Ask Alexa - Why am I never satisfied?
Alexa: Why is it that I am never satisfied and always wanting more than I have? Because you, as all human beings, have separated yourself from the Oneness of God and are always yearning to go back hom
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Border Dispatch: Loss and Hope in Texas (Pt. 3)
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Quote of the Day: To Call an Artist Difficult
…it helps us to understand the powerful dynamism present in the artist’s personality. It seems contradictory to call an artist both shy and conceited, introverted and extroverted, empathetic and self-
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ESSA enrollment open now. Sign up for classes.
Enrollment in ESSA spring and summer classes opened yesterday and there were a flurry of signups taking advantage of a 10% early enrollment discount. Go to this site: http://essa-art.org/workshops/ Yo
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“Humility is throwing oneself away in complete concentration on something or someone else.” ― Madeleine L’Engle What captivates your entire attention? The Daily Compass offers words and images to insp
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Don’t Worry Be Happy and Other Abusive Folk Wisdom
“Other people have it so much worse.” “Cheer up.” “It’s not that bad.” “You have so much to live for.” These clichés and memes are unhelpful and abusive and they need to disappear from our conversatio
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Murfin Winter Holidays Music Festival—Santa Lucia
Another day, another Saint. Today we consider how a Sicilian virgin martyr and a Neapolitan song, became central to a Scandinavian folk custom that looks suspiciously pagan. In point of fact, no one
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Valley Soul 2
Tonight I went to the second Valley Soul Gospel Workshop Choir. Last year I performed. This year I was in the audience. Considering how sick I was last week and that I would have missed a practice whi
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Suburbanization (Dialectical Theology Part 4 of Many)
After World War 2, there was a housing shortage. Very little new housing had been built since the 1920’s. The Great Migration of African Americans from the South and the movement of rural people to th
UUSS Holiday Gift List
Our Annual Focus of Ministry includes an examination of the barriers to building beloved community. As many of you know, we have been experimenting with some technology for the hearing impaired using
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RE This Week – December 11th
This coming Sunday morning, 12/16, RE will be attending the multigenerational service at 10:30. Next Sunday, 12/23, RE will also be attending the multigenerational service. RE classes will resume 1/6
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Co-Ministers’ Colloquy – December 11th
Dear UUSS community~ What a fabulous weekend! Thank you to all who volunteered, attended, and/or participated in Yuletide Revels!! Thank you to Music Team Chairs Sarah Bilofsky and Christine Bernard w
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Thank You for a Successful Make-Up Drive
The Trans Affirming Collective would like to thank all those who donated makeup, gift cards or toiletries for our Make-Up Drive for Just Us at Oasis Center. Together, we helped restock the Make-Up Bar
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Tuatha Dea Daughter accepted to Prestigious Summit
GATLINBURG, Tenn. – Every year the Ambassador Leadership Summits organizes four summits. Three of them emphasize leadership, one at UCLA, another at Harvard Law, and another at Yale. The fourth summi
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Enter Our Lady
It was on this day in 1531 the Virgin of Guadalupe first appeared to the indigenous peasant Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin. The local bishop was convinced of the reality of the vision when the Virgin
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A short rant about "institutional racism"
"Racism is an attitude, and institutions can't have attitudes." —Adolph Reed When I shared that on Facebook, someone I'll call R questioned it, so I said: If racism is an institution, where is its hea
Sunday, December 16 ~ Winter Solstice Service
This Sunday, UCMH celebrates the beauty of the season as we approach the shortest day of the year, a time filled with magic and mystery. Inspired by the words and wisdom of New York Times bestselling
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Troubling Echoes of the Past in Trump’s Attorney General Pick
New White House nominee’s record on asylum poses grave concerns for human rights.
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From whence does Unitarian Univeralist well being arise?
If you act like a missionary you will get eaten by cannibals. Don't get too far ahead of those you would help. You should take people and things where they are at, not where you want them to be. Good
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Ask Alexa - Why do human beings suffer?
Alexa: Why do human beings suffer? Human beings suffer because they believe and act on the lies of the ego that it can make them happy.
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