Welcome the stranger: What I wish Unitarian Universalists knew about #Pagans
Posted on January 20, 2024 by #whitecatgrove
..." it’s so rare in this world to feel truly welcome – to feel like our arrival brings pleasure. All too often, the newness of arrival brings a subtle tremble, an inner anxiety: How will this encounter go? Are they, am I, friend or foe? We scan for lapses in hospitality, the slight hand-gesture that may harbinger the drawn sword.
Constantly scanning for enemies is a pretty shitty way to live, overall. If we want to create a different world, a partnership world, we must offer the cup of welcome: to show the guest – a word that originally meant “stranger” – that their coming is much desired.
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in the spirit of understanding, I will offer the below; think of it as a 201 course in Understanding the Pagans in Your Midst.
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