Thursday, 09 September 2010, 03:13 am PDT
Featured Ministers
river, not rock
"Unitarian Universalism is not a rock to hold onto. It is a river to swim in. If you want a set of beliefs to hold onto, if you want rules to guide your life in all situations, if you want a... [read more]
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Hawking speaks out of turn
Stephen Hawking writes that "It is not necessary to invoke God [to] set the universe going," in an excerpt from his new book, as reported in a BBC News story. I might agree with him ... [read more]
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why us, why now.
Beck's rally was the "Waterworld of white self-pity," according to Christopher Hitchens' column at slate. com. He compares the U. S. "Tea Parties" to the nativist mov... [read more]
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bonfire of freedom
As a compassionate counter to "Burn a Qu'ran Day," let us hold bonfires of our own, and use the light to read by--perhaps a peaceful passage from the Qu'ran--and use the heat to coo... [read more]
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48 into 1070
Many of those arrested at the Phoenix protests have had their day in court. Most UUs protesting the inherent racism in the anti-immigrant SB 1070 have been sentenced to community service. (I don'... [read more]
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OSU-UM unscheduled?
The annual Ohio State – Michigan game may no longer be the final game of the Big Ten season–-may, in fact, not happen at all in many years, according to Dan Wetzel’s column on rivals. com. On... [read more]
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we are the revolution
“We cannot wait for the. .. times to change that we may change with them, for the revolution to come and carry us round in its new course. No more will the evolutionary forces of nature propel us... [read more]
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liberal racism
Tim Wise writes that racism manifests in U. S. liberals mostly through an unwillingness to note race as an important part of life in this country. Some folks on the right use race to divide us; Wi... [read more]
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parka culture
Trying to inform worship in our "UU culture" with practices and aesthetics from other cultures is like exchanging a white parka for a colored parka, when I want to dance naked in the ... [read more]
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chuckology
Watching The Big Bang Theory on TV can be a spiritual experience, at least according to Chuck Lorre, the show's creator. Many of Lorre's shows end with a "Vanity Card" with a short ... [read more]
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exposing yourself online?
The government can access cellphone calls, emails, old search engine queries, and GPS records (where did you go last weekend? ), according to this ACLU quiz. Outdated privacy laws protect none of ... [read more]
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Jose's history lesson
Jose’ Ballester changes the frame of the "immigration crisis” and offers some U. S. history--and some book and movie suggestions:Following some of George Lakoff’s suggestion might we n... [read more]
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we light this chalice as a beacon
UUs are being touted as a shining example of 21st century social organizing, according to Kim Bobo's article in religion dispatches online magazine. "Although most faith bodies and denomina... [read more]
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facts, love over h8
"Proposition 8 fails to advance any rational basis in singling out gay men and lesbians for denial of a marriage license," wrote Judge Vaughn R. Walker, in his decision yesterday. He... [read more]
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Melissa's witness
Dehumanizing abuses and rampant racism--that's what the Rev. Ms. Melissa Carvill-Ziemer found in Sheriff Joe Arpaio's jail, as she reports in her Face Book post, "First Thoughts from AZ... [read more]
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20+ UUs arrested; some jailed overnight
So many UUs (and others) were arrested yesterday that the backlog clogged Sheriff Joe Arpaio's system, delaying his planned raids. Some--not all--UUs were allowed to leave on their own recognizan... [read more]
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judge blocks; gov appeals; many still protest
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]
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"Mad Men" season 4 premiere
The world of Mad Men is a horrible place--and yet it makes for compelling television. I was born into that world, just a few weeks after JFK was assassinated, and I *cannot* imagine how restrictiv... [read more]
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libraries crucial, *not* expensive
A functioning democracy *requires* an educated public. Doug Muder, in his weekly sift of the news, writes, "Under the early presidents, America built the best postal service in the world, a... [read more]
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US wealth gap increasing
The wealth gap in the USA is the worst since the Gilded Age, writes Gus Lubin in this Business Insider article, complete with 15 charts to anger and/or sicken us. Unlike many other nations (France ... [read more]
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Harvey Pekar, RIP
I never met Harvey Pekar, but I haunted many of the same bars and bookstores, in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. His comics were sometimes depressing, usually acerbically humorous, and always painstaking... [read more]
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tweeting independence
"We protested taxation without representation; we have been patient; we appealed for justice; now we declare ourselves free" is one way to tweet the USA Declaration of Independence, a... [read more]
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actions of immediate lament
Long, heartfelt debates about AIWs speak to a need for lament, rather than procedural votes. Moving testimony on all sides of our Actions of Immediate Witness may have helped the speakers feel bet... [read more]
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resolved: GA'12 in Phoenix
With the assumption that we are talking not just about June 2012, but every day before and after;not just about Phoenix, Arizona, but about every community and every state;not just demonstrating *a... [read more]
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no GA'12; show up in AZ to work?
Skip GA in 2012 (begin biennial assemblies) and hold a justice-focused event in Arizona in June, 2012, instead. The UU Allies for Racial Equity have not yet posted their elegant and open-hearted s... [read more]