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iMinister

the "Hot Stove"

Because my church has an intern and staff member in search and is itself in search, and because I was listed as a reference for several colleagues in search, I've taken a greater-than-usual intere... [read more]

iMinister

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The Latest Form of Infidelity

Rough Outline of 2 Samuel

2 Samuel Outline and Notes — 1:1-16 David learns of Saul’s death    – 1:1-10 the Amalekite tells David how he killed Saul    – 1:11-16 David... [read more]

The Latest Form of Infidelity

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Monkey Mind

Gone Sitting

This afternoon Jan & I are off to sesshin, leaving auntie & the cats in charge of the homestead. This means it is unlikely there will be any additional posts before Sunday evening. .. In th... [read more]

Monkey Mind

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Planting God Communities

What God and A Few Missional Minded (UU Christians) Can Do

Can you get five people, more or less, together to change the world? Here is a current status update on what can result. Yours will look different. But you can do it. Let me just say faith is so mu... [read more]

Planting God Communities

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Yet Another Unitarian Universalist

Avoiding the plague

Sometime you get absorbed by your job. This is not necessarily bad: jobs are reality, too. But the pressures of working in an office often distract me from their reality: I solve a problem, I answe... [read more]

Yet Another Unitarian Universalist

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ministrare

Ah, another bit I needed to keep making sense of it all:

From nakedpastor: One of the greatest enemies of the church is fantasy. Just like fantasy is one of the greatest enemies of a marriage. Dissatisfied with reality, we create a fantasy of what we d... [read more]

ministrare

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Rev. Cyn

On the Recent Actions of Catholic Organizations and Leaders

The Catholic church and its representatives have taken some reprehensible actions as of late.   A sampling:A Catholic school in Colorado is refusing students of gay and lesbian parents.  ... [read more]

Rev. Cyn

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RadicalHapa

Quick RJ Look at Primary Election for Mult Co Seat #2

A quick political observation and a few racial justice related comments. The race for Multnomah County Seat #2 covering most of N/NE Portland is going to be hot, multicultural, and will almost cer... [read more]

RadicalHapa

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One More Step

new blog location

I've now moved my blog to a personal website: Rev Ricky. com. Click on "blog" from" the menu on the welcome page. You will be able to comment on blog posts, subscribe with ... [read more]

One More Step

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PolityWonk

A Note that I Am Shamelessly Resuming a Bad Blogging Habit

Dear Community,In the crunch to finish my book (Histories and Mysteries of First UU Burlington, VT), I am doing almost no reading of your blogs.   Please don't feel bad -- I've cut... [read more]

PolityWonk

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Calling Ministers - Examining and interviewing for UU ministry

Evil & Climate Change

"Evil" is not a word I normally use, especially in reference to people. Instead words such as ignorant, misinformed, deluded, and ill, more easily trip off the tongue. Yet now I'm i... [read more]

Calling Ministers - Examining and interviewing for UU ministry

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Ms. Kitty’s Saloon and Road Show

I'm feeling sad about the many staff changes at the UUA

due to a necessary restructuring of the organization. I have not yet read any explanation of how the decisions were reached to lay off quite a few people; I do believe that it was due largely to b... [read more]

Ms. Kitty’s Saloon and Road Show

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Sunflower Chalice

I’m Getting Arrested

Hi, I plan on being arrested by the Muscular Dystrophy Association at 1 p. m. on  April 1, 2010. No fooling – they’re coming to get me at Pathways Church and take me away to Spring Cre... [read more]

Sunflower Chalice

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timesunion.com

Another Look at John Calvin

We Unitarian Universalists struggle with John Calvin.   I thought I’d spend some time during Lent considering him.   Here is what I presented this Sunday. Spoken Meditation What might John... [read more]

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Thousand Voices

Bringing Walden Home: Higher Laws

March 7, 2010 Dear Henry, I’m writing to share my thanks for your gift of Walden. I’m reading it along with the congregation I serve, the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta, and wi... [read more]

Thousand Voices

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Caute

Children, It's Spring - a case for 'de-ligio'

Today's address picks up on a number of themes and authors that I mentioned last week when I briefly explored how we as a contemporary religious community might, following Karl Marx's advice in h... [read more]

Caute

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A Unitarian Universalist Minister in Mississippi

When does personhood begin?

