At our most recent Florida District Annual Assembly the theme speaker, Rev. Kim Crawford Harvie, and the programming were dedicated to spiritual practices. We spoke about mediation, prayer, and other disciples that develop habits of the heart that open us to transformation and the spirit. The delegates were open and curious, and engaged in the various workshops with enthusiasm.
How we have changed. It wasn't that long ago when the idea of the spiritual was controversial among us. At this meeting delegates talked about humanist spirituality as one way of being spiritual among many. How we have changed. This is Florida. Florida Unitarian Univeralism has had it virtues, but it has not been known for its openness to theological language and spirituality.
Our congregations have been listening and struggling over the last decade, not everyone is comfortable with the "language of reverence" but the discussion has liberated so many Unitarian Universalists to talk about their spiritual lives and use those words that were once "banned" as being too religious for Unitarian Universalist. We can now say at a District Assembly let us pray, and Amen. How we have changed.
Thank God Almighty free at last!
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