Want a Spiritual Practice? Memorize These Four Quotes
I recall in my youth being told how in ancient Rome when someone was given a “Triumph,” a parade through the city in honor of some major accomplishment a slave was assigned to stand right behind
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A la memoria de Carlos Pérez de Rozas, periodista: todos los articulos publicados en su fallecimiento
La muerte del periodista Carlos Pérez de Rozas, el 10 de agosto de 2019, conmocionó a la profesión de Barcelona no sólo porque la causó un súbito ataque al corazón durante un viaje sino por la arrolla
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…The ubiquitous presence of racism,
of demonic nationalism, of the brutal tyrannies of communism and of what today in some quarters calls itself “Christian capitalism” are darkness visible to those who have eyes to see, particularly to
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WE Need to Read This Again
Friends, I am in a mood. I am in a mood and I’m going to write—yes again, now sit down!—about niceness, about yes and no, and about seduction, persuasion, cajoling, coercion, and assault. Yepper, that
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Hustling Himself Out of Baseball—Pete Rose
Charley Hustle making the wrong kind of headlines. Thirty years ago on August 24, 1989 Pete Rose aka Charlie Hustle was banned from baseball for life for gambling on Cincinnati Reds games when he was
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Liminal spaces, providing sacraments and Universalist theology
Responding to Tuesday’s post, Demas asked in the comments: I’d be interested in reading your thoughts on what modern churches with less-than-optimal resources could do about the sacraments, and what y
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Hide and Seek
Doesn’t it just happen that way? That what you are hiding from is already watching you, that what you are seeking is in plain sight, if only you were to turn around. Are you hiding or seeking? The Dai
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Breath by breath may we join the stream of being in progress,...
Breath by breath may we join the stream of being in progress, tumbling emotions and desires flowing towards the heart of love, towards oneness
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Lover of Life may we nurture and grow in kindness, love, and...
Lover of Life may we nurture and grow in kindness, love, and devotion each day, surprised and challenged by life’s blessings, work, and play
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Thirst
Start with the thirst the deep well you have been forgetting, ancient and ready to be soaked without shame the well your grandmothers dug for you the reservoir carved and cared for by the people your
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#MyBlacknessIs
…the right to be an individual. My blackness is more than slavery. My blackness is a 400 year battle for human rights: The right to family The right to property The right to education The right to cit
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Pagan leader helps Dayton heal
We talk with Luna Eclypse of Dayton, Ohio about her efforts in helping the community heal after a natural disaster and gun violence. Continue reading Pagan leader helps Dayton heal at The Wild Hunt.
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Atomic Tech, a Problematic Fave in the Pantheon of American Culture
By Fred Pearce | America’s iconic nuclear landscape is the Nevada National Security Site, a fenced-off and largely deserted tract of sand, cactus, and Joshua trees that is bigger than Rhode Island. On
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Daily Bread #72
This week proved that doing the math is not always enough. Even though my calculated calorie deficit was larger than last week, I gained 4 pounds, my largest weekly gain since beginning the program.
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New Trump Rule Would Lock Up Children Indefinitely
UUSC joins partners and allies in the call to #SaveFlores and uphold legal protections for children.
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SAVE THE DATE ~ Emma’s Revolution Benefit Concert ~ Saturday, November 2
Emma’s Revolution “Free Our Children” Benefit Concert For #FamiliesBelongTogether & UU Mass Action Saturday, November 2, 8pm “Fervent and heartfelt.” ~ The New York Times Join us for an uprising of tr
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Sunday, September 8 ~ Water Communion Service with Live Pan Steel Music
Water Communion Ingathering Honor the waters that touch our lives: rivers, oceans, lakes, and tears of joy and sorrow. In this family worship service we will celebrate our coming together after the su
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Possible source for non-Biblical responsive readings
Yesterday’s century-old Unitarian resource reminded me of another. The “non-biblical” reading has been a staple of Unitarian and Unitarian Universalist worship for ages; in some societies, it’s the de
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UCMH’s New Fall 2019 Catalog is Available Online ~ Click Here to View!
UCMH is pleased to release its Spiritual Growth and Community Center’s Fall 2019 Catalog! We have a great assortment of activities from perennial favorites such as Second Friday Sessions, FreeDrum, Yo
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Enforced goodness is itself evil,
as in every authoritarianism…Moreover, a person obsessed is no longer free, whether one be a Inquisitor or a Communist-or a Nazi . Self-will here becomes compulsion and tyranny . In this view the abus
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