One True Sentence
“All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.” ― Ernest Hemingway What is the truest sentence that you know? The Daily Compass offers words and images to ins
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Lover of Life may we turn with reverence once again to study...
Lover of Life may we turn with reverence once again to study wisdom, to live generously, and to cultivate justice and equity
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More coloring pages
In response to my recent post about creating coloring pages, Carol sent me a link to “Color Our Collections,” an initiative hosted by the New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM). For the past three years,
Religious Education coloring pages
Column: Religious Privilege and the Road to Hell
Religious bigots rarely see themselves as such. Often those that use their religion to oppress or discriminate will see themselves as the real victims when they are prevented from exerting their will
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Are Jews white? If you're a neoliberal identitarian, the answer is yes, so don't vote for Bernie Sanders
I am fascinated by young Jews who insist they're not white—until the 1980s, no one questioned the whiteness of European Jews except for a few antisemites. Most American antisemites hated Jews for the
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Some photos of a late winter walk across Magog Down to Stapleford and back via Wandlebury
Some photos of a late winter walk across Magog Down, to Stapleford and back via Wandlebury All photos taken with a Fuji X100F Just click on a photo to enlarge —o0o— We cannot get [god] to come by thin
Cambridge black and white photography Heidegger Wandlebury Fuji X100F monochrome Magog Down Stapleford Gog Magog Hills
The real Jussie Smollett story: why did anyone accept such an implausible story?
I somehow deleted the original draft of this post—whether Blogger or I goofed, I dunno. But the title is probably all that's needed. The Jussie Smollett story was plausible when it consisted of an ano
Stewardship 2019-2020
Click here to make your 2019-2020 commitment. Many Ladders . . . Many Possibilities 2019 Call for Commitments FUUN is at a crossroads, and there are many possibilities for our future. Rev. Gail Seavey
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Interdependent Web: Seeing color and fighting racism, out there among the stars
Heather Christensen A weekly roundup of blogs and other user-generated web content about Unitarian Universalism
Malcom X Died an Unexpected Martyr of Reconciliation
Malcom X's body is taken to an ambulance by New York City Police after his assasination at the Audubon Ballroom. On February 21, 1965 Malcolm X, the militant Muslim who scared the hell out of White Am
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Arrogance, Humility and Spiritual Growth
Parashat Ki Tisa (Exodus 30:11-34:35) offers us more attentiveness to worship and other spiritual practices. But in the middle of this passage, we find the story of the Golden Calf, and the condemnati
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Today's lesson, "I am sustained by the Love of God."
Today's lesson, number 50, in A Course In Miracles is "I am sustained by the Love of God." All the things that the ego tells us will sustain us: special relationships, money, medicines, clothing, pres
Principle 7 interdependent web Today's lesson
Complicating the Great Reformation: Dialectical Theology (Part 11 of many)
There was a Great Reformation of Unitarian Universalism beginning in the early 1970's. In my previous post, I ascribed this to the empowerment of women as both professional religious leaders and in la
The Helpers - Shirley White helps stop wild fire in Santa Rosa, CA
"The Helpers" is a regular feature of UU A Way Of Life ministries blog which appears every Friday. Shirley White helped saved her neighborhood from a wildfire in Santa Rosa, CA by wetting down surroun
Ask Alexa - How will I find the Truth?
Alexa: How will I find the Truth? It is written in A Course In Miracles that "The search for truth is but the honest searching of everything that interferes with truth. Truth is." Alexa: Did you hear
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Search Engine
Google miraculously allows us to instantly wade through the vast quantities of information on the internet to find the bit that we wanted. Basically, many of us carry an oracle around in our pocket. W
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Wisdom help us love fully and boldly and remember we can love...
Wisdom help us love fully and boldly and remember we can love one another but we cannot love for one another
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February 21
There may come a year when February 21 passes without my remembering that my late ex-husband was born on this day, but this is not such a year. I think of him and how old he would be: 52 this year–so
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About The Umbrella Academy and the difference between superhero teams of the 1960s and 1970s
Just saw the first season. I like it more than most of superhero TV shows, but the lineup feels oddly like something from the 1970s: only two of the seven team members are women. (In the 1960s, superh
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White liberals in the mid-1800s
Black History Month, day 16 At the time of its rediscovery in 1981, Our Nig was the earliest known novel written and published by a black woman in the United States. I learned about it at a lecture by
Books Black History Month countering racism Harriet Wilson