Those Crafty California Unitarians…

Apparently, our secret is out.  Someone in California has discovered that rather than the mild-mannered, obscure liberal religion that we masquerade as, we’re really a well-oiled underground political machine.
If we had that kind of shadow power, what would we do with it?
Legislative ministries are popping up in UU churches around the country.  Direct-action social justice [...]

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How many ways to pray?

Prayer has always both fascinated and repelled me.  As a child, growing up in the forms and rituals of the United Methodist Church, I got hung up on whether I agreed or disagreed with the words I was saying.  As I grew into young adulthood, I longed to leave words behind and simply experience the [...]

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The Universe is Fearfully and Wonderfully Made…

Some of you will argue, of course, that the Universe is not “made” at all, but simply is, self-created and self-sustaining.  Whatever the Ultimate Truth about it all may be (and I certainly do not claim to know it), there can be no doubt that our own Earth, fragile and beautiful and amazing as it [...]

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More Things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio…

Like this beautiful creature, which graced the wood wall outside my office window today.  It is the aptly-named Giant Leopard Moth.

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Bible, meet the 21st Century

There are many versions of the Bible floating around this world.  Your local bookstore contains several (the merits of which I will not debate here).  But it starts to get really interesting when we get a glimpse into much older versions, scriptures that were being compiled and copied in a time long before the printing [...]

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The Relevancy of Unitarian Universalism…

In case you doubt what I have been pointing towards for some years now–that Unitarian Universalism is not as relevant as it could, should, or imagines itself to be, here is some news that might convince you otherwise.
Somehow, given our movement and our values, it seems to add insult to injury that one of our [...]

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UU Minister Speaks Out in DC

One of our own, the Rev. Rob Hardies of All Souls UU Church in Washington D.C. is featured prominently in this article which examines the slow progress being made in African-American communities around gay rights and gay marriage.
I thought the article worth passing along.  One, it is an interesting intersection of racial and sexual politics–one [...]

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Happy Birthday, Unitarian Universalism!

This arrived in my inbox today.  Perfect timing!  I was just arranging a class, to be held this summer.  We’ll do three parts:  Unitarian History, Universalist History, and UU History, post-merger.  It’ll be held the third Wednesdays of June, July and August, with a potluck at 6:30 and the class beginning at 7.  A grand [...]

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Atheists in the Pulpit!?

Goodness, what will they think of next!?
Atheists in the pulpit are old news, here in Unitarian Universalism.  Nonetheless, I enjoyed this post by conservative Baptist leader Albert Mohler.  I found his indignation sort of funny…but there are also some really interesting theological points about the non-existence of God and what that may or may not [...]

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From the pastor, to my flock…

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