Telling Our Tradition – One “Thread”

Here’s a telling of our tradition, offered at the 2012 “Justice GA”: The Unitarian Universalist Path from Thoreau to Occupy This telling lifts up the core importance to Unitarian Universalists of cons

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What about Occupy?

Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York... says Gloucester of King Richard. It is seemingly everywhere, but Occupy Wall Street is the shining example, the poster c

The Meaning of Occupy Wall Street

I am weary of hearing well-meaning friends question the Occupy Wall Street phenomenon. They ask, "What do they want? They don't have any clear goals -- how can they hope to bring about change?" I want

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"Why We OccUUpy" (text of my Message/Sermon from the 11/27/11 Social Justice Committee Led Worship Service of the same name)

So.  What does Occupy stand for?  What are their demands?  What are they trying to accomplish?  That seems to be all you hear the media say about the Occupy movement and it kind of makes you wonder if

Occupy Unitarian Universalism

The Unitarian Society of Northampton and Florence has extended an invitation to members of their local Occupy movement to camp at their church.  The initial expected numbers are about 12-15 people in

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Occupy Life

The news is all abuzz with the sit in protests that started a month ago in New York City known as "Occupy Wall Street."   They sparked movements all over the world, and they have even come to our smal

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The politics Jesus wouldn't do...

"There is no such thing as a "Christian politics." If it is politics, it cannot be Christian. Jesus told Pilate: "My reign is not of this present order. If my reign were of this present order, my supp