{"id":6678,"date":"2023-03-17T12:00:24","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T19:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/?p=6678"},"modified":"2025-04-29T16:17:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T23:17:55","slug":"unitarian-version-of-beatitudes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/news\/blog\/unitarian-version-of-beatitudes\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Beatitudes [#45]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In his Sermon on the Mount, Jesus described nine beatitudes (theological principles beginning with the initial\u00a0words,\u00a0<em>beati sunt<\/em>, \u201cblessed are\u201d and naming deeply valued human qualities and experiences).<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Unitarian Universalist minister, Lindi Ramsden, developed her own set of beatitudes, using that same sentence format, but intended for people who are \u201cjustice builders\u201d\u2014a fundamental commitment of UUers.\u00a0<strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A few of them are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Blessed are you who question your own assumptions and listen with an open mind;\u00a0you will receive new insights beyond your imagining.<\/li>\n<li>Blessed are you who stand up for what is right, despite others\u2019 attacks;\u00a0you will not be alone, for your courage will inspire others to rise.<\/li>\n<li>Blessed are you who build friendships as well as justice;\u00a0even when you lose an issue, you\u2019ll strengthen the foundation of our community.<\/li>\n<li>Blessed are you who ask for help in your role as leaders;\u00a0you will find teachers at every turn, and your work will remain interesting and alive.<\/li>\n<li>Blessed are you who do not demonize your opponents;\u00a0your eyes and your hearts will be open.<\/li>\n<li>Blessed are you who can change your mind;\u00a0you are still alive.<\/li>\n<li>Blessed are you who will not let the perfect be the enemy of the good;\u00a0you will see progress in your lifetime.<\/li>\n<li>Blessed are you with an active spiritual life;\u00a0you will find perspective and comfort even in times of loss and betrayal.<\/li>\n<li>Blessed are you who live from a place of gratitude;\u00a0for you will know the meaning of Life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In his Sermon on the Mount, Jesus described nine beatitudes (theological principles beginning with the initial\u00a0words,\u00a0beati sunt, \u201cblessed are\u201d and naming deeply valued human qualities and experiences). Recently, Unitarian Universalist minister, Lindi Ramsden, developed her own set of beatitudes, using that same sentence format, but intended for people who are \u201cjustice builders\u201d\u2014a fundamental commitment of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/news\/blog\/unitarian-version-of-beatitudes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Our Beatitudes [#45]<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6678"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8808,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6678\/revisions\/8808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}