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Celestial Lands

Beyond Military Borders — Homily at PSWD-UUA District Assembly 2012

I have received multiple requests for copies of the homily that I presented at the UUA Pacific Southwest District Assembly this year, and instead of continuing to email it out, I thought I would pu... [read more]

Celestial Lands

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Lake Chalice

Worship

I return to the question: What are we here for? For those of you who have a "thing" about prepositions at the the end: For what are we here? That is, for what do we come to a worship ... [read more]

Lake Chalice

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A Unitarian Universalist Minister in Mississippi

Alabama’s Shame Deepens

Once to every man and nation, comes the moment to decide, In the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side; Some great cause, some great decision, offering each the bloom or blight,... [read more]

A Unitarian Universalist Minister in Mississippi

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the yes church

Mother's Day Prayer

Let us open ourselves widely to Life, and share a few moments of quiet attention… {silence} We call upon the Hopi Earth-Mother, Tuuwaqatsi, and Cybele, the Magna Mater; we think of Parvati, p... [read more]

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Rev. Cyn

Apparently Breasts Are Provacative

This week's Time Magazine cover of a woman breast-feeding her 3-year-old son sure has a lot of people talking.   My own feelings about the Time cover are conflicted.   On one hand, I thi... [read more]

Rev. Cyn

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A Minister’s Musings

Longing or Gratitude

The other night I watched TV for the first time in a long time.   No anti-boob-tube righteousness in that hiatus . . . I've been busy.   But I did get a break the other night, and I tuned in Myt... [read more]

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timesunion.com

Living Compassion with Robert Gonzales

Just dropped Robert Gonzales off at the Albany Airport to catch a 6am flight back to Portland, OR.   My wife Philomena and I brought him back from a three day Living Compassion retreat with him at... [read more]

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Caute

Spring mending-time – a meditation on the value of maintaining walls

Stone wall at Frost's farm in Derry, NHReadings: Psalm 16 and Mending Wall by Robert Frost (Youtube link below)A poster which has appeared on our own noticeboard from time to time says: “Unitari... [read more]

Caute

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thelivelytradition

Our "Betters"

aren't. The news of Mitt Romney's cruelty toward a fellow student at the posh Cranbrook School, combined with the recent stories about how future financial titans currently enrolled at Dartmouth ... [read more]

thelivelytradition

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Sunflower Chalice

The Great Home-Brewed Emerging Frontier

This talk is from May 6, 2012 at Westside UU Church in Fort Worth, TX.   I speak about what Unitarian Universalists can learn and what we can contribute to developments in Evangelical Christianity... [read more]

Sunflower Chalice

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A Jersey Girl in Kentucky

YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW

            I never really believed in Hell, but had I been taught that hell was real from childhood, I would no doubt have believed in it fo... [read more]

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A Jersey Girl In Kentucky

YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW

            I never really believed in Hell, but had I been taught that hell was real from childhood, I would no doubt have believed in it fo... [read more]

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RevThom

Homily: "Different, Unique, Diverse, Inclusive" (Delivered 5-6-12)

I want to begin by mentioning one particular poem by Billy Collins, the former US poet laureate and a favorite poet of many members of this church.   In his exquisite poem Litany, Collins stri... [read more]

RevThom

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Thousand Voices

Reading the Bible Again for the First Time: Book of Revelation

On August 23 of the year 79 CE, Mount Vesuvius in southern Italy erupted with a deafening roar. It shook the earth, sheets of fire shot up out of the crater, molten lava rained down, and it killed ... [read more]

Thousand Voices

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Planting God Communities

ReShaping the World: church in likeness to a different God

  Reshaping The World: church in likeness to a different God Rev. Ron Robinson Ballou-Channing District, UUA, Keynote Sermon, Fairhaven, MA, May 5, 2012 Introduction: A Bigger Bandwidth In a ... [read more]

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PeaceBang

She Adopts A Beagle

High-maintenance, the lady at the shelter says. I’ve heard that one before. Bad on a leash. What self-respecting creature would be good on a leash? He is standing at my knees, his entire flan... [read more]

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The Reverend Dr.

