Truth and Reconciliation: An Open Letter to President-Elect Joe Biden

The United States needs to establish a National Commission for Truth and Reconciliation if it is to ever address systematic racism, rural poverty, and white supremacy.

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New satellites measure the Earth’s wellbeing

On Saturday, the Sentinel-6 satellite launched into orbit, providing a new set of tools to monitor and fight back against climate change. Continue reading New satellites measure the Earth’s wellbeing

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Sermon: “Leading the Kingdom of God”

I preached from this sermon manuscript online for the Universalist National Memorial Church, on November 22, 2020 using lessons from the Revised Common Lectionary: Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24 and Matthew

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live streaming?

I've learned that I can live stream from my youtube channel, but in order to be allowed to do it I have to have 1,000 subscribers. I have 990, so just 10 more. Becoming a subscriber would give you the

Possum still feel stressed, part two

Sharpie gives Possum some new ideas about a spiritual practice, so Possum won’t feel bored. Full script below the fold…. Possum: Sharpie, remember you’re going to show me more about spiritual practice

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Gifts and Graces

"We give thanks for the gifts and graces, large and small, that we have received . . ." . . . → Read More: Gifts and Graces

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A Course In Miracles Workbook Lesson #94, I am as God created me.

 Lesson #94 I am as God created me The lesson today asks us to set the idols of the ego aside and get back to fundamentals. The basic question all human beings are challenged by is “What and who am I?

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Kennedy, Memories, Dreams

    Fifty-seven years ago today, in Dallas, President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated. It was a lifetime ago. Actually two lifetimes. The parents of adults today were not yet born. Fifty-seve

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Wonder

“A child’s world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful and awe-inspir

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19 Years of Druidry – A Spiritual Milestone

19 years ago I had a spiritual epiphany and it changed my life. And for that I am very, very thankful.

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The Maiden Flight of the China Clipper and the Romance of the Air

  She was without doubt the most famous—and romantic—single commercial aircraft ever to take wing, an icon of a shrinking world, and an honest-to-god movie star in her own right.   It all began on Nov

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Column: Condemned to Loneliness – Ánima Sola in Venezuela

Alan D.D. explores the Venezuelan legend of Ánima Sola, who teaches the painful lesson of loneliness - and the empowering lesson of independence. Continue reading Column: Condemned to Loneliness – Áni

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Online All-Ages Worship (22 November 2020)

Please join us this Sunday (15 November 2020) at 11:00 AM for a different online Thanksgiving worship service. Our service will be livestreamed on Facebook Live here. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the

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Family Religious Education on Break Until 6 December 2020

Our regular Zoom sessions will take a break for the Thanksgiving holiday starting this Sunday (22 November 2020) and resume on Sunday, 6 December 2020, at 1:00 PM.

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Zoom Lunch (25 November 2020)

Please join us next Wednesday (18 November 2020) at 12 noon for our weekly Zoom lunch. Bring your lunch and meet up with your All Souls friends, have lunch, and just catch up. This a chance to connect

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Online Adult Religious Education — 22 November 2020

Please join us on Sunday (22 November 2020) at 9:00 AM for our adult religious education class.  We will be meeting via Zoom. Join us as we explore the history of our seven Unitarian Universalist prin

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15 November 2020 Worship Livestreaming Video

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, we have begun to broadcast a livestream video of our Sunday morning worship services. This worship video will be available live and in recorde

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When is ruination not (quite) ruination?—Some Christian a/theist thoughts inspired by Heidegger and Bonhoeffer

The altar table at the east end of the Cambridge Unitarian Church A podcast of this piece can be found by clicking on this link  From my childhood on, one of the great pleasures in life has been to vi

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The Culture of Craft

Architects discuss the relationship of craft to their work. Interesting. But the closer they're brought together, the better. Make, fix, and create...

A good day

I finally had an entire day that I could spend outdoors. I went birding along Charleston Slough, in Baylands Nature Preserve on the Palo Alto / Mountain View border. Towards the end of my walk, I saw

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