This is a variation on the age-old question of when does life begin–at conception or at birth?   There was a recent bill passed in Utah that criminalizes  miscarriages as homicide if the wo... [read more]

A Unitarian Universalist Minister in Mississippi

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Celestial Lands

Why I’m still a Christian

If there is anything that makes some of my fellow Unitarian Universalists more uncomfortable than my military past and probably future, it is my willingness to call myself, both in public and from ... [read more]

Celestial Lands

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Returning . . .

Standing on the Side of Love

sermon delivered to the Unitarian Church of Los Alamos, 2/14/2010 [read more]

Returning . . .

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the yes church

10 commandments a la Hitchens

Christopher Hitchens proposes a revised Ten Commandments, in a new Vanity Fair article. After several pages of his usual snark and deliberate mis-understanding of modern Christian thought, he come... [read more]

the yes church

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Odds & Ends

Educated & Poor

Snapshot from Denver

This mural of a famous photo of Johnny Cash adorns the parking lot wall of Bender's Tavern, on East 13th Avenue in Denver. It grabbed my attention so much that I had to take a picture. Here's ano... [read more]

Educated & Poor

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Sexuality and Religion: What’s the Connection?

Celebrate DC, Speak Out Against Virginia

Last Friday, the Attorney General of Virginia, Ken Cuccinelli, sent a letter to every college and university in the state to rescind their policies banning discrimination on sexual orientation. He ... [read more]

Sexuality and Religion: What’s the Connection?

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What's Your Real Religion?

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UU News

Egypt's Sheik Tantawi, Head of Al Azhar, Dies

According to the New York Times, Egypt's chief religious official, Sheik Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, died yesterday during a visit to Saudi Arabia. He was 81. As head of Egypt's most prestigious cente... [read more]

Religion Clause

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David Chura: Juvenile Justice? Send ‘Em to Boot Camp!

The author of I Don't Wish Nobody to Have a Life Like mine became an unlikely advocate for a military-style form of education for kids in the juvenile justice system. [read more]

Beacon Broadside

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Board to review proposed changes to Article XV

NEWS: If amended, Article XV would make it easier to change bylaws [read more]

News from UU World

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Who owns your congregation?

LIFE: A congregation's owner isn't its board, minister, or members; it is its mission. [read more]

Life from UU World

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Featured Podcasts

UU Church of Berkeley

Grace and Giving

Sunday Sermon, Jan 31,2010: Rev. Barbara Hamilton-Holway [listen to the episode]

UU Church of Berkeley

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Unity Church-Unitarian of Saint Paul, MN

Blessing the Bills, Rev. Meg Riley, March 7, 2010

Reflections on scarcity and abundance. [listen to the episode]

Unity Church-Unitarian of Saint Paul, MN

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First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco Podcast

The Art of Massage

The Art of Massage -- Sermon delivered by Joel Gilbertson-White February 28, 2010 [listen to the episode]

First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco Podcast

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DMUUC Message

The Life That Makes All Things New

January 24, 2010 - Rev. Bruce T. Marshall explores personal spirituality and how it may develop in a Unitarian Universalist context. The traditional term for this process is "Spiritual Forma... [listen to the episode]

DMUUC Message

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Sermons from First Unitarian Society of Madison

“An Alternative to Arrogance”

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Sermons from First Unitarian Society of Madison

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Bull Run Unitarian Universalists

"Story Shaped" - December 13, 2009

One of our bridging youths said that she liked for things, including religion, to be "story shaped. " What stories give shape to your life? Are there stories about yourself that you... [listen to the episode]

Bull Run Unitarian Universalists

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