest thing of all,

But lo and behold,

It is indomitable.

Reviews

Thanks!

Beautiful 🖤🪬🪷💘

A great reminder 🏳️‍🌈

Beautiful readings, Rev. Carol!