Tuesday, January 29, 2013
You Are My Sunshine (Chords and Lyrics)
I want to work out some new lyrics for this to reframe the jealousy and heartbreak. Original version by Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell.
Chords are in brackets (e.g. [G])
Melody is lower case (e.g. c-b-a-g). Double-letter = hold longer.
Tempo and rhythm for each note depends on singer/player.
Chords are in brackets (e.g. [G])
Melody is lower case (e.g. c-b-a-g). Double-letter = hold longer.
Tempo and rhythm for each note depends on singer/player.
CHORUS
d g a b b b c-b-a-a-g-a b a-g g
You are my [G] Sunshine, my on-----------ly [C] Sun--shine
g a b c ee e ^gg-f-e-c-g g-a c-[C9]d (hammer-on)
You make me [C] happy when skies are gre-ey.
g a b c e ^g ^gg ee b-a-g g-a-g
[G] You'll never [C] know dear, [G]How much [G6] I [C] love you
g a b c a b-a-g-a-g g g
Please don't [Cmaj7]take [C]my [D] sun-shine a-[G]-way.
d g a b b b a b a-g g
The other [G]night dear as I lay [C]sleeping
g a b c e-d d-g g a-bb-a-g
I dreamt I [C] held you in my arms
g a b c e e d c b-a-g g
[G] When I a-[C]-woke dear, I was [Am] mista----ken
g a bb c aa g b-a-g-e So I [C] hung my [D] head and [Em] cried.
CHORUS
I'll always [G] love you and make you [C] happy.
If you will [C] only say the [G]same.
[G] But if you [C] leave me to love a-[Em]-nother
You'll reg-[Bm]-ret it [D] all some [Em] day. >;;v/
CHORUS
You told me [G] once dear, you really [C] loved me
And no one [C] else could come bet-[G]-ween
But now you've [C] left me and [Am] love a-[Em]-nother
You have [A] shattered [D] all my [G] dreams. :(
CHORUS*Flourishes on chorus optional/ad-lib each time. Above is one way.Leads into "My Mannequin"Check here for an explanation on how this song's lyrics represent christology.
pax hominibus,
agape to all,
joel
agape to all,
joel
Labels: christology, paradigm shift, pastoral connection, sacred texts, song material
Saturday, January 26, 2013
WWHATSUP? Workshop on White Supremacy in the Workplace
This workshop at the 15th Annual Summit Against Racism in Pittsburgh was a powerful experience, and I want to make sure that it gets documented. I am hoping my church, and other churches, and other institutions are ready to go through this educational experience, and to prepare/plan for a blessed change.
For now, just the pictures:
(note there are ten pictures here, and usually every picture is worth a thousand words. that would make 10,000 words. but i don't think there are actually that many here. :D)
(note there are ten pictures here, and usually every picture is worth a thousand words. that would make 10,000 words. but i don't think there are actually that many here. :D)
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| In my thinking this is different nomenclature for what Unitarian Universalists call a "group covenant" |
This is a no-bones about it clear statement of shared axioms
Here's a link to the AORTA Collective.
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| Some definitions of White Supremacy, as discovered in small group conversations |
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| Great definition that covers a lot. I've also heard: "Racism = prejudice + power." |
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| Getting to the causes of institutional perpetuation is a key to unraveling inherent/instrumental racial oppressions, in my mind. |
In case you prefer no headache from looking at the blurry words in the picture below:
Some Characteristics of White Supremacy Culture
- Perfectionism
- Sense of urgency
- Defensiveness
- Quantity over quality
- Worship of the written word
- Only one right way
- Paternalism
- Either/or thinking
- Power hoarding
- Fear of open conflict
- Individualism
- "I'm the only one"
- Progress is better
- Objectivity
- Right to comfort
Labels: anti-oppression, anti-racism, personal growth, racism, religious community, sacred texts, white identity
Thursday, January 24, 2013
For MLK Interfaith Event at Heinz Chapel on the University of Pitt Campus
Greetings,
my name is Joel Gilbertson-White. I am the coordinator for the
Unitarian Universalist Campus Community at First Unitarian Church of
Pittsburgh. My other role at First Unitarian is working as our
Social Justice Coordinator, so it gives me great pleasure to be here
tonight, for the invocation of this Interfaith event commemorating
the life of Martin Luther King, Jr -- a leader who played a pivotal
role in helping bend the arc of the universe toward justice.
