Thursday, 23 May 2013, 10:42 pm PDT
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THere is in the midst of the pain and desparation that migrants face a place where migrants can receive solace for their spirits. Casa Mariposa is an intentional religious community made up of ... [read more]
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Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4: Re-Imagining Unitarian Universalism, Part 4: Thinking about Secularity I became uncomfortable with the way that UU Christians had dichotomized the situation withi... [read more]
I have this vision of being on line to get into Heaven. An angel is standing at the gate. She says, “Do you recognize this? ” And she holds up one of those little yellow p... [read more]
Call to Worship[This call to worship was read by a member of the youth group. ]Good morning. My name is Reverend Thom Belote. Today I was going to preach about the future. So I built ... [read more]
Last week the staff with whom I work had a "retreat. " It was really just an ever-so-slightly longer than usual weekly staff meeting, but we did have a different agenda. Well... [read more]
READINGS: Acts 2:1-13 It Matters What We Believeby Sophia Lyon Fahs Some beliefs are like walled gardens. They encourage exclusiveness, and the feeling of being especially privileged. Other b... [read more]
Tomorrow is Pentecost Sunday. Pentecost is celebrated in western Christianity as the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the followers of Jesus fifty days after Easter. The story is recounted in Act... [read more]
We hardly need reminding that life is precious and fragile. On Friday I attended the funeral for 43 year old man who died from a staph infection. He left behind his wife and th... [read more]
The guy who did my tattoo was stunned when I told him what I do for a living. Maybe that’s not surprising. He’s an inked, pierced, race car driving tattoo artist who thinks ministers onl... [read more]
My mother, who lives in a senior community which is a ministry of the United Methodist Church, told me today that she had a religious question. What, she asked, was the meaning of the term ... [read more]
IDEAS: Laura Matilda Towne devoted her life to a school for former slaves. [read more]
A Place At The Table Homily by Rev. Ron Robinson at Phillips Theological Seminary Tuesday, May 7, 2013 Noon Chapel Acts 2: 43-4743 Awe came upon everyone, because many wonders and ... [read more]
Even in the secular, market sphere, greed, unconstrained, backfires. Gordon Gekko, in the sequel to “Wall St. ” has come to recognize the problems of extreme greed: “It’s greed that makes m... [read more]
Ever since I agreed to serve the little Pacific UU Fellowship by doing pastoral care as needed plus a sermon every month or so, for a small honorarium, I've been puzzling about what we should call... [read more]
Every year, I receive requests from ministers and worship associate teams from across the United States, and sometimes across religious denominations, asking if I will help them to plan a Memorial ... [read more]
I used to experience the occasional horrible events of terrorism and gun violence without a strong personal reaction of fear. After September 11, 2001, I was greatly saddened, I was worried ... [read more]
The attached PDF is a paper written by Matt Meyer sharing a “Unitarian Universalist Theology of Community Organizing. ” It begins: Social justice work and Unitarian Universalism are... [read more]
Transformation is this month’s theme at UUCF. Thanks for reading. And for all those folks affected by yesterday’s events at the Boston Marathon–our hearts are with you. *** Transf... [read more]
Got a song stuck in your head? Are you driving yourself to distraction because you cannot stop singing “All the Single Ladies,” or “Seasons in the Sun,” or maybe some jingle from a commerc... [read more]
Down the street from us sits a quaint neighborhood pub in the Irish tradition, and by tradition, I don’t mean the pouring of green beer in March. Its name is a jumble of words from the Irish Gael... [read more]
I have this vision of being on line to get into Heaven. An angel is standing at the gate. She says, “Do you recognize this? ” And she holds up one of those little yellow p... [read more]
Sorry if I've worried any of you with the months-long lack of posts. All is well here at the Happy Kitten Cottage, and I've been keeping super-busy. I'm not teaching this summer, thank goodness,... [read more]
Yesterday, Pentecost was celebrated by Christians worldwide as the birthday of the Christian Church, and so I wanted to share with you this Pentecost reflection from my book Meditations on the Good... [read more]
See all blogs entries from Sexuality and Religion: What’s the Connection?
