"What makes good society? I answer, in one word, real fellowship."
“What makes good society? I answer, in one word, real fellowship.” - William Hazlitt, Table Talk (1823) p.332 (Unitarian, painter, essayist, critic)
Tamara Payne-Alex for UUA Moderator
Dearest Fellow Unitarian Universalists, Two weeks ago, I mailed in my off-site delegate ballot for the election of a new Moderator for the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. My vote
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Bob Senghas: Thinking of a Mentor
The Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association gathers just ahead of the annual UU General Assembly, this year in Lousville. This morning UUMA worship featured, as is the tradition, two speakers, on
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"Liberty and choice are the essential components that constitute human dignity."
“Liberty and choice are the essential components that constitute human dignity.” - Khaled Abou El Fadl, The Great Theft: Wrestling Islam From the Extremists
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A liberal still standing up for Jesus - a reply to a comment on my last blogpost
An early image of Jesus as the Good Shepherd A very important point was posted on my last blogpost No image, no passion - why this liberal continues to stand up for Jesus by Tim Bartik. Thanks, Tim,
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"Shout, friends of Liberty, aloud! Shout with a mighty tone! Sing, angels in the upper world, A..."
“Shout, friends of Liberty, aloud! Shout with a mighty tone! Sing, angels in the upper world, A song of Freedom’s own! Now stripes and bondage are exchanged, For peace and quiet homes, Where no slave-
Evening Prayer June 20, 2013
Let the night welcome us and we welcome it, ready for the dreaming and the dark, to love this life fully and well. Let the night welcome us and we welcome it, as cover for those of us who must go out
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Morning Prayer June 20, 2013
Beloved, lead us today in the building and maintaining the paths of trust necessary to create a peaceful and loving world. How easy it is to grow stony hearted and unkind, to be strong in relationship
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Youth service trip, day one
I’m on a five-day service trip with a total of seven youth and adults from the Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto. Agenda for day one: drive to Los Angeles, check in at motel, eat dinner and m
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No image, no passion - why this liberal continues to stand up for Jesus
Jesus depicted on a Polish Socinian/Unitarian medallion The following piece is a revision of an address I've given a couple of times in Cambridge during the past few years. I've revised it for inclusi
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"They wait! yet while we look, the hour Comes with its blissful freight: Fling out the Stars and..."
“They wait! yet while we look, the hour Comes with its blissful freight: Fling out the Stars and Stripes, a sign They may no longer wait. Shout Lincoln’s name with blissful tears, Pray for him day by
A Journey to Le Puy
By Brad Harper How do I begin? This ancient place, it has been itself the site of pilgrims, come to see the Black Madonna, a small statue within the cathedral brought back by pilgrims from the holy la
A Shared Journey Brad Harper
"Emancipation: Freedom from fear, especially from the fear of loss. The spiritual journey from..."
“Emancipation: Freedom from fear, especially from the fear of loss. The spiritual journey from beginning to end can be characterized as the overcoming of fear.” - Kabir Helminksi, The Book of Language
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CookOUT for Marriage Equality
submitted by Mason Moseley TO HONOR LEGALLY MARRIED GAY AND LESBIAN COUPLES WHEN: This Saturday, June 22, 2013 @ 1PM WHERE: UU Fellowship of the Peninsula DETAILS: Bring what you want to cook and/or
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Evening Prayer June 19, 2013
Open my heart, Beloved, to be ready for this night: to dream and live faithfully what I have promised, to share in the songs and the stories of this world, to risk gratitude so enormous gladness spill
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Morning Prayer June 19, 2013
Open my heart to be ready for this day: to practice faithfully what I have promised, to be compassionate when it is easier to retreat or give in to cruelty, to risk vulnerability to discover true stre
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RE NEWS (pre General Assembly)
By Joanne Dingus As I write this article, I am busily preparing for my trip to General Assembly. This will be my third time experiencing all that the Unitarian Universalist’s annual meeting has to off
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Sanctuary Art Project: “Blue Boat Home”
by Lauren Furey Approximately every two years we change the art on the walls of the sanctuary at the UUFP. Our first project was the Seven Principles, we then moved on to favorite hymns. The first was
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Tripling Twitter presence in 60 days.
I have been watching my partner, Sue, develop her Twitter presence and I think that her experience would be useful for UU ministers, and others, who want to have a Twitter presence but don't know how
Follow 2013 General Assembly with ‘UU World’
Members and delegates from Unitarian Universalist congregations across the country gather this week in Louisville, Ky., for the 52nd General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association. UU Worl
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