Malleus Maleficarum
That name came to mind right next to the malleability of memory. In our modern day encyclopedia, it says that treatise was "written by [a] discredited Catholic clergyman" with a pseudonym and "first p
Karen Horney & the Zen Buddhist Encounter With Western Psychology
Last year I noticed that today, the 16th of September, 1885, was the birthday of the noted Neo-Freudian psychoanalyst Karen Horney. I riffed a bit on her and her connections to Zen Buddhism, and h
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‘Modern Love’ essay: the gift that keeps giving
The essay that keeps giving returns to the spotlight, in a manner of speaking. Modern Love editor Daniel Jones has revised his compilation of essays to coincide with the upcoming Amazon series based o
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Film - Linda Ronstadt: The Souind Of My Voice
After church today, 09/15/19, I went to the Little Theater on East Avenue in Rochester, NY and watched Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice. Wonderful documentary. I give it a 4.5 on my 5 point scale
UUAWOL and the movies
A Theology of Trauma…
“A Theology of Trauma” first appeared at Religica.org on Sept. 14th, 2019 as part of the project’s blog series. “The Religica Blog explores ideas that shape our future. The impulses that shape our fut
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Getting Out of Your Own Way
In the pursuit of growth and transformation, we may face many obstacles. But how many of those obstacles are self-imposed? It often seems that the hardest challenges to overcome are the ones we create
Sermons
On the need to take even strokes—A meditation on some words by Henry Bugbee
The picture of Henry Bugbee which hangs in my study Given last week’s address in which I briefly introduced to you Heidegger’s idea of the fourfold I thought I’d bring before you another idea that h
Zen Buddhism Address Henry David Thoreau Heidegger Henry Bugbee Edward F. Mooney gathering the fourfold The Inward Morning even strokes Gabriel Marcel Meister Eckhart swimming Wave
6 Ways Paganism Provides Comfort For The Immensities of Life
The Paganism I practice is a deep, robust religion. It is not a religion primarily concerned with our comfort, but it addresses the immensities of life and it does so in an honest and straightforward
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When I Think of Saints I think of James Chisholm
There are lots of different reasons people are called saints. Some die witnesses for their faith. They’re called saints in lots of official calendars. Others live lives of extreme privation as exa
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Book to look for
A recent article from Religion News Service highlights the challenges for progressive Christian parents: these parents are looking for children’s books “that represent diversity — including race and g
Religious Education Book culture
three days
I'm mentioning this report for the third day in a row because it is important regarding what we're doing with education. https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2019/09/03/1821936116 There are reasons that
Frederick Douglass showed that the Irish were always white in America
In 1853, referring to black people as us, Frederick Douglass wrote: Every hour sees us elbowed out of some employment to make room for some newly arrived emigrant from the Emerald Isle, whose hunger a
15 September 2019 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth
Please join us on Sunday (15 September 2019) at 11:00 AM for our annual Homecoming worship service with Rev Barbara Jarrell and our congregation (all of us). Whether your last visit was a decade ago,
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Adult Religious Education — 15 September 2019
Please join us on Sunday (15 September 2019) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class — UU Elevator Speech. You may be familiar with the concept of an “elevator speech” — a concise way of ex
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Religious Education
Building and Grounds Work Day — 14 September 2019
Please join us on Saturday (14 September 2019) from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM for our monthly building and grounds work day. We have several tasks available this week, most of them indoors! Check it out: We
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Ask a Simple Question…
Ask a simple question… Get a non answer and a dismissive insult about my faith. That was my experience when asking a question yesterday at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Legislative
Religion Unitarian Universalism sexuality lgbt equity #CBCFALC19 Jamal Bryant Michael Eric Dyson
Homelessness is a Public Health Crisis by Nicole Simonson, LICSW
Around 1.4 million U.S. students between the ages of 6-18 are homeless. Also every year about a million babies, toddlers and preschoolers suffer homelessness. The definition of homelessness is divided
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Daily Bread#75
They say women forget the pain of childbirth. I think that is a lie. That first child brings such joy that the pain is worth it and you want another child. Maybe knee surgery will be like that too. Li
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Interdependent Web: A stream of love for all beings
Heather Christensen A weekly roundup of blogs and other user-generated web content about Unitarian Universalism