Thursday, 02 July 2009, 06:53 pm PDT
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Featured Ministers
Rev. Thom's Report on General Assembly
[This will be a long blog entry that will evolve over the coming days. As long as this italicized header appears at the top of the entry, please continue to check back for more information. ]Intro... [read more]
RevThom
Video postcard: The California Zephyr
A video postcard filmed on board Amtrak’s train no. 6, the California Zephyr. The postcard is of the segment of the trip from Green River, Utah, to Denver, Colorado. Some background informa... [read more]
Yet Another Unitarian Universalist
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Fourteen Tips for Running a Good Meeting
A great post from Gretchen Rubin at Huffington Post on running a good meeting. I especially like tip number fourteen: No chairs! “Bob Sutton…points to a study that showed that people in... [read more]
Phil’s Little Blog on the Prairie
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Boston Unitarian on Hinduism (and Unitarians)
I love the Boston Unitarian blog (anyone who starts a post with, “We left Henry Ware, Jr. guarding our thoughts” is adorable in my eyes). He’s writing some really interesting st... [read more]
PeaceBang
July and Independence
Ever since I started with this lovely congregation, back in 2003, I've been setting aside July as the month I "go on vacation". I have the best intentions: to stay out of their hai... [read more]
Ms. Kitty’s Saloon and Road Show
sales tax hike
The sales tax in Los Angeles County is now 9. 75%. It went up a half a cent yesterday due to a voter approved measure to support local transportation projects. I voted for it. I'm happy to pay ... [read more]
One More Step
Bookstore update: Evolution for Dummies
The customer approached me on the sales floor. "I can't find Evolution for Dummies," she explained. "You must have it, right? "We chatted as I checked the computer in... [read more]
MACRO MICRO AND VICE VERSA
A final salute to “The Colonel”
I didn’t think I would have much in common with the Colonel except Unitarian Universalism. I am about as socially, politically, religiously and otherwise liberal a person as you will find. W... [read more]
Sunflower Chalice
Why We Can’t Wait
On the Monday that I flew out to Salt Lake City, Utah for the 48th General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalists, I found my plane delayed in Birmingham several times, leaving over 5 hours afte... [read more]
A Unitarian Universalist Minister in Mississippi
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pray without ceasing
"Pray. .. silence. .. music. .. next liturgical element" seems to be the pattern used at many of our public worship services. I had a marvelous time at the General Assembly; there we... [read more]
the yes church
UU convicted of littering while supplying humanitarian aid
Title: uuworld. org : uu convicted of littering while supplying humanitarian aid You try and do something nice, and what do you get for your trouble? The threat of a $10k fine and a year in jail. C... [read more]
Rev. Daniel’s Blog
Enforced Inaction
Well, it's now Wednesday. Monday involved flying out from Salt Lake City and shaking off, for the most part, anyway, the psychic sense of work. I love my work, but I also very much feel a need to ... [read more]
Monkey Mind
now - acuma- most- adesso :)
this happnening in one room we can call home :) transaltion in any languages are prohibitted , only after my permission:) [read more]
Good will
On Repelling Fewer People: Reflections on Multiculturalism and More
During this year’s Ministry Days and General Assembly, the trend toward multiculturalism in American society came up repeatedly—most notably in Paul Rasor’s Berry Street Lecture and UUA Presi... [read more]
Thousand Voices
The Next Equal Marriage Bumper Sticker
I know many of us are still trying just to get hate crimes against the GLBT community into hate crimes laws, but up here in the Northeast, we're already working against the federal Defense of Marr... [read more]
PolityWonk
#27 Iran and an ethics of yielding
There is the world as-it-is, and then there is the world that-could-be. In Iran, this is the world as-it-is: the disputed legitimacy of the recent re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ... [read more]
The Naked Theologian: stripped-down theology
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John Murray's conversion to Universalism
IDEAS: How an 18th-century Calvinist embraced Universalism and became the first minister of a Universalist church in America. [read more]
Ideas from UU World
General Assembly: Travel Log
Day 1:Things to avoid when flying:Philadelphia airport United Changing airlines mid trip (flags you for TSA check)Suitcase broken in transit PDA MIAArrived at the Salt Lake City Raddison, dropped m... [read more]
Carrots and Ginger
Words and Transgressions 2 - Fallacy of Moliére's physician
As rational dissenters, who take seriously science and the use of reason and who do not see them as being separate from our religious concerns, I think this fallacy, of Moliére's physician - like... [read more]
Caute
Rev. Peter Morales elected president of Unitarian Universalist Association
UU PLANET Ministry and Media
Odds & Ends
Okay, I take back that other post. Now I have seen it all.
I just, umm—I mean, errrr. .. well. .. The other post, for what's essentially a bedtime titty separator, is here. [read more]
Educated & Poor
The Politics of Walking (or Another one Rides the Bus)
To leave your starting point with only your feet (and possibly good walking shoes) below you and arrive at your destination the same way is a profound political commitment to sustained human evolut... [read more]
Lefty Parent- Living and Parenting Without The Rule Book
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Good Officers for Aspirants and Candidates?
Yesterday, an aspirant told me that she had overheard a proposal here at General Assembly that there be "Good Officers" for aspirants and candidates. "Good Officers" are... [read more]
Calling Ministers - Examining and interviewing for UU ministry
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What's Your Real Religion?
