Religious Education This Week – February 20th
Sunday, 2/24: K/1, the Wonderful Welcome class, will go directly to their classroom in the RE Hallway in the church building. Grades 2-8 will begin in Waters House for Children’s Chapel and stay throu
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Co-Ministers’ Colloquy – February 20th
Dear UUSS community~ As we write, the sky is a bright blue, the sun is rising in the East, a full super-moon is setting in the West, and the snow is shining as though a glitter-loving preschooler crea
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Unitarian Christianity
(I'm reproducing this here, as it looks like the full text of this is only on one other website, and if that got taken down the text would not be easily available on the internet. I wouldn't want this
Moving the Mail in the U.S
A Colonial rider on the Old Post Road makes a delivery in a village along his route. Postal service in America can point to various birthdates and milestones, but on February 20, 1792 President George
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Today's lesson - God's Voice speaks to me all through the day.
Today's lesson, number 49 in A Course In Miracles, is "God's Voice speaks to me all through the day." I remember seeing the church sign at the Christmas holidays which said, "You too can hear the ange
Principle 4 Seeking Truth Today's lesson
Moments of Joy
I saw a group of cardinals on my walk today! I haven’t seen them all winter, but as I stood still, watching the beauty of Capisic Brook, first one and then another and then more appeared in the distan
spirituality joy Earth Awake to Earth Cardinal Awake to Mystery Water Capisic Brook Walk fire Air
service in the real world is essential to learning
David Gribble, a UK educator, once observed that "the kind of education that honors kids’ interests & helps them to think deeply about questions that matter is of course appropriate for affluent child
Rose Colored Glasses
Seeing the world through rose colored glasses, viewing everything as more positive and optimistic than the facts would indicate, is a kind of lying, or denial of facts. But it can also make the world
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Breathing in, the world is small, so we may love one another and...
Breathing in, the world is small, so we may love one another and this earth
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Mouthbow
After reading a biography of Buffy Saint-Marie, I got curious about one of the instruments she played: a mouthbow. After listening to listening to several Youtube clips of mouthbows, I decided to make
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Turtles Chained Together in Miami
Two turtles found chained together may have been part of some occult ritual, but not a practice of Haitian Vodou. Continue reading Turtles Chained Together in Miami at The Wild Hunt.
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Mid-Week Message, Feb. 19, 2019
“Now, as a higher stage in spiritual life has been reached, we find the mysticism of religious experience. … what is mysticism but the …longing of the finite for communion with the Infinite.” -Henry
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Friday, March 8 ~ Sessions with Featured Guest, Kathleen Healy ~ 7-10pm (or later)
“Sessions” is a hybrid Open Mic, Songwriters Round Table, and Invitational JAM. We welcome your Music, Spoken Word and other Art Performances. We also feature a special featured musical guest each m
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the generosity of wood workers
Today I went to Wayne Capp's sawmill to pick up some white oak boards they had milled for me at my request. In addition to lovely wood (which I paid pittance for) Wayne gave me old steel band saw blad
Why a white guy writes about racism
My recent post about how Unitarian congregations, including my own, once regularly put on blackface minstrel shows has generated a few questions and comments that I want to respond to in a more public
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Stop the insanity
The videorecorded super-chill reception our vice president and chief toady Mike Pence received from the Munich Security Conference is making the rounds for comedic effect, but it's not quite so laugha
The Book that Changed America and the Damn Pushy Woman Who Wrote It
Betty Fridanon book tour to promothe The Feminine Mystique. On February 19, 1963 W.W. Norton and Company issued Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique . That book, along with the nearly contempora
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Media Roundup: Congregation creates Parkland tribute to ‘resist becoming numb’
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The Truthful Lie
“Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.” ― Pablo Picasso What art work speaks truth to you? The Daily Compass offers words and images to inspire spiritual reflection and encourage the c
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Is Boredom A Good Thing?
New York Times book editor Pamela Paul said we should “Let Children Get Bored Again.” While she makes some valid points, boredom was one of the worst parts of my childhood. I promised myself I’d never
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