Thursday, 29 July 2010, 08:21 am PDT
Unitarian Universalism: The Institution of Spiritual Freedom
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Judge Bolton's injunction "does not stop immigrant communities and their supporters from being terrorized in Arizona, it just limits the reasons for which they can be terrorized," ac... [read more]
I just got back to my homestay from an excellent non-violent civil disobedience training put on by the Ruckus Society and the Catalyst Project. It was held at the Unitarian Universalist Congregati... [read more]
This afternoon, I took a break from not writing the things I’m supposed to be writing, and went out to the Baylands nature preserve for a walk. We’re now fully into the summer-dry seas... [read more]
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I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the phrase I’ve used for the title of this post: “We’ll Get What We Are. ” It’s something that Christian Smith said in his ... [read more]
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I just finished an intensive course in public theology at Meadville/Lombard Theological School at the University of Chicago. Other than the blistering heat, the ideas and energy expresse... [read more]
ministers dread, and nearly all of us have to cope with at one time or another, is a string of deaths in the congregation within a relatively short period of time. It's hard on our psychic energy... [read more]
All my life I have pursued intellectual hyper-drive. For shaking off the Midwest-- San Francisco. For culture -- New York City. For politics -- DC. For social justice --... [read more]
IDEAS: Where should we assign the burden of proof for ideas about the afterlife? [read more]
I’ve been on a path far from the circles of Unitarian Universalists the past 3 years. Today I was out and about wearing a T-Shirts I bought off a C*UUYAN (young adult ministry) Steering Co... [read more]
My Zafu A couple of weeks ago I gave an address which explored our particular church's covenant. In a way this is an expansion of the call to meet in 'the spirit of Jesus. 'There are a lot of '... [read more]
Many of you know that I recently went through a time of liminality and discernment about the path toward practicing my ministry, sparked by the military choosing to offer me Reserve Military Chapla... [read more]
Part of the joy—and perhaps the lure—of simple living is that you choose to manage only what lies within the scope of your actual capabilities and not to live under the pretext of unlimited ass... [read more]
Jan & I are off to sesshin at our Boundless Way temple in Worcester, leaving auntie & the cats in charge of the old homestead. Sesshin means to touch the heart mind. And frequently one does... [read more]
Make sure, if you are interested in missional church and community renewing living, and I hope you are and will be, that you read this. There I was this evening, at dusk, following one of those ins... [read more]
Many of the Unitarians and Universalists who came after Henry David Thoreau struggled with his model and message. To them it was by no means clear what Walden meant for our spiritual movement, even... [read more]
Here's the sermon I gave today about Arizona's immigration law. If you can watch the video clip “UUs Stand on the Side of Love in Arizona” from http://www. uua. org/events/generalassembly/201... [read more]
“Bless the Animals” service was presented by Rev. Fred L Hammond to the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Tuscaloosa, Alabama on 18 July 2010 © Chalice Lighting written by Rev. Fred L H... [read more]
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No longer content to hike the Appalachian trail or climb Denali, devout secularists have turned their sights on pilgrim routes. One such route is the Way of St. James which wends through rugged ... [read more]
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As ministers, we all know too easily the arguments to not "friend" members of our congregation on Facebook and other social networking sites. It blurs the professional boundary... [read more]
It's a common formula. It happened today, here in Albuquerque. It happens a lot. Here are some of the most infamous. .which is to say, the ones where more than two people died. T... [read more]
I am so pleased to be one of the religious leaders selected to be part of the Washington Post's On Faith panel. Organized by Sally Quinn and Jon Meachem, each week we are sent a question to consi... [read more]
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Picture from Engrish Funny The Regents' Exam has come and gone for another semester, but I still have a treasure trove [sic] of bloopers to share with you. Some of them I included simply because t... [read more]
Sunday, July 18 Moments of Grace 4 years ago, I said to The Husband, “Our vacations are always going to where family is. We need to find a place and go on a trip, just us and the kids. ”... [read more]
The Financial Express reports that on Tuesday, the Appellate Division of Bangladesh's Supreme Court upheld, with certain modifications, a High Court decision that declared illegal the Fifth Amendm... [read more]
Danielle Ofri appreciated a pro-immigration this past Independence Day. [read more]
NEWS: UU antioppression campaign gains visibility, supporters. [read more]