With a weekend at the First Unitarian Church, Wilmington, Delaware, a tour of the beautiful and history filled campus, and camping at Lums Pond State Park just southwest of the city, Austin and ... [read more]
In March, a Pennsylvania federal district court dismissed on ripeness grounds a challenge to the Affordable Care Act contraceptive coverage mandate brought by the religiously-sponsored Geneva Colle... [read more]
Jay Michaelson looks at recent incidents of homophobic hate crimes. [read more]
In Sarah Conover's new book from Skinner House, Muhammad: The Story of a Prophet and Reformer , young readers will encounter a man very different from the figure often presented in Western popular... [read more]
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NEWS: UUs in Rhode Island, Delaware, and Minnesota celebrate equal marriage rights in rapid succession. [read more]
LIFE: Summer camps help kids build their Unitarian Universalist identity. [read more]
See all podcast episodes from Unity Church-Unitarian of Saint Paul, MN
Rev Joel Scholefield will share memories of growing up in the long-ago-sold church parsonage in Pacific Heights. Joel is an award-winning elementary school in Berkeley; despite doing it for 20 year... [listen to the episode]
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May 12, 2013 - During this family service, Denise Brenner presents Time for All Ages: "Making Peace in My Corner of the World" about how we work to help the hungry through our donatio... [listen to the episode]
Come celebrate the gift of our beloved community as we reflect on what this moment in our congregational history calls us to do. We'll also have a child dedication at this service. [listen to the episode]
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Earlier this week I reported on how the Supreme Court of the United States will be hearing a case about sectarian prayers before government meetings. Defenders of various inclusive sectarian models... [read more]
What follows is another in a series of Life With a Chronic Illness. ™Bladder surgery was a success, I am glad to say. I healed up quite nicely and now bear only a small scar on my lower back. The... [read more]
Daniel Dennett's seven tools for thinking [read more]
Ten years ago, today I made my first blog post: a prayer. In the meantime, I have written more than 3,400 posts, developed some resources and welcomed more than 7,100 comments. The last 10 years se... [read more]
There's a long story (that you don't really need to know) about how this came to be, but suffice it to say that a draft of a book I once titled Unitarian Universalism 101 (I'm not sure what... [read more]
I recently read Michele Mc Neil’s piece in Education Week, “Rifts Deepen Over Direction of Ed. Policy in U. S. ”, and was heartened by what I read. The piece begins with this overview… ... [read more]
See all blog entries from Lefty Parent- Living and Parenting Without The Rule Book
I keep waking up with this song from “Finding Nemo” going through my hed. I know I often say it to students where I work and to my very own children–especially this time of year w... [read more]
Yesterday was my fortieth birthday. I can not believe that I am actually 40. Not because 40 is really old, but because time is going by SO FAST. Wasn't I just 25? ! I st... [read more]
On the morning of April 19th, the day after a night of gunfire and fear in Watertown, just four days after the Boston Marathon shooting, two days after the explosion in West, Texas, and two days af... [read more]
Ok friends, here’s the dirty little secret nobody wants to acknowledge in this whole Policy Governance debacle…. . The UUA is NOT in policy governance. The reason why the UUA is not in ... [read more]
Podcast Episode 62: Hatred, Ignorance, and Looking to the Weekend Welcome back, this is Daily Buddhism audio show number Sixty-Two recorded April 28th, 2013. My name is Brian Schell, and I am the y... [read more]
I'm learning yoga nidra. This is the yoga of deep relaxation and complete self-acceptance - the exact opposite of throwing your body into extreme poses - as "yoga" so often means in... [read more]
See all blog entries from Wandering Monk, Reluctant Gyrovague
It cannot be locked in, or locked out; this has been something I've learned in the course of prison ministry. Colleen (founder of Indianapolis Pagan Prison Ministry) and I experienced that once ag... [read more]
Ah, I am in the last minutes of my dissertation adventure and just taking a moment to breath and appreciate! As I wrap the dissertation up and also finish up my second year teaching, I am so thankf... [read more]
In November 12, 1832 the postmaster at Williamsburg Virginia sent a letter to the editors of the Southern Pioneer in Richmond Virginia explaining that there was a fair number of subscribers w... [read more]
Hello to any who (and I would be astonished if its anyone! ) may still get this post. I loved posting as Boston Unitarian and am very grateful for those who checked in now and again. Life has take... [read more]
If the Farm Bill issue does not get resolved by next week, like the tax side of the fiscal cliff, there will be another crisis in America. $7. 00/gallon milk. Hello liberal religionists, where are ... [read more]
". .. A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping, Rachel is weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more. " ... [read more]
So for the first time in my life on Friday I went curling. In Atlanta. This is something of a miracle, and I only found out about it from friends on twitter. In 2002 during the Winter Olym... [read more]
It was just supposed to be a little blog where I could vent about being a Unitarian Universalist student in an evangelical seminary. And along the way . .. Well, along the way, my baby daughter got... [read more]