"Chalicelight - Bless imagination & may it lead us to creative & good answers for persistent..."

“Chalicelight - Bless imagination & may it lead us to creative & good answers for persistent problems.” - Naomi King - Twitter: @revnaomi

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Meeting a Pope on the Road to Universalism

Pope Francis speaks from the simple chair replacing the golden and velvet throne of his predecessor. Well, that new Bishop of Rome sure knows how to stir things up and grab some attention.   In just t

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"They are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak; They are slaves who will not..."

“They are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak; They are slaves who will not choose Hatred, scoffing, and abuse, Rather than in silence shrink From the truth they needs must think; The

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"Truth is the nursing mother of genius. No man can be absolutely true to himself, eschewing cant,..."

“Truth is the nursing mother of genius. No man can be absolutely true to himself, eschewing cant, compromise, servile imitation, and complaisance, without becoming original, for there is in every crea

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Online petition regarding clergy sexual misconduct

The First Unitarian Universalist Church of Nashville’s “Safety Net” has started an online petition at Change.org, asking that all candidates for the UUA Board and for Moderator to open up a conversati

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Evening Prayer May 26, 2013

Attend, every heart, to the blessings of this earth, to our responsibilities to it and to all of life. Wherever we are, in whatever circumstances we find ourselves, may we remember and stay mindful of

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Morning Prayer May 26, 2013

Awake, every heart, to the blessings of this earth, to our care for it and for all upon it! Wake us into sharing with one another wisdom, news, and practices to nurture this earth and restore it to he

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Evening Prayer May 25, 2013

Wisdom, we greet this evening with gladness, breathing in the sweetness of night descending, breathing with relief and with hope. In blessing of the night, may we take refuge and find peace, letting t

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Morning Prayer May 25, 2013

Wisdom, from little beginnings and great unknowing, we grow in understanding, in ability, and in hope each day. No matter what we know, may we care to learn more, keep asking questions, keep attending

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Casa Mariposa: Solace for the spirit

THere is in the midst of the pain and desparation that migrants face a place where migrants can receive solace for their spirits.  Casa Mariposa is an intentional religious  community made up of a var

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The Boy Scouts are not safe without gay adult leaders.

I’m looking at the Boy Scout decision - not as a gay kid or adult, but a parent of a kid who may or may not be gay. What message does it send to him if he can be gay but his scout master can’t? It sou

Why I Still Do Not Support the Boy Scouts

There are a lot of reasons to celebrate the step that the Boy Scouts of America took this week.  Ending the ban on gay scouts is a significant change, and an acknowledgement of just how far our countr

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Petitioning UUA Candidates for Board and Moderator

Safety Net, an action team of Social Justice, has posted a petition on change.org: UUA candidates for board and moderator: Open a national conversation on clergy misconduct. Please consider signing it

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Chasing After Stars Hollow

My daughter and I started watching Gilmore Girls in 2000, along with every other preteen girl in America. What was different is that we not only fell in love with Lorelei and Rory, but we searched out

Living Simply

"Being Yourself and a UU in Today’s World" by new graduate from #PrinceGeorges #pgcps #maryland

This Sunday, we will have a sermon by a young man who just graduated from high school. Christian James has been active in the district youth group, serving as the "food dude". He's learned a lot in hi

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"The Lord has redeemed all of us, all of us, with the Blood of Christ: all of us, not just Catholics...."

“The Lord has redeemed all of us, all of us, with the Blood of Christ: all of us, not just Catholics. Everyone! ‘Father, the atheists?’ Even the atheists. Everyone! … And this commandment for everyone

The Prophethood of All Believers

A church that does not concern itself with the struggle in history for human decency and justice is not a prophetic church.  The prophetic church is the church in which all members share the common re

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"Chaliceout - May we react to one another with kindness, with mercy, with generosity"

“Chaliceout - May we react to one another with kindness, with mercy, with generosity” - Naomi King - Twitter: @revnaomi

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Sunday May 26- Good News

Jerrod Oltmann will be leading our Memorial Day worship this Sunday.  Jerrod is a third year seminarian at Meadville Lombard Theological School who, for the past year, has served as ministerial intern

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