From our Community Minister Rev. Craig Scott:
Lonnie asked me to post something on our page about our reaction as a community to the murder of Terence Crutcher in Tulsa. Last night, I couldn't find the words through my tears.
Yet another unarmed black man gunned down because people were afraid somehow of his very blackness. "Looks like a bad dude," in the words of one of the officers.
And yet another killing of a black man in Charlotte (and subsequent riot) about which we don't know the facts yet. There are no answers at times like these, but what comes to me is how grateful I am to be part of a community in which we face these things together. As a loving community, we stand together against racism and bigotry in all their forms. We stand together with our brothers and sisters of color, be they African-American, Latino, Asian, Native American, and so on. And we stand together with our GLBT sisters and brothers, who also are facing bigotry.
So, we have each other, and in the final analysis, that is enough for us to be able to go forward together. What holds us, especially in times like these is the power of love -- far more than we know, love is there and we experience it when we are together.
As Dr. King said, quoting from the 1st Book of John in the NT, "we must love another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God."
For us as UUs, whatever our concept of the transcendent, it is love that binds as one people.
Blessed be, and Amen Craig Scott
