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I am always thankful to join in Martin Luther King Day celebrations.  The interfaith service at UUCA lifted my heart and soul—but later on, I felt deeply troubled.

I want to voice my doubts, along with my gratitude and joy.  A few others may share these emotions but feel as I wrongly did, profoundly alone. 

Most moving, for me, were our opening hymn, “Lift Every Voice,” and the words of Imam Abdul-Malik, Rev. Janet Parker, Rabbi Lia Bass, and Rev. Mark…

And "it flows through the valleys and the mountains of our lives."

Sung by Roberta Flack, that song touches my soul.

When I am truly weary, discouraged or angry or fearful, those words make all the difference to me.  They tell me that there is a power greater than myself, an energy in which my soul can rest.

Then I remember Maya Angelou's poem "On the Pulse of the Morning," with the river singing:

"I call you to my riverside if you will study war no more.... Plant…

I'm trying to figure out what's going on and what "the problem" is about race and diversity and multiculturalism at UUCA.  It's a muddle, in my opinion, right now.

One friend thinks white people are unconscious of how people of color have been hurt by white racist behavior, and she also thinks that UU white people feel guilty about it.

I think that UU whites more likely feel fear of judgment, blame and disapproval, that all human beings (in general) have trouble…

I'm trying to figure out what's going on and what "the problem" is about race and diversity and multiculturalism at UUCA.  It's a muddle, in my opinion, right now.

One friend thinks white people are unconscious of how people of color have been hurt by white racist behavior, and she also thinks that UU white people feel guilty about it.

I think that UU whites more likely feel fear of judgment, blame and disapproval, that all human beings (in general) have trouble…

I'm trying to figure out what's going on and what "the problem" is about race and diversity and multiculturalism at UUCA.  It's a muddle, in my opinion, right now.

One friend thinks white people are unconscious of how people of color have been hurt by white racist behavior, and she also thinks that UU white people feel guilty about it.

I think that UU whites more likely feel fear of judgment, blame and disapproval, that all human beings (in general) have trouble…