Clean Energy as a Human Right: from a technical solution to a moral imperative
“When was the last time you changed your mind about something?” For many of us who’ve been working on environmental issues, we’ve become experts on particular things, and - truth be told - it’s a lo
Climate Justice
Navigating Conflict in Our Climate Work: Recording & Resources
Conflict is inevitable. What plan do you have to engage? Let’s get together and explore ways to transform harm and restore relationships in our congregations with Wendy Weirick, a Restorative Circles
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Noting Buddhist Meditation Master S N Goenka
Satya Narayana Goenka died on this day, the 29th of September, 2013, at his Mumabi home. He was survived by his wife Elaichi Devi Goenka, six sons, and a generation of Vipassana meditation
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The Gift of Welcome
This month, we have been focusing on the gift of welcome. The writers here have shared with us many dimensions of that gift. Words. The words we speak to one another do matter, and how we choose to sp
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Long Before Google Answers Were Found at the Office of Addresses and Encounters
Mid-17th Century London, London bridge on the right. On September 29, 1650 Henry Robinson, a noted religious dissenter, philosopher, writer , merchant, and sometimes government official, opened the Of
Living through Extreme Weather: Finding Empowerment through Relationships with the Land
Our correspondent, Elyse Welles, reflects on how relationship with the land fortifies her during extreme weather. Continue reading Living through Extreme Weather: Finding Empowerment through Relations
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old work
I have been at my work for some time now, and some of it has travelled far from home. A woman contacted me, asking "Is this your work?" and included two photos of a mirror and frame I'd made and sol
Tears
My mother called me “tender hearted.” At times, I would cry for prolonged periods, and she would tell me to stop before I got a headache. She was right, as mothers sometimes are. I was tender hearted,
Gift of Welcome What if something we called a weakness were welcomed as a gift
Repairer of the Breach
Your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; you shall be called the repairer of the breach, the restorer of streets to live in. -Isaiah 58:12 (
Meditations
It’s not Finding What’s Always Been There But Realizing What You’ve Got
Alexander Flemming in his Laboratory at St. Mary's Hospital, London. On September 28, 1924 Dr . Alexander Fleming, a Scottish physician and researcher, stumbled on one of the most significant accident
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Why we should follow the URJ’s lead
The Union of Reform Judaism (URJ) is in the middle of a restorative justice effort around various forms of misconduct. They released a message for Yom Kippur this year talking about how they will “mak
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Requests open for UniversalistChristian.net
I’ve build some of my sites, including hymnsofthespirit.org, universalistchristian.net (documents) and universalistchristian.org (original writing and perhaps more) using the Jekyll static site genera
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Expert panel updates blood pressure treatment guidelines to include meditation and mindfulness
A panel of experts and several international organizations recommend meditation, yoga, and mindfulness as additional tools to help fight high blood pressure. Continue reading Expert panel updates bloo
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Sunday Worship: October 1 ~ “Partnership On The Journey” ~ 10:00 a.m.
NOTE: UCMH is traveling this Sunday to the First Parish Church of Stow & Acton, located on the common at the intersection of Rts. 117 & 62, 353 Great Road, Stow, MA **Worship starts at 10:00 am, wit
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Opening My Heart to Emotion
Emotions are hard; they hurt and sometimes linger for years and years causing deeper pain and anguish. Sometimes emotions are soft and joyous and fleeting. If we could only hold onto the joyous emotio
Gift of Welcome Welcoming all our emotions
Truth and reconciliation again? How to move out of shame and into accountability
Truth and reconciliation again? How to move out of shame and into accountability Introduction September 30th is known across Turtle Island as Orange Shirt Day, or Canada’s National Day for Truth and R
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Joseph Estlin Carpenter’s 1909 review of Tada Kanai’s “The Praises of Amida”
The contrast between different ways of dealing with sin in modern Shinto ritual and Buddhist preaching receives remarkable illustration in the sermons of Tada Kanai, of the Shin Shu Sect (the True Sec
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Our Bodies Already Know
Julica Hermann de la Fuente Our bodies are so wise, and they hold so much information. Continue reading "Our Bodies Already Know"
Reparations
“When we have broader conversations about reparations or what it looks like to repair—particularly the harms that have been done to indigenous communities, black communities, other communities of colo
Meditations
Wearing Pagan Jewelry and Clothing is a Lot More Than Advertising
An atheist asked why religious people “feel the need to advertise their belief?” with jewelry and clothing. There are many reasons – most of which have nothing to do with advertising. And the question
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