In the News ... "We stand on the side of love for Orlando"

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• “Love tells us we all belong."

Rev. Emily Wright-Magoon, Unitarian Universalist Churchof Midland, Contributor
• Midland Reporter-Telegram

MIDLAND, TEXAS - Hate is strong. Love is stronger. The terrorism in Orlando was part of the violent, divisive hate we witness too often. But what we know in our hearts — with faith — is that love is stronger.

We Unitarian Universalists join with faithful people of other traditions in our belief that love is the most powerful force. Love is our spiritual practice. We believe that hell is not a place in the afterlife where sinners are punished, but hell is what we create here on Earth when our pain and fear cause us to create division in our hearts and communities ...

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