Take the Test
UU News
UU Leaders from Uganda, Burundi and Nigeria at General Assembly
It was a great honor to welcome religious leaders from around the world to General Assembly 2009 in Salt Lake City. Three of our U/U international guests were visiting the United States - and Gen... [read more]
Inspired Faith, Effective Action
Media wraps up General Assembly, elections coverage
UU’s In the Media
Court In India Strikes Down Law Banning Consensual Adult Homsexual Relations
In India, the Delhi High Court today struck down as unconstitutional Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code insofar as it bans homosexual sexual acts in private between consenting adults. (Background... [read more]
Religion Clause
Loth signs off — for now
Boston Globe editorial-page editor Renée Loth marks her departure with a classy farewell. Good to see she's going to write her new weekly column a short walk away from the Statehouse. Local polit... [read more]
Media Nation
Video: Kate Clinton on Comic Pride Month
Kate Clinton congratulates Senator Al Franken on his new job. [read more]
Beacon Broadside
Featured Podcasts
What About Our Principles?
What About Our Principles? -- Sermon delivered by Rev. Fred Rabidoux June 28, 2009 [listen to the episode]
First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco Podcast
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The Ogre in the Closet, Duncan Baird, June 28, 2009
Unity Church-Unitarian of Saint Paul, MN
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Unearthing Talents
June,14 2009 Sermon: Rev. Chris Holton Jablonski [listen to the episode]
UU Church of Berkeley
The Sea of Faith
Sunday Morning Worship at All Souls
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Graduation Homily
Sunday Morning Worship at All Souls
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Finding Meaning in the Madness
This message includes a sermon discussion from members of the Davies congregation. How do you find meaning in life when you experience or hear about a tragedy? Financial corruption, e... [listen to the episode]
Sermons by Rev. John T. Crestwell, Jr.
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"A Living Prayer" - March 29, 2009
Each day of life as a new mother is a new adventure, and each act (even the frustrating ones) becomes a prayer. How might our work and our lives become living prayers? [listen to the episode]
Bull Run Unitarian Universalists
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The Chaplain
Reporter Santosha Kuykendahl interviews Jonathan Daniel, a Buddhist hospice chaplain on the grace, intelligence and honor that comes with people when they die, and the unique role a chaplain can b... [listen to the episode]
Lifenow! Radio
"Taking America Back and Forward”
Sermons from First Unitarian Society of Madison
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A Tribunal of Love
Sunday Morning Worship at All Souls
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UUA Presidential Race
UUA candidates Hallman, Morales about changing patterns of patriarchy
UUA presidential candidates Hallman & Morales talk about how to change patterns of patriarchy within the UUA during the 2009 Int'l Convocation of UU Women in Houston, TX [read more]
UUA Presidential Debate 2009
Featured Blog Posts
Clergy Support for Unplanned Pregnancy?
I thought that the Religious Coalition of Reproductive Choice would have a list of clergy or other trained individuals willing to offer support to women and/or families facing an unplanned pregnanc... [read more]
Elizabeth’s Little Blog
Universalist Christian preacher Carlton Pearson on why no one goes to Hell
Fascinating! Pearson has since merged his congregation with the Unitarian Universalist congregation in Tulsa, Oklahoma. [read more]
Uncle SpongBob's Country and Western Reality Show and Sports Bar
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Is the problem the cap or the trade?
The U. S. is moving toward possibly instituting a "cap and trade" plan for reducing non-agricultural greenhouse gas emissions. As suggested by the word "and," cap and tr... [read more]
debitage
An Open Letter to Meghan McCain
Dear Ms. Mc Cain,This is written in response to your latest post on The Daily Beast, entitled "Forgive Mark Sanford". Allow me to speak frankly. Do understand that you are probably t... [read more]
Comrade Kevin’s Chrestomathy
Overcoming cross cringe: UU Christians, speak
After writing the last post, I noted it on Twitter (I’m bitb) where Martin Kelley (martin_kelley) , a force behind Quaker Quaker picked it up. To make the dialog short, I have an appeal for... [read more]
Boy in the Bands
Quick Note: Recycling Journalism
I know Pagans are usually pretty pro recycling, but this is ridiculous. The Atalanta Journal Constitution re-runs a not-very-funny article by Charles Yoo about Pagans from October, no, not October ... [read more]
The Wild Hunt
What about dogfighting?
A reader says in the comments:(((So the logic is that if we make it illegal for people to own pits, we make it hard for dogfighting to exist. Groups like PETA are strongly opposed to dogfighting so... [read more]
The Chaliceblog
Ministry and the Family
A minister reflects on his resignation (and that of a colleague), and I’m reminded of the summer in between my first and second year in the MDiv program when it became very clear that there w... [read more]
Surviving the Workday: Spirituality at Work
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Fun and Frolic in Salt Lake City
OK - I was going to go all the way and label this "Fear and Loathing," as a true tribute to the late Hunter S. Thompson, but there didn't seem to be any fear and loathing present. B... [read more]
Earthbound Spirit
Mark LeVine in Al Jazeera: Obama's strategies failing in Iran
Le Vine writes, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president, and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader, do not fear the US but rather their own people's desire to live in a country more like t... [read more]
Pfarrer Streccius
Pastor quits church--and his $600,000 salary
The New York Times reports that the pastor of a famous church, a "renowned bastion of liberal theology and social activism on the Upper West Side of Manhattan" has resigned from his j... [read more]
Find and Ye Shall Seek
Celebrate Independence Day With McHenry County Dems—Two days, Three Parades!
Almost 100 Democrats lined up last year in the Crystal Lake Parade. Celebrate Independence Day this weekend like the Continental Army—by marching! Join Mc Henry County Democrats, Congr... [read more]