Climate activism and hypocrisy
In the conversations around climate activism there's often accusations of hypocrisy. I've been trying to think about what this is all about. I think it goes something like this: People think that the
Your Presence Is Requested
An old saw that reads, “The world is run by the people who show up.” There is some deep truth buried underneath the cynicism in that sentiment. We have no discernible effect on any moment to which we
Sermons
The great mutual blindness darkened that sunlight in the park—A Remembrance Sunday memorial address for all those killed in war, including those who were, or still are, our enemies
Blue skies and sun in the park opposite the church this week To see a pdf copy of the order of service please click on this link. OPENING READING Matthew 5:38-45 [Jesus said:] ‘You have heard that it
Jesus Wittgenstein Gospel in Brief Tolstoy George de Benneville William Stafford The Ethical Demand Knud Ejler Løgstrup Heinz Knoke Jeremiah Peace Pledge Union Unitarian Peace Fellowship
Druids, Pop Culture, and Pagan Advice for Beginners
The final post from the last Conversations Under the Oaks: what makes a Druid? What about pop culture Paganism? The challenges of contemporary polytheism, how to balance the requirements of priesthood
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Day 19 & 20
I’ve been playing with charcoal, having tossed a drawing pad and a box of various charcoals into my bag for a short trip out of town. Yesterday I drew a still life (Joy: “A bowl of fruit? Isn’t that k
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Foistered on his own putter
Are you not entertained? Congressman Mark Meadows telling us "the Republicans are not struggling on anything!" It's a walk in the park. Lindsey Graham defending the administration's "policy" toward th
10 November 2019 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth
Please join us on Sunday (10 November 2019) at 11:00 AM for “Bound Together in Love and Commitment” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell. Join us to welcome Rev. Barbara back to the pulpit this morning. A Newcomer
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Adult Religious Education — 10 November 2019
Please join us on Sunday (10 November 2019) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education classes — for this Sunday, you have choices. The New UU –Bennett Upton, Facilitator New and not-new Unitarian U
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Religious Education
Mountain Desert District (MDD) Board is Recruiting Officers!
Vice President and Secretary beginning in June 2020 The Mountain Desert District Board of the UUA has two upcoming positions open to persons across the district. The MDD is comprised of congregations
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But Eventually I Will Get To Where I Needa Be
I see and feel my physical body changing every day But some days it seems it is not fast enough And that still my first puberty it is too visible But then I notice how my clothes now fit differently …
poems serious poems true self Thoughts Surgery bullying self-love serious trans health care transgender poems gender dysphoria gender transition body dysphoria j-pouch gender congruence
The Lady Icon
Is it rust or is it blood That stains the Lady’s cheeks? That green beacon No longer promising Safe harbor from the storms. Is she wounded from too much sorrow Over the children she could not save?
Poetry
Interdependent Web: For the sake of growth and change
Heather Christensen A weekly roundup of blogs and other user-generated web content about Unitarian Universalism
Extending Humanity and Compassion at Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp (University Press Week 2019)
By Peter Jan Honigsberg | When Brandon Neely sat down to interview with us in Houston, Texas, he brought his wife. She knew much of his story, but it seemed that he wanted her to hear him share his st
Religion History American Society Politics and Current Events Race and Ethnicity in America Biography and Memoir A Place Outside the Law Peter Jan Honigsberg
Disturbed Dreams
Dear one— Oh my but some days it’s just hard to get up in the morning. Sometimes you feel the age in your body, the disease or dis-ease (or both), and it just feels like too much. Sometimes you wake u
practice
The problem with free will
“Free will exists to an extent for the individual, but disappears in the group.” — Spider Robinson, Off the Wall at Callahan’s (Tor Books, 1994), courtesy of. Given that Unitarian Universalists tend t
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Day 18: two sketches of one cat
The cat spends the entire day in one spot, but she actually seldom stays still for long. It’s hard for me to draw fast enough to capture one pose before she stretches and turns and settles into anothe
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“No Estas Solo” (You Are Not Alone): Reflections from the Desert
Rev. Laura Randall on the dangerous journey undertaken by migrants through the desert at the southern border, and the U.S. government's intent to criminalize the people who help them.
Advocacy & Mobilizing
Sunday, November 10 ~ Dungeons and Dragons
Have you ever wondered what role play is? Come find out in a friendly dungeon and dragons-style game. This is a fantasy cooperative storytelling adventure/process with a d20-based game open to all ag
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Monday, November 11 ~ 11/11 Full Moon Ritual for Abundance, Prosperity, and More!
Our November ritual takes place on 11/11 as it is thought there is more power generated when the ritual takes place just before the full moon than afterwards. This is a great time to work with abundan
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