Benediction for Those Traveling to Phoenix 2010
by Rev. Joan Van Becelaere
The bright yellow/gold banners that proclaim we are “Standing on the Side of Love”, represent our past, present and future as Unitarian Universalists.
We stand on the side of love today……because in our past, a great cloud of witnesses, our Unitarian and Universalist ancestors, stood for love in the face of hate and fear. They passed this passion for justice down to us.
We stand on the side of love today….because our sisters and brothers here and near and far beyond – in Arizona and many other locals – cannot stand up for themselves and they need to lean on us in this perilous time.
We stand on the side of love today…. so that love may grow in the future and the arc of the Universe may be bent that much closer toward justice.
As we leave today, we not only stand on the side of love, we now walk and run and drive and fly to far places. We work and march and LIVE on the side of love.
We go in love. We go in peace. We go in love.
