Hong Kong Liberal Religious Forum

A topic in the "UU Religious Naturalists" e-mail list mentioned Rev Dr Kenneth Leo Patton.

Found more about him here:

Kenneth Leo Patton
http://www25.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles ... atton.html

Kenneth Leo Patton (August 25, 1911-December 25, 1994), identifed as one of the major poets and a prophet of contemporary liberal religion, was a voice for a poetic, naturalistic humanism at a time when most humanists were defining a religion of reason. Minister and scholar David Bumbaugh has summed up Patton's work: "It was he who taught a monotone rationalism how to sing; it was he who taught a stumble-footed humanism how to dance; it was he who cried 'Look!' and taught our eyes to see the glory in the ordinary." ...

...He will be particularly remembered for the hymns and readings used so often in liberal religious services. Perhaps most often used, and most familiar, is the reading, "Let Us Worship." Here are a few lines:

Let us worship with eyes, ears, and fingertips.
Let us love the world through heart and mind and body.
Let us worship, and let us learn to love.