This is a critical time for justice – as much as ever, people's lives are on the line – in Pittsburgh, in Pennsylvania, the United States, and the world. And you are the young adults and the people who care, with energy, passion, and strong dreams about things that really matter. I pray each of us will firmly remember our time together today, on January 18, 2013, and hear this day call to you to bring the people in your life together for the issues that most make you come alive – be it racial equity, gender equity, a just distribution of wealth, safe streets, marriage rights, or any of scores of other issues that would benefit from our attention.
And as we do that, I beseech that you consider your passions more than your thoughts of duty to action that you've been told you should, or that you think you should be doing. Rev. Dr. Howard Thurman played an influential part in the ministry of Dr. King. He said, “Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” May this be our year to more fully come alive, and bring others to life!
This is a critical time for justice – as much as ever, people's lives are on the line – in Pittsburgh, in Pennsylvania, the United States, and the world. And you are the young adults and the people who care, with energy, passion, and strong dreams about things that really matter. I pray each of us will firmly remember our time together today, on January 18, 2013, and hear this day call to you to bring the people in your life together for the issues that most make you come alive – be it racial equity, gender equity, a just distribution of wealth, safe streets, marriage rights, or any of scores of other issues that would benefit from our attention.
And as we do that, I beseech that you consider your passions more than your thoughts of duty to action that you've been told you should, or that you think you should be doing. Rev. Dr. Howard Thurman played an influential part in the ministry of Dr. King. He said, “Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” May this be our year to more fully come alive, and bring others to life!
I
will close with this charge from the classical Sanskrit Poet
Kalidasa,
“Look to this day!
For it is life, the very life of life.
“Look to this day!
For it is life, the very life of life.
In
its brief course lie all the verities
and
realities of your existence:
The
bliss of growth,
The
glory of action,
The
splendor of beauty;
For
yesterday is but a dream,
And
tomorrow is only a vision;
But
today, well lived, makes every yesterday
A
dream of happiness
And
every tomorrow a vision of hope.
Look
well, therefore, to this day!
Here
and now is the only time for accomplishment. May today's
accomplishment be the commitment of our hearts and minds to Rev. Dr.
King's vision, and making plans to make the dreams real. May our
gathering together in community be a blessing to the world. Amen.
Labels: anti-oppression, favorite scriptural passages, inter-faith, prayer, prophetic voices, racism
Monday, January 21, 2013
"Pursuit of Happiness" Gets a Shout-Out in Barack Obama's 2nd Inaugural Address
"Our journey is not complete until all our children, from the streets of Detroit to the hills of Appalachia to the quiet lanes of Newtown, know that they are cared for, and cherished, and always safe from harm. That is our generation’s task – to make these words, these rights, these values – of Life, and Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness – real for every American. Being true to our founding documents does not require us to agree on every contour of life; it does not mean we will all define liberty in exactly the same way, or follow the same precise path to happiness." -Barack Obama, Jan 21, 2013
http://blogs.suntimes.com/
I love these words, and I hope for and wonder if he really means this.
http://blogs.suntimes.com/
I love these words, and I hope for and wonder if he really means this.
pax hominibus,
agape to all,
joel
joel
Labels: anti-oppression, LGBT, marijuana, multiculturalism, politics, USA
New Solar System
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Four-grain Spicy Celebration Mix
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(a.k.a. "Chex Mix")
(Makes 28 (1/2 cup) servings)
(a.k.a. "Chex Mix")
(Makes 28 (1/2 cup) servings)
5 c. Crispix (Corn/Rice)
3 c. Wheat Chex
3 c. Cheerios
2 c. lightly-or-unsalted peanuts
1 cup pretzel sticks
8 Tbsp butter or margarine
3 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp Tabasco
2 1/2 tsp seasoned salt
1.5 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp onion powder
1 pinch cayenne pepper
In large yellow bowl, mix cereals, nuts, pretzels and bagel chips; set aside. In small microwavable bowl, microwave butter uncovered on High about 40 seconds or until melted. Stir in seasonings. Pour over cereal mixture; stir until evenly coated.
Taste the seasonings mixed with the butter before you add the cereals and make sure it tastes a bit spicy - it will be a lot milder once mixed and cooked. Cook in the oven at 250 for an hour, stirring every 15 minutes. Let cool on a newspaper covered with paper towels.
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