Tuesday, 26 July 2011, 01:45 am PDT
Featured Ministers
An electronic fast...
starts tomorrow, as I take off for a week-long road trip during the last stretch of my vacation. Things here on the island are calm, nobody is actively dying (I assume), and (unlike last year) the... [read more]
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Mensa Annual Gathering Redux
As it turned out, several Whidbey Island Mensans went to the AG in Portland. It was fun spending time with Penelope; our trip down was one long meaty conversation. She has a way of asking questio... [read more]
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With an hour to go...
before I pick up my pal Penelope for our trip to the Mensa Annual Gathering in Portland, there's enough time to write a quick post about how excited I am about doing this. I joined Mensa thirty ye... [read more]
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At Cross Purposes?
AT CROSS PURPOSES? UUISM AND CHRISTIANITYRev. Kit Ketcham, June 26, 2011 A couple of months ago, I was talking with a friend who is one of the organizers of the local PFLAG group (Parents and F... [read more]
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I am one of those NOT going to ...
Charlotte, NC, where the 50th anniversary of Unitarian Universalism is being celebrated at the annual General Assembly. Despite the blandishments of HOT WEATHER, I would prefer to stay here on my i... [read more]
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I was a teenage Pea Bum and...
I'm tired. And beginning to really feel my age. Not to worry you, FS and other family and friends, but I am at an age where retirement is beginning to look pretty attractive. Not that I have qu... [read more]
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Shall we dance?
EMBRACING THE OTHERRev. Kit Ketcham, June 12, 2011 I don’t remember all the pieces of the scenario that day, but it was September and my father and I were standing on a downtown Mc Minnville, O... [read more]
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It only works if you work it.
Those words I spoke to myself as I drove away from my Oak Harbor physician's office two months ago. I had driven the 30 miles or so to my appointment with her, rehearsing the words I wanted to sa... [read more]
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Thinking about collaborative ministry
Before seminary was a gleam in my eye, I was lucky to be a member of Jefferson Unitarian Church in Colorado, under the leadership of the Rev. Robert Latham, who introduced our congregation to the c... [read more]
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A dedication ceremony for new artwork and library
DEDICATION CEREMONYFOR OUR NEW ARTWORK, DOOR, AND LIBRARYMay 8, 2011 This morning we dedicate the gifts of creativity which we have received from many hands and hearts. To begin, I’d like to inv... [read more]
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Freedom and Creativity: a homily
FREEDOM AND CREATIVITYRev. Kit Ketcham, May 8, 2011 Who was the creative one in your family? Was it you? (raise hand if so) Were you the artist? the musician? The writer or poet? Who was th... [read more]
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The challenges of the liturgical year....
when you're not really a liturgical person weigh me down some years, and this year is one of them. I struggled with Easter and eventually approached it from the sort-of-back-door of my deeply-hel... [read more]
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Why I am a Universalist and what that has to do with Easter
WHY I AM A UNIVERSALIST:And what that has to do with Easter Rev. Kit Ketcham, April 24, 2011 My recent issue of Time Magazine practically heated up the mailbox last week when it arrived. The he... [read more]
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Gratitude and Generosity: it works if you work it.
LOVING AND CHEERFUL GIVERS: the Sermon on the Amount Rev. Kit Ketcham, April 10, 2011 I’d like to invite you all to center yourselves comfortably in your seats, perhaps close your eyes if you... [read more]
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The Living Tradition Institute...
might not be a familiar concept to you, if you are a Unitarian Universalist in a different district. It is, as far as I know, unique to the Pacific Northwest District, though there may be similarl... [read more]
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I wanna get a dog.
I'm gonna get a dog one of these days. I have started gazing with interest at the dogs featured in the WAIF videos on Facebook and fantasizing about taking walks with a lovely middle aged golden ... [read more]
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Celebrating the Mystery
CELEBRATING THE MYSTERYRev. Kit Ketcham, March 27, 2011 What’s your most puzzling mystery? Let’s hear some of those thoughts! Just call them out. How many of us like to read murder m... [read more]
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The Ferry schedule between Whidbey and the mainland...
is going to be disrupted for three weekends, starting today, and folks are understandably upset about it. Instead of a reasonable 15 minute voyage between the dock on Whidbey and the mainland dock... [read more]
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A sense of contentment despite...
all the awful things going on in the world. My mind can barely contain the sorrows ringing the world right now: earthquake and tsunami destruction of life and home; tyrants killing their own peop... [read more]
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Evolution Rocks: the sermon
EVOLUTION ROCKS: THE SERMONBy Rev. Kit Ketcham, March 13, 2011 I wonder what my Dad was thinking as we sat side by side in the tiny theatre on the Linfield College campus, my freshman year. It wa... [read more]
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Evolution Rocks: the song, by Overman
Tomorrow's sermon is a belated contribution to the Clergy Letter Project's Evolution Weekend, which others tended to observe on Feb. 14. At my church we do Valentines Day on Valentines Day weeke... [read more]
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iPhone, uPhone, we all phone for iPhone...
Lame, yes. But no lamer than my resistance to actually carrying around my new i Phone. I've been taking it slow, learning to do one thing or another, but never actually tucking the phone in my p... [read more]
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So, on this dreary Monday morning....
which seems to want to keep us winterbound as long as possible, I decided to get out the new box of hair color I bought a week ago and refresh my wintry locks with a little jolt. It was a variety ... [read more]
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What's Sex Got to Do WIth It?
WHAT’S SEX GOT TO DO WITH IT? Rev. Kit Ketcham, Feb. 27, 2011 I was born the third child to parents who had lost two baby boys to stillbirth or miscarriage in the years before my arrival. And... [read more]
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What's Love Got to Do With It?
WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT? Rev. Kit Ketcham, Feb. 13, 2011 Part I: As I was thinking about the sermon the other morning, getting ready to sit down and write, a little frantic because my own... [read more]