Thursday, 09 September 2010, 02:53 am PDT
Featured Ministers
Life after "The Help"
My cousin Fern (second of 4 Marjories) and her family's maid, Mitty in 1983. I am guessing that Fern's relationship with Mitty was much like the children in The Help. My (great) Aunt Madge... [read more]
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BEYOND 28 FLAVORS: Ice Cream Theology
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]
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gotta get this right!
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SUNDOWN TOWNS
The following power point introduces "Sundown" Towns. http://docs. google. com/leaf? id=0 B_Ar Rlz E0p Wu OGM4 Yjky Nj Ut Yz Ey Mi 00 YTQw LTll Zjgt MDAx Zj U1 N2 Q0 Nm Jk&hl=enht... [read more]
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Now THIS is an Outrage!!
http://www. npr. org/blogs/health/2010/03/cesarean_births_hit_new_high_i. html I am back to blogging, and will do my best to keep up. Finally, something made me mad enough to blog about! Mostly, I ... [read more]
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Haiti: Theology & Theophany
I couldn't write the blog for a few weeks. . I was silent in the wake of Haiti. I didn't have words for it; writing about anything else seemed beside the point. This past Sunday, we had a service... [read more]
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things and people... COFFEE!
Dr. Mehmet Oz is the new media health guru. I figured he was Turkish, because of his name. Being Turkish, how could he not love coffee, right? (Actually, I have been to Turkey, another thing ... [read more]
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More things... poetry & poets
I think poets are the heroes and heroines of our time. They are the ones who tell it like it is. By crafting reality, even the bitter and ugly of it,into something lyrical or poignant or vivid, the... [read more]
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Things that make life worth living: Katrina Volunteers
Who could have dreamed of all of the thousands of miracles that would come in the wake of the biggest natural disaster of the decade (in the US). .. tens of thousands of lives changed. . not only t... [read more]
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Things & People That make Life Worth Living: Sasha Obama
All kids are not cute! I am a kid-lover, but some children are downright unappealing. That seems to have been the case with many of the first-family children over the decades of my life, possible e... [read more]
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Things & people that make life worth living #2: Small Banks (like Bank of the Bluegrass)
I have been telling people about my bank for 5 or 6 years now. . it's very small-- just two offices, and ATMs in the local Shell Stations. It happens to be our church's bank, too; that's how I d... [read more]
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Things & People That Make Life Worth Living: Wendell Berry
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"In Case You Were Wondering..."
. . about that structure in front of the entrance, it's a manger. "Laughter. This is the UU Church the week before Christmas. The co-chair of the newly formed UU Christian Fellowship has co... [read more]
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Changing ScrUUge
an image from Dickens' "The Goblins Who Stole a Sexton," on which Sunday's service/skit will be based! There have been countless renditions and interpretations of A Chris... [read more]
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JEEZ.. it's about US!
I am only mildly interested in whether the man Jesus was actually born and lived upon this earth. Like most good literature, the story of Jesus' birth, life, and even death is "true"... [read more]
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Christmas Nightmares & Dreams
Seth at Salvation Army party "Seth is home. "These are the words our four year old grand nephew spoke as he lay in his big warm bed drifting off to sleep with "Eric Poppa... [read more]
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No mas muertes
http://www. uuworld. org/news/articles/143158. shtml Seems as if the news media have picked up, big time, on the story of Walt Staton, a UU from Arizona,who is studying for the ministry. Perhaps th... [read more]
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Obama the Dog & Obama's Doghouse
This adorable dog is named Obama, and the happy girl is my daughter. She's spending the whole school year in the Canary Islands, becoming even more fluent in Spanish, and having beaucoups interest... [read more]
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A UU Minister on SPEAKING of FAITH!
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Have a "Lockdown" Holiday?? No, thanks.
I just saw a TV commercial letting me know that there will be a "Lockdown" marathon all day long on Thanksgiving. .. . what? I can't think of anything that would be worse on Thanksgi... [read more]
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Breast-eria.. Worried about BC? Try nursing.
The debate over new guidelines for mammograms is growing. I don't think the folks who issued those findings were in touch with what an emotional issue this is. Even for someone who has not had bre... [read more]
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JESSIE'S VISION STATEMENT.. way better than mine!
Here's a link to Jessica Bollinger's website and her personal vision, which she shared with us in church. She's an amazing woman! www. imagoconnection. com Personal Vision This past Sunday... [read more]
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Keillor reads MY LOVE FOR ALL THINGS WARM AND BREATHING
Ahhh. . this blew me away. I feel this way about the people in the congregation, when I am centered and in a place of joy and love. If you just want to hear the poem, move the cursor to about 2:30.... [read more]
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My Vision Statement, Part 1
I don't think I've ever written down my own vision statement. So, this is a first. Like the church, I am pretty sure I have a vision for my life, but since it hasn't been articulated, my e... [read more]
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Vision Statements: What's Yours?
Don Blevins and Cynthia in Eastern Ky 2006 For the first time in over ten years,our congregation has been going through a complete Vision Process. We've managed to do two whole five year Long Rang... [read more]