On Keeping Up

I have a half dozen ideas for things I’d like to write about swirling about in my head. Reflections about reflections. Thoughts about thoughts, about how the mind works, about how the mind works when

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UU minister featured in Atlantic gay-marriage story, and other UUs in the media

Minister featured in Atlantic cover story about same-sex marriages The Rev. Rob Hardies, senior minister of All Souls Unitarian Church in Washington, D.C., is featured with his fiance, Chris Nealon, a

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Re-Imagining Unitarian Universalism, Part 6: X Spirituality

I think that the UUA's efforts to become an anti-racist, anti-oppressive and multi-cultural movement is crucial to imagining a new Unitarian Universalism. Unitarian Universalism can exist in multiple

Admiral Grace Hopper - finally know where the “It is...

Admiral Grace Hopper - finally know where the “It is easier to beg for forgiveness than ask for permission” comes from! yellowcakeuranium: People do know!! millerflintstone replied to your post :  Who

"Chaliceout - Rejoice in the blessing of imagination & let us dream & act together for a..."

“Chaliceout - Rejoice in the blessing of imagination & let us dream & act together for a world of lovingkindness.” - Naomi King - Twitter: @revnaomi

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Feeding the World with Test Tube Cows

Heifer International boasts of having “the most important gift catalog in the world.”  They provide calves and goats for poor farmers to feed their families, right ?  Not exactly. Here are some other

‘God was not in the wind,’ and other UU online conversation

God was not in the wind After this week’s devastating tornado in Oklahoma, the Rev. Lynn Ungar addresses God’s role in natural disasters. How I hate that phrase, act of God. As if God would come down

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Camp Egan Retreat Communion Worship Sunday, May 26, 2013

Camp Egan Retreat Worship, 2013 Call To Worship Today is the day which God has made: Let us rejoice and be glad therein . What does the Eternal require of us? To do justice, love mercy, and walk humbl

"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

Standing on the Side of Love with Muslims in Terre Haute

This spring, the members of the First Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Terre Haute, Indiana, are working to build relationships with our Muslim neighbors. We invited members of the local Muslim

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A Few Notes on Palo

Nsala malongo! I’ve been learning about Palo cosmology and history over the last couple of months, and slowly unraveling some of the confusion I had about how the religion works. I thought I would off

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Endorsement Door 3, Ed Markey

Kisses. Kisses. Kisses. This morning over in DOT at the IBEW Local 103, Business Manager Mike Monahan loved Mayor Tom Menino and Rep. Ed Markey. Menino loved Monahan, the union, unions, and Markey. Ma

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Scouts (More) Honor(able)

BSA welcomes all youth, only some adults At its annual national meeting the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) approved a resolution removing, ” the restriction denying membership to youth on the basis of se

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– Does Digital Ministry Guarantee Growth In Members & Participants?

Anybody spot what’s wrong with the question in the title of this post? There’s an underlying assumption that a digital ministry inherently leads to growth, meaning more members and participants. It do

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Paying Attention to the Voice of that Woman: President Obama and a Spiritual Act of Witness

I have not been a big supporter of Barack Obama as a politician and I have mixed feelings about him as a leader.  In no way do I think he deserved the Nobel Prize he was awarded (I won’t say … Continu

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"Fantasy is true, of course. It isn’t factual, but it is true. Children know that. Adults know..."

“Fantasy is true, of course. It isn’t factual, but it is true. Children know that. Adults know it too, and that is precisely why many of them are afraid of fantasy. They know that its truth challenges

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how nuts and bolts work...

Rudy, at my local ACE hardware store was telling me yesterday that folks are getting dumber all the time. He's had customers who've not known how nuts and bolts work... not known that they must to be

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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