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paulhope

Rock on

Dec 03, 2007 21:45

I just had the best night in a long time tonight doing table service at All Souls' Monday Night Hospitality. Exhilarating, high energy, flow, working with a team for a goal, a host of people happy to be helped ( Read more... )

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paulhope December 4 2007, 23:50:47 UTC

I think these Unitarians are going to be a good thing in my life. :)

util December 4 2007, 15:57:34 UTC

What's your link supposed to connect to? A free community dinner? Sounds cool.

paulhope December 4 2007, 23:50:05 UTC

Yeah, exactly. And the link is now fixed--thanks.

dakyon December 5 2007, 23:59:14 UTC

That's really cool . . . and a noble endeavor.

paulhope December 7 2007, 06:38:07 UTC

Eh--not so noble. Or at least I think it would be a mistake to think about it that way. I think that would get in the way of mere compassion, solidarity, cooperation.

That said, yeah--stepping back and reflecting on it, I am attracted to it because of its nobility too.

anosognosia December 6 2007, 08:11:16 UTC

I didn't know UU was active in social services. I suppose I don't encounter them much up here. Good stuff. Is the UU participation something new for you?

paulhope December 7 2007, 06:41:51 UTC

I didn't know UU was active in social services.

I get the impression that they have a sort of identity crisis over this, since they are in practice pretty elitist despite being totally open in theory. A lot of the social work that that community seems to do appears to be the less direct kind, like political advocacy for, say, anti-war and pay-attention-to-Darfur-dammit issues. This monday night dinner may be the exception, not the rule. But in fact, I don't really know a lot about this because:

Is the UU participation something new for you?

Yes, it is.

anosognosia December 10 2007, 02:02:52 UTC

Why UU? Least ontological commitments? Impressed with individuals you met from them?