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Devotion can be a hard topic for Unitarians. Part of it has to do with our questioning nature.\u00a0 \u00a0We\u2019re an inquisitive and skeptical bunch. We lean heavily in the direction of spiritual curiosity and love to explore new ideas.\u00a0 So the prospect of being devoted to a single spiritual path, or elevating a single spiritual leader, can leave many of us feeling claustrophobic.\u00a0 It\u2019s not that we look down upon those who immerse themselves deeply in a particular spiritual tradition. We just like trying and experiencing new things. Many of us have also witnessed the shadow side of devotion. In the religions of our youth, we were encouraged \u2013 or coerced \u2013 to \u201cfollow blindly.\u201d\u00a0 Our first exposure to the idea of spiritual devotion involved deferring to authority, giving ourselves over to \u201csomething greater\u201d or sacrificing our own needs to prove our worth.\u00a0 \u00a0We\u2019ve seen \u2013 and continue to see \u2013 the idea of devotion used to disempower people.\u00a0 Given that, we\u2019ve not been overly bothered by the absence of devotion from our Unitarian spiritual vocabulary. Maybe it\u2019s time to take another look.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Devotion can be a hard topic for Unitarians. Part of it has to do with our questioning nature.\u00a0 \u00a0We\u2019re an inquisitive and skeptical bunch. 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