UUSC Applauds Joint Resolution Rejecting Trump’s Fake Emergency
Thank you to Congress and thousands of UUSC supporters for pushing back against Trump's power grab.
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Interdependent Web: Tomorrow is not promised, let all the people know, shifting perspectives
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5 Goals of Protest
“If we consider the ethical issues that have given rise to the forms of civil disobedience…we find that the specific goals of protest are few in number. It is true that in most of these forms of disob
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George Washington Stares Down a Coup
Washington's Newbugh Address quashed a coup d' etat against Congress and military rule. The American Revolution in the military sense was essentially over in March of 1783 except for minor skirmishes
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Captain Marvel—fun movie, but she didn't have to be a neoliberal Mary Sue (spoilers after first paragraph)
Lightly edited things I said elsewhere: Fun. Brie Larson is only okay, perhaps hindered by a character who's a bit of a Mary Sue, perhaps miscast. Good use of Samuel Jackson. Wanted more Coulson and H
In praise of round things
Bicycle wheels, spokes, ball bearings, chainwheels, around the block, planets, orbits, stars, LPs, cassette tape reels, CDs, disk drives, eyeballs, acorns, socket wrenches, screws and bolts, pens and
The Dream and Promise Act: An Inspiring Step Forward on Immigrant Rights
We applaud the House of Representatives in moving to create a pathway to citizenship for more than two million individuals.
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“camouflage for egregious class or race interest or for jingoistic and destructive patriotism”
“A danger not taken into account…is the danger that the fabric of society at a given time may actually be too tightly woven as a consequence of demonic repression or the apathetic routinization of con
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And a Child Shall Lead Them—Youth Climate Strike March 15
The spark to a wold-wide movement--Greta Thunberg's on child strike for the climate in Stockholm. Beware the Ides of March ye plutocrats, oligarchs, planet rapers, and thumb-twiddlers! The Children
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UPG: Why Unverified Personal Gnosis is Good and Necessary
My religion is an ecstatic religion and an oracular religion. The Gods and spirits speak to us and with us. Much of what they have to say is properly classified as UPG. So when people attack UPG – par
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Lichen
Several of the live oak trees in the older part of St. John’s Cemetery in San Mateo have branches on which grow bluish-gray foliose lichens with ruffled edges lined with black cilia. The thallus appea
Bay area, Calif. San Mateo lichen
Daily Bread #48
I got a new jacket this week as my old one was so large it was ridiculous. I got the new one a bit on the small side as I am planning to shrink-to-fit it better. I am slowly learning how to shop for
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SAVE THE DATE ~ FRIDAY, APRIL 5 ~ “LET’S RISE FOR JUSTICE” SPECIAL EVENT
The Unitarian Church of Marlborough and Hudson is pleased to host: Let’s Rise for Justice — Building Collective Power and Healthy Culture for Social Justice with Chris Crass Friday, April 5, 7-9pm The
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“The fundamental mandate is the renewal of covenant within the churches”
“We must overcome the moribund and routine conventions of activity in the parish and the denomination…The fundamental mandate is the renewal of covenant within the churches, the reaching down to the c
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The Seeds of Ostara – Divination and Manifestation
The dreaming Earth begins to stir from sleep, to turn Her face toward the sunlight once more. As the Earth is my body, so I am the Earth. The seeds that are planted now are blessed with shining sunl
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Mystery Pals Party
Another fun year of the Mystery Pals program has just wrapped up, and I am struck by how much fun this program is in an time where we get less and less “real” mail. The notes and postcards I saw … Con
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Religious Education This Week – March 12th
Sunday, 3/17: K/1 OWL and 5/6 OWL Children and Youth will go directly to their classrooms. Everyone else will begin in the Great Hall and stay through Story for All Ages. Following SFAA, Children and
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Co-Ministers’ Colloquy – March 12th
How has the congregation brought about Love Made Real in your life? Was it a Wellspring class in which you engaged in growing compassion? Was it at the folk dance last summer when our partner church f
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UU Tim Berners-Lee, internet creator, warns of web abuses
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Tell us more about Malachi had to say
Pulled out the NRSV, which, thanks to the Bible Gateway, I don't have to retype to pass along some longer-term user agreements about compliance with terms of the Services. Chapter 3 is about The Comin