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It can be remarkably difficult to admit when we have caused harm. Individuals do it. Communities do it. Nations do it.

Sometimes, however, even in the face of overwhelming evidence, we insist that we are innocent.

Real reconciliation begins with something deceptively simple: acknowledging what we have done. As Jews observe Yom Kippur, a day devoted to atonement and seeking forgiveness, Pastor Joshua asks: What if we all made a regular practice of owning our mistakes? Could the world be different?

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Why is it so easy to judge someone by what they do -- and so difficult to imagine what they might be going through? Psychology calls this tendency the Fundamental Attribution Error -- when we explain other people's behavior by their character while overlooking the circumstances that may have shaped it. And, if we're honest, we all do it. What would happen if, instead of rushing to judgment, we practiced Love as Radical Grace -- Pastor Joshua concludes his UU Values Series talking about our central value of Love.

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Justice can mean so many things. In Unitarian Universalism, as with many value systems, it intersects with love. Pastor Joshua's talks about how we "do" justice in the face of the almost inconceivable issues we are confronting in this moment.