"Spiritual nor religious?" "Experience not knowledge is the goal of the spiritual life.
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UU A Way Of Life supports the New Yorkers Against Gun Violence.
UU A Way Of Life ministries supports New Yorkers Against Gun Violence. We sponsored a youth to go to the Youth Advocacy Day in Albany, NY on 05/07/19. For more click here. The second principle of Unit
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Pain is Inevitable. Part 4 of 5
"And I'll find strength in pain, and I will change my ways; I'll know my name as it's called again." We don't want people to hurt. Some people can find strength in pain, but for others, it weakens us.
Prophetic religion rejects the absolute claims
of any particular religion or culture for itself as well as insisting that culture and the man of culture are deluded when they deem themselves self-sufficient. James Luther Adams, “The Political Res
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boat and picnic day
Our Bevins Skiffs that we built last year gave us an excuse for a day at Lake Leatherwood where our students played, picnicked and took turns rowing around the lake. We had a boat day last year that w
Camel
Camels are famously able to go for long periods of time without eating and drinking. But it’s not that camels live without food or water—they rely on their ability to store up reserves when food and d
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Thanks to Cyrill Demian Mama’s Got A Squeeze Box
A French peasant in his smock and wooden sabots dances with his wife at village café in this early post card. I’ve heard it called the second most dreaded instrument in the world, after the banjo.
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Defeating Imposter Syndrome with Observation and Determination
Imposter syndrome goes beyond genuine humility. It lies about your own accomplishments and exaggerates the accomplishments of others. And the worst part of imposter syndrome isn’t how it makes you fee
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Breath by breath may we create space to be with what is, to make...
Breath by breath may we create space to be with what is, to make way for affection and wonder
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all we can do
All you can do is walk into Jerusalem, with the Hosannas ringing in your ears, and the palms coming at you in every direction, and you’re wondering what’s real, and if there’s any love that won’t swal
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Graduation Gift Guide: 2019 “Future-Ready” Edition
With the diploma in hand and the graduation cap thrown jubilantly into the air, the question remains: What’s the next step? Graduation heralds new beginnings and transition. But where and how to start
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The Immolation of the Temple of Time
TWH's Sean McShee reports on the immolation of the Temple of Time last weekend, and how it resonates Pagans and their practices of transformation. Continue reading The Immolation of the Temple of Time
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NOAH Listening Conversation, May 26
May 26 at 10:15 a.m. in the Fireside Room, the NOAH Action Team is inviting you to gather to discuss the issues relating to Nashville and its future that emerged in the Listening Campaign as most impo
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He never promised us a rose garden
The president's latest tantrum involved walking out of a meeting supposed to be about infrastructure, because those darned Democrats had the temerity of accusing him of a cover up. A cover up! Then he
That Whole Guiding Principles Thing. Part 3 of 5
"Everybody wants to be understood; well, I can hear you ...Don't give up. Because you are loved." So we commit to beginning with love when we look upon each other, and being open to their ideas. But w
The ultimate orientation of prophetic religion
reveals elements of vanity and idolatry in every cultural activity and also in every cultural expression of religion. James Luther Adams, “The Political Responsibility of the Man of Culture,” Voluntar
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Power
“Who is to say plutonium is more powerful than, say, rice? One takes away a million lives, the other saves a hundred times as many.” ― N.K. Jemisin In what ways to you experience having power? The Dai
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The Glorious but Futile First Atlantic Crossing of a Ship with Steam Power
The S,S, Savannah coming into port under steam power in 1819. To get a handle on the audacity of the designers and owners of the SS Savannah , the first ship equipped with steam power to cross the Atl
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Celebrating Harvey Milk
American politician, San Francisco City Supervisor, and civil rights activist, Harvey Milk was born on this day in 1930. I note this annually. It’s important. He would have been eighty-nine toda
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Breath of Being draw our attention to our embodied selves, where...
Breath of Being draw our attention to our embodied selves, where hurt, where flourishing, opening to love and well-being
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