LIFE: I feel comfortable in a Unitarian church only because I am not ethnocentric. [read more]
UUs continue to call attention to Arizona M & C, a trade journal for the convention industry, touches upon the UUA’s debate about GA 2012 in its discussion of the harmful effects of SB 1070. ... [read more]
The People with Eyes on Our Feet -- Sermon delivered by Rev. Denis Letourneau Paul July 25, 2010 [listen to the episode]
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Copyright © 2010 know this rose will open. "Oh, yeah, right! " I can hear some of you, I can hear myself, sometimes say. What about those cramped, little places we can find ou... [listen to the episode]
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May 16, 2010 - "I am all in favor of change-just as long as it doesn't affect me. Perhaps I am not unique in this. We applaud change as a value but resist when it actually alters our lives.... [listen to the episode]
This final component of our many-part sermon series on creation stories will focus on the Big Bang, looking at the scientific wonder behind the origins of the universe, and at all the things we do ... [listen to the episode]
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A few weeks back I mentioned that I had entered a period of depression. With an increased dosage of Lithium, it subsided temporarily. Unfortunately, it has now returned again. Sometimes depresse... [read more]
On July 29, 1869 American novelist and dramatist Booth Tarkington was born into a comfortable, upper middle class family in Indianapolis, Indiana. His long and very productive career w... [read more]
The Dawn's Editorial on the murder of Mian Rashid Hussain by the Pak Taliban, HT Pakhtunkhwa Peace Forum Monday’s suicide attack in Peshawar near the home of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Minis... [read more]
In reply to what can only be called an unbridled fan letter from Chrisopher Pearse Cranch, Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote:"My dear sir, I recognize with joy your sympathy with me in the same tast... [read more]
Tonight, the German band I play in performed before the start of the Sound Of Music production at a local outdoor theatre. These past few weeks have been a whirlwind of activity. Lots of fun, but e... [read more]
I've been thinking about systems and the flaw of identity politics. That reminded me of the saying, "the personal is political," a term I agreed with before I began to understand pow... [read more]
We’ve passed the six month anniversary of the 7. 0 magnitude earthquake that devastated Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital. The quake killed nearly a quarter of a million people, and o... [read more]
The British Unitarians and Free Christian bloggers seem to be countering the mid-summer slump that’s withering the bloggers on this side of the Atlantic. And they have an energy that its wort... [read more]
I got a very nice email from a reader of this blog who asks the simple question of how does one become more multicultural. While I plan on doing a private email to that person, I thought I would ... [read more]
I’m really impressed that I was able to do almost all the things on my list of daily goals for myself on my first “workday” day of my Ketchup vacation: I cleaned the bathroom, I d... [read more]
I don’t like C*UUYAN either. I talked earlier about the problems I’ve got with the Office of Youth and Young Adult programming (well, at least how unhelpful their damned website it) and now ... [read more]
High school would have been more enjoyable had this work been recommended rather than "Sense and Sensibility". [read more]
Just as in real estate they say the three key things are “location, location, location”, when it comes to formal institutions like schools, businesses, religious congregations, or even just tea... [read more]
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The July 2010 UU Salon topic is "salvation. " Here are the questions for all of us to consider:What is it? Who gets it? How do you get it? I'm going to start off with a short segmen... [read more]
David Brooks has written a column for the New York Times in which he discusses the idea that morality is a product of our evolutionary past. According to this view, our ancestors developed a sense... [read more]
The Boston Unitarian asks "I am trying to remedy my somewhat woeful knowledge of Universalism and (as you know) just picked up an e-reader. I was wondering if you could suggest maybe 5 books... [read more]
Here are the final texts of the Actions of Immediate Witness, business resolutions, and responsive resolutions adopted by the UUA’s 2010 General Assembly. Actions of Immediate Witness Clea... [read more]
(A couple of years ago, I posted a few of the parables of Safed the Sage, which was a popular series of columns written by the Rev. William Eleazar Barton about a century ago. For some reason I wa... [read more]
Though the harp was As light as the air,It slowed Jack still,Climbing with only one hand. “Let me be,Let me be,”The harp plucked. “I will sing only to those I wish to see! ”“Oh, shut up! ... [read more]
Miracle Mile Lunch Trucks examines the competition between “permanent” businesses and food trucks in one neighborhood in Los Angeles: For food truck lovers — and there are many in thi... [read more]
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