Pilgrimages: Brigid’s Blessing
TWH correspondent Elyse Welles shares the magic of her spiritual travel to Ireland and Brigid's Well. Continue reading Pilgrimages: Brigid’s Blessing at The Wild Hunt.
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"You Must Have Learned Something in 20 Years": reflections on two decades of blogging
presented at the Unitarian Church of Quincy, Illinois March 26, 2023 When an ostrich buries its head in the sand as danger approaches, it very likely takes the happiest course. - Charles Sanders Peirc
Nelson Mandela Raises his Fist: A Meditation on a Zen Koan
Nelson Mandela Raises his Fist: A Meditation on a Zen Koan James Ishmael Ford The Case Zhaozhou Congshen went to a hermit’s cottage. At the entrance he called out, “Anybody in? Anybody in?” The hermit
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The Importance of Vow
I gave a sermon about vow three years ago. It’s been a while, and it’s an important – indeed, a vital – matter. I think we need to revisit the question: what is the great vow of your life? As I said t
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Paul Dean’s Lectures: the third lecture
This is the third of the lectures in Paul Dean’s 1832 A Course of Lectures in Defence of the Final Restoration, an homage to celebrate the Universalist minister’s 240th birthday. The numbers in bracke
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UUA Named Top 10 Finalist in ecoAmerica’s American Climate Leadership Awards: Side With Love’s Climate Justice Programming Highlighted; Award Winners to be Celebrated on March 30th
The Unitarian Universalist Association’s climate justice programming was named a top ten finalist in ecoAmerica’s American Climate Justice Leadership Awards for 2023. Continue reading "UUA Named Top 1
The Body Politic: Faithful UUs Showing Up for Trans Justice - Webinar Recording & Resources
UUs have long been part leaders in powerful multifaith movements fighting for trans and queer rights and liberation. Join UPLIFT Action and Side With Love staff for this webinar, lifting up the faithf
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Sunday Worship: April 2 ~ The Peace of Trees ~ 10:30 a.m.
Sunday, April 2, 10:30 a.m. The Peace of Trees “The rush and pressure of modern life are a form, perhaps the most common form, of its innate violence,” wrote Trappist monk and peace activist Thomas Me
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A Statement in response to the Nashville School Shooting
On Monday, three adults and three children were killed at an elementary school in Nashville, TN in a mass shooting that also left the shooter dead. With rage and heartbreak, we acknowledge this horrif
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UUA in the Public Square for LGBTQIA+ Rights
Elaine McArdle Association offers a leading voice in the media and new resources.
Earth
I just started doing water aerobics and walking in the riverwalk at my local aquatic center. I love water aerobics because I feel free. I can run, jog and do jumping jacks with very little pain. I can
vulnerability and their vulnerability. Reflections on the things that we enjoy
A community standing, perhaps, on the cusp of becoming “freethinking mystics with hands”
The Cambridge Unitarian Church, taken from Christ’s Pieces in February 2023 A short “ thought for the day” to be offered to the Cambridge Unitarian Church following the Sunday Service of Mindful Me
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The Persistent Widow
Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart. He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor had respect for people. In that city ther
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Vintage Murfin Verse on UUs, Lent, and Sacrifice
It is only 11 days until Easter Sunday, so we are well into Lent and I was reminded that there is at least a mild rashof interest in and even observance of the season of personal sacrifice and contemp
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How Can I "Be Love"?
DeEtte Waleed How can I be love instead of being anger and fear? Continue reading "How Can I "Be Love"?"