Thursday, 09 September 2010, 03:07 am PDT
Featured Ministers
The Overloaded Liberal
Video presented before the sermon, from a TV show called “The Goode Family”: “You might be an overloaded liberal if … you hide the snack you brought to the playground for your five-... [read more]
Thousand Voices
The Four Thoreaus and You
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]
Thousand Voices
A Religion of Abundance: Unitarian Universalism
“The world has need of your theology,” said prominent Harvard theologian Diana Eck last year to one of our sister congregations in New York City. “In a world divided by race, and by religion ... [read more]
Thousand Voices
The Secret Lives of Our Parents
In her poem entitled “Prayer,” Daisy Rhau tells a story about her father when he was only ten years old, his life threatened during warfare in Korea, 1944. He was fleeing enemy soldiers with th... [read more]
Thousand Voices
Crooked Path to Enlightenment
Late in Siddhartha Gautama’s ministry, when India was on fire with his liberating message, people would come to him asking NOT who are you? NOT what’s your name, your origin, your ancestry? But... [read more]
Thousand Voices
Doctor of the Soul: Carl Jung
In the summer of 1977, I would not have recognized the name Carl Jung even though the major event of my life back then was premised to a significant extent on the work of one of his disciples, Jose... [read more]
Thousand Voices
Art of Herding Cats
I was looking through some personal files the other day, and I happened to find some old progress reports from elementary school. Particularly interesting are the comments from grade two. “Anthon... [read more]
Thousand Voices
Thank You, Mrs. Starkey
This is my June 2010 UUCA newsletter column…. How long has it been since you looked at your high school yearbook? Inspired by our recent graduates (which we honored at the May 16th Bridging S... [read more]
Thousand Voices
Laying On Of Hands Ritual for the Rev. Paul Daniel’s Installation
To signify the blessing of this hour upon the Rev. Paul Daniel’s ministry in relationship to this gathered community, we will now have the laying on of hands ritual. Paul, please come up here. Ov... [read more]
Thousand Voices
Bringing Walden Home: Finding Walden Where You Are
Many of the Unitarians and Universalists and Unitarian Universalists who came after Thoreau struggled with his model and message. To them it was by no means clear what Walden meant for our spiritua... [read more]