Friday, 10 September 2010, 05:44 am PDT
Featured Ministers
President Obama, Theodore Parker, M. L. King Jr. and God
ON September 2nd Melissa Block of NPR’s All Things Considered said, “Yesterday on the program, we talked about the new rug that’s part of the makeover of the Oval Office. Woven around the... [read more]
Rev. Thomas Perchlik
Prayer and Meditation
Last week federal judge, the Honorable Barbara Crabb, declared the National Day of Prayer unconstitutional. According to an Associated Press article by Todd Richmond, Crabb wrote. ““It is b... [read more]
Rev. Thomas Perchlik
Ethnic UUs
To be a Unitarian Universalist we say you must be a active member of a UU Church. Except, according to recent Pew Center polling, people who call themselves UU but are not part of a church outnu... [read more]
Rev. Thomas Perchlik
Jesus with a Gun
What images come to mind when you say “Unitarian Universalism:” A chalice with fire burning in it; people marching in defense of love and justice; a group of diverse people endlessly di... [read more]
Rev. Thomas Perchlik
Faith Formation
My wife has been in pain lately. It has lasted long enough that, though a confirmed atheist, she has begun to talk about making a “bargain with God” if only the pain would go away. I... [read more]
Rev. Thomas Perchlik
The Trees Do Not Care
The trees do not care what we are celebrating, be it Christmas, or Kwanzaa, or Yule. We care. We argue. We party. Of course the trees notice, in their slow, silent, cellular way the shift of the su... [read more]
Rev. Thomas Perchlik
Riding Minstry Cycles
A couple of weeks ago, I was happy to have my one day off on Friday, because I had been fighting a flu for two weeks (which was not too bad but made me generally tired all day, and I ached by the m... [read more]
Rev. Thomas Perchlik
Marraige Equality Jihad
A few weeks back I got a form letter from the Islamic Center of Muncie, IN. It was to invite all religious people to tour their new facility and share in an open house. They have chosen as th... [read more]
Rev. Thomas Perchlik
Muulticuultuural
At the Berry Street Lecutre Dr. Paul Rasor moved us another step on the road to a truly multi-cultural anti-racist anti-oppression religious movement. I found his speech, “Provincial Ironies,... [read more]
Rev. Thomas Perchlik
MSG Religion
Appearing back to back, two articles in the Summer 2009 UU World Magazine caught my attention[ http://www. uuworld. org/currentissue. shtml . ] Both echoed (for me) the closing quote in the ... [read more]