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Featured Ministers

Faith Talk

Who Am I?

Who am I? Are we our souls, our character, our personality? Is who we are determined by biology or by the songs sung by our mothers before we were even conceived, or by some divine being? Is who... [read more]

Faith Talk

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Ms. Kitty’s Saloon and Road Show

Stories may be the most important thing we share about the dead.

John died on Thursday evening, about 6, with friends and family at his side. We decided to have an informal memorial service for him on Sunday afternoon when his brother and son would be able to a... [read more]

Ms. Kitty’s Saloon and Road Show

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Monkey Mind

Wanted Alive or Dead

Sadly, there is no common Buddhist calendar in the West. And here we have an example of the confusion that follows this lack of conformity. Today together with the 15th of this month is observed in... [read more]

Monkey Mind

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Yet Another Unitarian Universalist

We hear about Abigail, and learn to make storyboards with a ringer

It’s been a month since I got to teach Sunday school, but finally today I was the lead teacher once again; Susie, who had been the lead teacher last week, was the assisatant. Three of our reg... [read more]

Yet Another Unitarian Universalist

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Ideas from UU World

Waiting for a great novel about UU ministry

IDEAS: Contemporary authors have yet to plumb the true depths of Unitarian Universalist ministers' lives. [read more]

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Rev. Cyn

Social Networking for Congregations & Ministers

I spent the morning working on a Power Point slide explaining how I do social networking (for a presentation that I'm helping my father on for an organization named SEMCO). So the picture below i... [read more]

Rev. Cyn

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Thousand Voices

Bringing Walden Home: Three Chairs in My House

“There are strangers above me, below me and all around me,” says poet Joy Harjo, “and we are all strange in this place of recent invention. ” The place of recent invention is Los Angeles, t... [read more]

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Caute

An achievable perfection - some lessons from lichen . . .

One of Jesus' most problematic, difficult and even impossible calls found in the Gospel according to Matthew is that "to be perfect as our heavenly Father is perfect" (Matthew 5:48).... [read more]

Caute

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RadicalHapa

Police Related Racial Incidents

The more I’ve been back in the community, engaged in multiracial organizing and leadership development, the more I hear and experience the violent and racialized encounters with police, not j... [read more]

RadicalHapa

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ministrare

Leaving a Trace of Whimsy

So, I’ve chosen to do something that is intentionally and completely just for me.   As I mentioned briefly before, I am enrolled in the Interplay Life Practice Program this spring.   It... [read more]

ministrare

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Rev. Thomas Perchlik

Faith Formation

My wife has been in pain lately. It has lasted long enough that, though a confirmed atheist, she has begun to talk about making a “bargain with God” if only the pain would go away.   I... [read more]

Rev. Thomas Perchlik

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The Latest Form of Infidelity

New Gil Scott-Heron Album

On Monday Gil Scott-Heron will be releasing a new album. It his first in 15 years. I am, to say the least, excited. I remember the first time I heard Gil’s We Almost Lost Detroit. It pretty ... [read more]

The Latest Form of Infidelity

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Celestial Lands

The Moral Burden of the Unitarian Universalist

One of the common responses to Unitarian Universalism that I found among my military chaplain colleagues is the belief that we UU’s have no morality… when in reality I have found that f... [read more]

Celestial Lands

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PolityWonk

Christmas Eve in February

Amazing.   There is no other way to describe it: miraculous.   My mom is 80 today, a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, mother-in-law, community leader, neighbor. .. you name it.   M... [read more]

PolityWonk

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RevThom

List #29: 10 Thoughts about Vedera's New Album

In the fall of 2008 I went to Lawrence, Kansas to see Jenny Lewis in concert. That evening I wore a tight fitting maroon t-shirt with the word “veda” written in yellow down the side in a styli... [read more]

RevThom

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Planting God Communities

The closing of community centers in Tulsa...

. .. And how to recreate them. Here below is the text of a letter I sent to the Tulsa World news and editorial staff. Hope to pass it on to others in the broadcast media soon. Go to http://www. tul... [read more]

Planting God Communities

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timesunion.com

Happiness Prayer

My topic this Sunday is “Psychology of Happiness” working with the excellent book on “Positivity” by Barbara Fredrickson. This is a Sunday when I wish I could talk for 40-5... [read more]

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Rev. John Morehouse

Lost and Found

I was once interviewed by the children and I asked them what they think I do. They thought about this, and one boy said, “You talk to people on Sunday…" pausing for a moment and then ad... [read more]

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the yes church

a choice in Super Bowl ads

The anti-abortion ad featuring Tim Tebow and his mother is fine, wrote Frances Kissling and Kate Michelman--it just doesn't go far enough. It is absolutely a woman's choice whether or not to hav... [read more]

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Phil’s Little Blog on the Prairie

Sunday and Every Day

I mentioned in a previous post that the top priority for congregational support of families is to help them develop their faith. I also mentioned the UUA Bookstore as an excellent resource. Well, l... [read more]

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Odds & Ends

The Chaliceblog

I'm so teaching my dog to do this before next football season

Awesome. CCPs. You only need to watch the first ten seconds or so. It doesn't move on from there. [read more]

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DiscoverUU.com

Introducing New UU Minister Blog: Rev. Cyn

Introducing a new UU Minister blog by Rev. Cyntha Landrm http://revcyn. blogspot. com Please check it out. Some nice thoughts from a UU Minister serving a congregation in East Liberty, Michigan, o... [read more]

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What's Your Real Religion?

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UU News

White House Faith Based Council Posts Votes On Two Controversial Church-State Issues

Last Thursday, the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships posted the votes by its Advisory Council on two contentious issues. The first is whether faith-based social servic... [read more]

Religion Clause

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Rzepka steps down from CLF’s global ministry

NEWS: In ten years leading the Church of the Larger Fellowship, the Rev. Dr. Jane Rzepka brought Unitarian Universalism’s “church without walls” to the Web. [read more]

News from UU World

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American Prayer Hour a Success

Hundreds of people of faith gathered on Thursday, February 4th in more than 20 cities around the country for the American Prayer Hour, an interfaith response to the National Prayer Breakfast, which... [read more]

Inspired Faith, Effective Action

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Featured Podcasts

UU Church of Berkeley

Making Peace With The Holidays

Sunday Sermon [listen to the episode]

UU Church of Berkeley

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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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First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco Podcast

A Volcanic Eruption of the Human Heart

A Volcanic Eruption of the Human Heart -- Sermon delivered by Rev. Dr. Kay Jorgensen January 31, 2010 [listen to the episode]

First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco Podcast

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Unity Church-Unitarian of Saint Paul, MN

Simple Courage, Leon Dunkley, January 31, 2010

It is so hard to tell a decent story. It is even harder to tell a story that is actually true. By what power, by what authority do we tell the stories of our lives. The private stories, the publi... [listen to the episode]

Unity Church-Unitarian of Saint Paul, MN

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DMUUC Message

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Bearing the Torch from W. E. Burghardt DuBois to Barack Obama

Jan. 17, 2010 - We welcome Joyce Turner to our pulpit for Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday. Joyce is author of Caribbean Crusaders and the Harlem Renaissance, selected by the Association of College a... [listen to the episode]

DMUUC Message

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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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