Fed FUD

My once-a-week dose of Peter Crabb, off-the-wall finance and economics professor at Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa produced the usual amount of head-scratching and spluttering. What is he on a

Bob Senghas: Thinking of a Mentor

The Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association gathers just ahead of the annual UU General Assembly, this year in Lousville. This morning UUMA worship featured, as is the tradition, two speakers, on

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Campus Ministry Start-Up Kit

Let’s get this started!   Sign up today to receive a free campus ministry start-up kit, with tools and resources to aid your campus ministry group, whether it is just beginning or has existed for a wh

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getting back to it...

I got in a full day in the shop yesterday, but am still struggling a bit to get into the full swing of things. Anyone who has been self-employed in such a small business as my own can tell of the many

"Liberty and choice are the essential components that constitute human dignity."

“Liberty and choice are the essential components that constitute human dignity.” - Khaled Abou El Fadl, The Great Theft: Wrestling Islam From the Extremists

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Director Karagan Griffith Talks About “With Love From Salem”

On June 12th, I reported on an upcoming documentary focusing on the Temple of Nine Wells in Salem, Massachusetts, and the lives of Richard and Gypsy Ravish, entitled “With Love From Salem.” Directed b

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A liberal still standing up for Jesus - a reply to a comment on my last blogpost

An early image of Jesus as the Good Shepherd A very important point was posted on my last blogpost  No image, no passion - why this liberal continues to stand up for Jesus  by Tim Bartik. Thanks, Tim,

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"Shout, friends of Liberty, aloud! Shout with a mighty tone! Sing, angels in the upper world, A..."

“Shout, friends of Liberty, aloud! Shout with a mighty tone! Sing, angels in the upper world, A song of Freedom’s own! Now stripes and bondage are exchanged, For peace and quiet homes, Where no slave-

What You Might Become

“The most important thing to remember is this: To be ready at any moment to give up what you are for what you might become.” –W. E. B. Du Bois What have you given up to become something new? The Daily

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"Chalicelight - Honor one another & this world choosing to cherish our different gifts."

“Chalicelight - Honor one another & this world choosing to cherish our different gifts.” - Naomi King - Twitter: @revnaomi

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"Shout, friends of Liberty, aloud! Shout with a mighty tone! Sing, angels in the upper world, A..."

“Shout, friends of Liberty, aloud! Shout with a mighty tone! Sing, angels in the upper world, A song of Freedom’s own! Now stripes and bondage are exchanged, For peace and quiet homes, Where no slave-

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"What makes good society? I answer, in one word, real fellowship."

“What makes good society? I answer, in one word, real fellowship.” - William Hazlitt, Table Talk (1823) p.332 (Unitarian, painter, essayist, critic)

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Celebrating Emancipation—When they Found Out About It

By the turn of the 20th Century wearing their finest to huge community picnics celebrating Juneteenth had become a Texas traditon. Today is Juneteenth.   Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Procla

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Evening Prayer June 20, 2013

Let the night welcome us and we welcome it, ready for the dreaming and the dark, to love this life fully and well. Let the night welcome us and we welcome it, as cover for those of us who must go out

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Morning Prayer June 20, 2013

Beloved, lead us today in the building and maintaining the paths of trust necessary to create a peaceful and loving world. How easy it is to grow stony hearted and unkind, to be strong in relationship

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Sao Paulo and Brazil in flames

The theme is emerging- a small protest is met with a draconian response. In Istanbul it was a small park slated for redevelopment. In Brazil it’s a fare increase on public transpiration. It’d be silly

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Youth service trip, day one

I’m on a five-day service trip with a total of seven youth and adults from the Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto. Agenda for day one: drive to Los Angeles, check in at motel, eat dinner and m

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In lieu of a cartoon

Recommended reading: 4 Things Politicians Will Never Understand About Poor People Read more: http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-things-politicians-will-never-understand-about-poor-people/#ixzz2Wd4O7P2U Yes

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General Assembly News Online — 19-23 June 2013

General Assembly (GA) is the annual meeting of our Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA).  Attendees worship, witness, learn, connect, and make policy for the Association through democratic process

Heading to General Assembly

I am super excited to leave for GA tomorrow.  It has been an incredibly busy and stressful couple of weeks.  Really, the past few months have been overwhelming. I am looking forward to getting recharg