Strangely Silent Years

March on Media: Part II in an Ongoing Series on the  Place of Technology in Our Lives Once upon a time, when a mariachi band or barbershop quartet or stray female vocalist stepped into the subway... [read more]

The Reverend Dr.

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Ideas from UU World

Forrest Church's spiritual odyssey

IDEAS: Biography reveals moving model for spiritual growth. [read more]

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Ms. Kitty’s Saloon and Road Show

A Trail of Beauty and of Tears

A TRAIL OF BEAUTY AND OF TEARSRev. Kit Ketcham, with Jarina Moss, April 29, 2012    In February, I spoke to you on the topic of current civil rights issues in America, mentioning sev... [read more]

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Drink from the Stream

Earth Day: Finding Hope in Troubled Times

Dear friends, Happy Earth Day! Here’s the sermon I gave this weekend. I hope you will all stay hopeful and focused out there–it is not too late to make the changes we need to protect th... [read more]

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RadicalHapa

Who do you recognize on Earth Day?

As a parent, Earth Day is a chance to bring out the environmentalist in my kids. I love all the people caring for the earth, improving their individual habits, and drawing special attention to the ... [read more]

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Odds & Ends

Educated & Poor

Cleaning up with the Colonel

On the back patio, cleaning away a winter's worth of fallen leaves and grime. COL: You got a broom? ME: Yeah, here's the outdoor broom. [begins moving patio table and chairs] COL: [sweeping w... [read more]

Educated & Poor

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Sexuality and Religion: What’s the Connection?

Response to TUMC: Religious Leaders Stand With LGBT People of Faith

I'm pleased to tell you that today the Religious Institute, a multi-faith organization dedicated to sexual health, education and justice, issued a statement regarding The United Methodist Church... [read more]

Sexuality and Religion: What’s the Connection?

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A human rights weblog

All of Us Together on the Path to Justice

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The Journey

"Replenishment" Or "My Pond is Back"

In September, I visited my favorite pond to discover it was, for the most part, gone. Dried up, from the drought. A field where fish used to swim. It's back. Almost to overflowing. In some areas, ... [read more]

The Journey

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What's Your Real Religion?

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UU News

Israeli Council To Recommend Memorial Day Reading Omit "God"

Haaretz reports today that in Israel, the Public Council for Soldiers' Commemoration will recommend to Defense Minister Ehud Barak that in Memorial Day ceremonies at military cemeteries the s... [read more]

Religion Clause

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Outlaw Marriages: The Hidden Histories of Fifteen Extraordinary Same-Sex Couples

The engaging and untold stories of fifteen prominent same-sex couples who defied cultural norms and made signifcant contributions to American history. [read more]

Beacon Broadside

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Thick stories

SPIRIT: In Soul to Soul groups, silence can connect us more deeply than using words or questions. [read more]

Spirit from UU World

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UN seminar spurs UU young adults to immigration action

NEWS: 119 youth and adults attend three-day UU-UNO conference in New York. [read more]

News from UU World

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Faith Without Borders: From Elmina Castle: Undoing Racism

The Rev. Peter Morales, President of The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), and a delegation of Unitarian Universalists have just returned from visiting the Every Child is Our Child program ... [read more]

Unitarian Universalist Association: Top Stories

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Featured Podcasts

DMUUC Message

Immigration as a Moral Issue by Rev. Bruce Marshall at Davies Memorial Unitarian Universalist Church

22 April 2012- Every year, the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) holds a general assembly to discuss issues that concern its members and society.   This year, in the wake of the passage... [listen to the episode]

DMUUC Message

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First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco Podcast

A Home for Love

A Home for Love -- Sermon delivered by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Parker April 29,2012 at 11:00 am [listen to the episode]

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UU Church of Berkeley

Foolish Love

i thank You God for most this amazing day:  for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything which is natural which is infinite which is yes (i who ... [listen to the episode]

UU Church of Berkeley

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Bull Run Unitarian Universalists

"Now is the Time: Stewardship Sunday" - April 10, 2011

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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