The Turtle and the Geese
Possum, Sharpie, and friends act out one of their favorite Jataka tales — the one about the Turtle who decided to migrate with two of his goose friends. Let’s just say the migration flight does not go
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COVID-safe outdoor program space
The pandemic has forced many readjustments. Children’s programming is, I feel, a big challenge. Given that there’s still no vaccine in testing for children 12 and under, we may be looking at COVID res
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Sort of a Dance: A Meditation on the Lies We Tell Ourselves, And Hints at a Better Way
The renowned Unitarian theologian, Professor James Luther Adams, once observed how nothing sells, I think he said is quite as marketable, as egoism wrapped in idealism. I’ve always found that a ch
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Welcoming the Stranger
How do we navigate our values in a time of xenophobia and extreme tribalism? What does radical hospitality look like? How deep does our generosity extend to those not of our tribe? There are no easy a
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Setting Expectations for Spiritual Experiences
I’m thankful for stories of otherworldly experiences. When we tell our stories we give other people context for their own experiences, and that helps us set realistic expectations for what we see and
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Toni Weisskopf appears to be the only adult in the latest WorldCon kerfuffle
THE CONTROVERSY ABOUT BAEN’S BAR by Eric Flint
Overcoming Christianity by incorporation and verwindung
A crucifix grave marker slowly being incorporated back into the good earth You can hear a recorded podcast of the following piece by clicking this link For many years now one of the central theologic
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Helping Families Process Current Events
Explaining scary, sad, and shocking events to our children is one of my least favorite parts of parenting. Not only is it painful, but it feels rife with possible pitfalls. In times like these, I alwa
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Liberation Universalism
I identify religiously as a Unitarian Universalist. I am also black. These two identities often sit in conflict. I am also gay. Anyone who has read this blog knows all of these things about me. It
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Movement Music: The Final Lecture from Julian Bond’s Class on the Southern Civil Rights Movement—Part 1
By Julian Bond | We are going to listen today to several Freedom Songs, all of them taken from a three-record set “Voices of the Civil Rights Movement: Black American Freedom Songs 1960–1966”—all of t
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Making things make sense
Yesterday I misspoke when I stated that there are 4 basic senses, as I overlooked what is commonly recognized as number 5, the sense of taste. So, forgive me, there are 5 commonly recognized physical
quercus
A new issue of Quercus magazine should be arriving in the US soon, as it has just been released in the UK. Getting this issue off on-time was a major feat after computers and files were stolen from Q
A liberal-religious manifesto of sorts
To create a community that, self-consciously and confidently, takes a stand on a very small number of minimal assertions which gives it its distinct flavour and shape, one which stands in meaningful,
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Action Alert: How to Help Separated Families
“The deported parents are kind of lost in the story. Not only were they separated, they were deported back to the country they fled. They haven’t seen their children in three years now, and there’s no
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New DHS Policy Still Fails to Restore Asylum
The Biden team’s plan to process families trapped by “Remain in Mexico” is welcome, but excludes many asylum-seekers at risk.
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Ice Beauty
No matter how many years I have lived, I am still brought to utter delight by the icy beauty of plants in the sunshine, after a freezing rain. There is nothing so bright, so crystalline, so shimmering
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T. S. Eliot & His Secret Religion
(I wrote this in 2018, and stumbled on it while searching for references to Ash Wednesday. With the most minor of tweaks, I thought it worth sharing here again…) We shall not cease from explor
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