Hair on Fire

Here’s a familiar set of problems in a different setting: Religion and Ethics Newsweekly (PBS) Watch Decline of Buddhism in Thailand on PBS. See more from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly. I visited Thail

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No More Deaths: Hiking the migrant trail

Our Delegation on Wednesday went to Arivaca where No More Deaths has a Humanitarian Aid Station  to provide resources and help for the residents and the migrants they may find on their property.  Two

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The Last Post (for now)

For three years we wandered through the desert. Often alone, sometimes together, always with our eyes turned toward something that we could not quite see. But that unseen something was our goal; it wa

Quick lessons for web site builders

Or perhaps I should say, “quickly learn some tools because a part of the church website isn’t doing what it should and I can’t find help” or “I don’t want to sound like an idiot when meeting with the

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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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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

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

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

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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Death By Bullet Point

Many people seem to think that there is supposedly one correct way to write a resume and a cover letter, but nobody every tells you how to do it. I like to say that there isn’t one right way, but many

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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

Re-Imagining Unitarian Universalism, Part 5, Kenosis

Way back when, in the early 2000's, I went to a Jesus Seminar or Westar conference in New York City. It was a power lineup of everyone who had ever written a book re-examining Christianity. Karen Arms

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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