Contemplation & Sound: Unitarian Universalist Tradition Celebrating Pride at the Rothko Chapel
The script from the service that Mark Vogel and I led at the Rothko Chapel on June 2, 2021.
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How Spiritual Poverty Makes Room for Our Hearts
Dear hearts – In the middle of last week, I was in a small group, and we were talking about the concept of spiritual emptiness, or poverty. Many of you may have heard the fable, often attributed to a
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Universities’ Foundation of Stolen Labor (and Stolen Remains) Demands a Reckoning
By Leigh Patel | On Friday, June 4, the remains of two Black girls, Delisha and Katricia “Tree” Africa, were to be collected from the home of physical anthropologist Alan Mann, an emeritus professor a
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Excitement Builds for 2021 ‘Circle ’Round’ General Assembly
Staff Writer UUA’s second all-virtual General Assembly is focused on improving user experience and providing more opportunities for interaction. Continue reading "Excitement Builds for 2021 ‘Circle ’R
Excitement Builds for 2021 ‘Circle ’Round’ General Assembly
Staff Writer UUA’s second all-virtual General Assembly is focused on improving user experience and providing more opportunities for interaction.
A New Approach to Solving Hunger Through Anti-Poverty Programs
“We know single caretaker families in Cambridge are struggling, are well below the Cambridge poverty line, and the impacts to single mothers and women of color are even higher…” – Sumbul Siddiqui,
Action Alerts Child Poverty Child Hunger
“This is a long road in a dubious mist” . . . but still one that is well worth walking
Back in 1983/84 in Bury St Edmunds, I bought a secondhand copy of the “Selected poems and prose of Michael Roberts” (ed. Frederick Grubb, Carcanet Press,1980). Michael Roberts (1902–1948) was an Engli
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SAVE THE DATE! ~ Sunday, 6/27 ~ UUA General Assembly Worship ~ 12pm ET
Sunday, June 27, 12pm ET Unitarian Universalist Association 60th Anniversary General Assembly Worship Service Join us virtually for the largest annual gathering of UUs joining in worship! Recognizing
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Sunday, 6/13 ~ Congregational Discussion ~ 11am
Sunday, June 13, 11am UCMH Congregational Discussion Today’s abbreviated service, “Playful Spirit,” will be followed at 11:00 by a congregational conversation about restructuring leadership at UCMH to
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Sunday, 6/13 ~ “Playful Spirit” ~ 10:30am
Sunday, June 13, 10:30am ‘Playful Spirit” Abbreviated Worship Service, Followed by Congregational Discussion at 11am A proverb states, “The body heals with play. The mind heals with laughter. The spir
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Disappointing Supreme Court Ruling Means Congress and President Must Prioritize TPS Justice
After the high court’s misguided decision in Sanchez v. Mayorkas, Congress and President Biden must work harder to ensure a path to permanent residency for TPS immigrants.
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Rumi’s Guest House: Three Versions of a Spiritual Text
Jalaluddin Rumi is one of the great figures of world spirituality. He was born in what is now Iran in 1207 and died in modern Turkey in 1273. What captures me in the moment is his poem the Guest Hou
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A RESPONSE TO JAY KISKEL’S “WHEN DEMOCRACY DIES”
By the Reverend Cynthia Landrum [Editor’s note, I am using my blog to host another guest editorial, this one by the Rev. Cynthia Landrum, on the inaccuracies of Board Candidate Jay Kiskel’s latest pos
UUA Truth Zone: Get the Real Facts
Nudging Us Toward Life
Li Kynvi Help me live in gratitude for the LGBTQ+ ancestors who paved this road we walk and roll on. Continue reading "Nudging Us Toward Life"
BIPOC Book Group Summer Read: When Justice Sleeps, by Stacey Abrams
While Justice Sleeps, by Stacy Abrams, is the next book for our Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Authors Book Discussion. Change gears with us for a thriller! Recently published, Stacey
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Right or Wise Speech in a Time of Hurtful Rhetoric
News reports, social media and communications with family, friends and even strangers have been rife with malicious, harsh, judgmental, and unkind exchanges. Susan Gisler will be exploring some though
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Purple Hearts: My World War II Dream
On this day, June the 6th, 1944, seventy-seven years ago, and, for what it’s worth, a month and change beyond three years before my birth, my parents generation experienced a great turning. The Al
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The Stories We Tell Matter: On the 100th Anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre
The stories we tell matter. The choices we make about which stories to teach our children matter. All the stories we tell and retell, year after year matter. Our choices about stories we allow to be n
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UU Minute #45
Theophilus Lindsey Takes the Next Antitrinitarian Step Theophilus Lindsey, was ordained a deacon at age 23, and an Anglican priest at age 24. He served as domestic chaplain to the Duke of Somerset, th
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An introduction to Series 3 of the “Making Footprints Not Blueprints” podcast—“Walking with Paul Wienpahl”
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