Coloring pages
Coloring pages are an essential part of how we make space for children in our Palo Alto congregation. When they enter of Main Hall, children and their parents can pick up packets of coloring pages and
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Pooing (For Me It Is Now A Whole Different Experience)
Since my colon was removed, do to ulcerative colitis and A j-pouch was formed from part of my small intestine Pooing, for me it is now a whole different experience One that takes longer then for colon
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The Geography of Trust
My sermon this morning from Hopedale Unitarian Parish in Hopedale, MA.
The Spiritual Life
Our house is on fire. I am here to say, our house is on fire—a somewhat Spinozean address in support of the #schoolstrike4climateaddress
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Darsana - to be seen by the divine
People in relationships do not always need words to communicate. Lovers stare into each other's eyes; a suckling baby looks contentedly to its mother. There is the silence of bodily communion. This is
Beautiful Music of Universalism: For All That Is Our Life
For all that is our life we sing our thanks and praise; for all life is a gift which we are called to use to build the common good and make our own days glad. For Unitarian Universalist theologian Reb
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kids' playground
A blog reader from Mälmo, Sweden sent this photo of kids using and making their own adventure playgrounds. Kids have a natural inclination to build their own character and intelligence through constru
Why Is There Suffering? A Modern Pagan Response
Humans have been asking Big Questions for at least as long as we’ve been human. The more you wrestle with them, the more you intuitively understand their magnitude and the impossibility of finding def
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Ken Nordine Wizard of Word Jazz Passes
Ken Nordine. Note— Ken Nordine died Saturday at the age of 98. His unparalleled, smooth baritone guided WBEZ listeners through "Word Jazz" for more than 40 years. This post is adapted from one that
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Announcing An Intensive Zen Meditation Retreat with Zen Teacher James Myoun Ford
Sesshin “To touch the Heart Mind” An Intensive Zen Meditation Retreat Opening Doors to the Mysteries of the Heart Led by James Myoun Ford, Roshi Assisted by Janine Seitetsu Larsen, Senior Dharma Tea
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Invasion
Arrogance Calls this emergency that never was “an invasion” …of drugs …of gangs. The real invasion Was funded by the sale of tobacco and sugar And still defends itself Constitutionally With a “well-re
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17 February 2019 All-Ages Worship
Please join us on Sunday (17 February 2019) at 11:00 AM for “Our Third Source: Learning and Growing with Love and Respect” with the children, youth, and adults of All Souls. Capping this season’s focu
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Adult Religious Education — 17 February 2019
Please join us on Sunday (17 February 2019) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class for an overview of yesterday’s (16 February 2019) Together Louisiana’s statewide leadership meeting in Al
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Review: Amazing Ants–Simple Sidewalk Science (Royal Fireworks Press)
My kids spent their homeschooling childhoods watching animals go about their lives. Often, we observed animals in their natural habitats: robins, poking for worms in the yard; bees, collecting from fl
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“Lunch and Learn” Potlucks Continue — 10 and 17 March 2019
The All Souls Committee on Ministry will continue hosting “Lunch and Learn” Potlucks on 10 and 17 March 2019. In an ongoing effort to bring more members into full engagement with church life, the Comm
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Farewell Party for Jeff Gauger — Saturday, 16 February 2019
Come join us this Saturday evening (16 February 2019) at 7:00 PM for a party to mourn Jeff Gauger’s leaving and to celebrate his time among us. In the short time Jeff has been here at All Souls, he ha
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The UUA Condemns Trump's National Emergency Declaration for Border Wall
The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) denounces President Trump’s racist and xenophobic decision to declare a national emergency to build a border wall between the United States and Mexico. Con
The UUA Condemns Trump's National Emergency Declaration for Border Wall
The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) denounces President Trump’s racist and xenophobic decision to declare a national emergency to build a border wall between the United States and Mexico. Con
The UUA Condemns Trump's National Emergency Declaration for Border Wall
The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) denounces President Trump’s racist and xenophobic decision to declare a national emergency to build a border wall between the United States and Mexico. Con