Spooky Entanglement and Inseparability
The interdependent web of existence is central to who we are. We are all connected. We are entangled. These are scientific facts and theologically rich concepts worthy to be chewed on. So, quantum mec
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Weekly Bread #141
We see a lot of wildlife while we are hiking. Around here it is mainly coyotes, snakes, turkeys, squirrels, birds, and deer. I refuse to list all the different bugs. We saw a bobcat once in the Headla
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What Kind of Witch Do You Want To Be?
It’s October, when the media remembers that witches are real and tries to use them to attract viewers and readers. Their definitions of witchcraft vary widely and I don’t want to argue about that. I j
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Sunrise on Black Mountain
We took some kids backpacking to the Black Mountain Trail Camp last night. The trailhead is a short drive from Palo Alto, and the hike in is just two miles with only 500 foot elevation gain, making it
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UU Minute #56
Reaction to the Great Awakening: Beginnings of American Liberal Religion In the 1730s, the Great Awakening revivalist movement swept through the colonies, with itinerant preachers going town to town w
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Levelling up?
Margherita Caruso as Mary in Pasolini’s Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964) A short “ thought for the day” offered to the Cambridge Unitarian Church as part of the Sunday Service of Mindful Meditat
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October
Every year I celebrate October with pumpkins, spiders, skeletons, monsters and ghosts. The pumpkins become Jack-O-Lanterns the week before Halloween.
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Indigenous Peoples’ Day Calls for Stronger Action to Achieve Climate Justice
UUSC honors Indigenous survival and resilience while seeking a more just world where no one is forced to draw on these strengths.
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Civil Rights Activist Desmond Meade Named a 2021 MacArthur Fellow!
Break out the confetti and the champagne! We’re having a double celebration for civil rights activist Desmond Meade! First, he has been named a 2021 MacArthur Fellow! Secondly, it’s the first-year ann
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Three Theological Errors and How Paganism Can Do Better
An Evangelical blogger says that either the Christian God exists or he does not exist. But there is a third option: he is simply one God among many. Theism is bigger than Christianity. It includes pol
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Join us in honoring Indigenous People’s Day and activating our faith
In 2020, the General Assembly passed an Action of Immediate Witness (AIW), “Address 400 Years of White Supremacist Colonialism”, calling on UUs to knit together our commitment to justice with our need
Through Radical Empathy, Perhaps We Can Save What’s Left of Life on Our Planet
A Q&A with W. J. Herbert | A woman meditates on her impending death and the crisis her species has created in the original version of this manuscript which contained only fossil and specimen poems. “D
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Sunday, October 10 ~ Cultivating Relationship with the Earth ~ 10:30 a.m.
This week we will be joining our friends at First Parish Northboro for online worship led by Reverend Lynda Sutherland. Together we will contemplate our deep connectedness to the natural world as we c
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Can “Wild Goose” Be Reborn?
When Amy Hayes, from Baptist News Global asked to speak to me about the Wild Goose Festival, I was initially hesitant. I had just begun a leave from church work (which I am currently still on), in pa
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Reclaiming My Culture
Mike Adams I was leaving my mom in another world, located far away from mine. Continue reading "Reclaiming My Culture"
Co-Ministers’ Colloquy – Oct. 5th
Dear UUSS~ Today we share an excerpt of the poem, “In Gatherings” by Rev. Marta Valentin: In gatherings we are stirred like the leaves of the fall season rustling around sacred trees, tossed hither an
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October Theme – Cultivating Compassion
The 14th Dalai Lama suggests that “True compassion is not just an emotional response but a firm commitment founded on reason.” His Holiness teaches that the heart of compassion is to genuinely want fo
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