Karyna McGlynn. Karyna McGlynn grew up in Austin, Texas, and earned an MFA at the University of Michigan and a PhD in literature and creative writing from the University of Houston.   She is the author of three books of poetry— I Have to Go Back to 1994 and Kill a Girl (Sarabande, 2009), which won the Kathryn A. Morton Prize;   Hothouse (Sarabande, 2017); and 50 Things Kate Bush Taught Me About the Multiverse (Sarabande, 2022.   She is also the author of three chapbooks— Scorpionica (2007), and The 9-Day Queen Gets Lost on Her Way to the Execution (2016). Her work has been featured in the anthology Best American Nonrequired Reading (2010). McGlynn uses psychological ephemera, pop culture, and improvisational plots to...

This is your time and it feels normal to you, but really, there is no normal. There’s only change and resistance to it and then more change. Meryl Streep Anyone who has raised a child has met resistance in action. … Continue reading →

As popular as Tucker Carlson was, he became more trouble than he was worth to Fox and to the Murdoch family. His firing is a good thing, but what it means in the big picture remains to be seen. Pay attention.

Today is National Library Workers Day. I managed to thank three librarians. I got the official name of the day wrong (I kept calling it “National Library Staff Appreciation Day”; I have no idea where I got that from). But I got the sentiment right. If it seems kind of corny to thank a librarian … Continue reading "Thank a librarian"

Taken with a Fuji X100V using Øyvind Nordhagen’s Kodak Ektar 100 Recipe   Just click on the photo to enlarge it.

A new program launched by the Aquarian Tabernacle Church and Woolston-Steen Theological Seminary seeks to offer accreditation for Wiccan Institutions, Covens, and stand-alone classes. Continue reading New accreditation organization for Wicca launched at The Wild Hunt.

By Jonathan Rosenblum | More than 1 million US workers are employed at Amazon today—the majority at its vast network of more than 1,300 warehouses and logistics centers, with tens of thousands in tech centers around the country. That’s more workers than UPS and FedEx combined, more than the entire US auto manufacturing industry. Another 600,000 work internationally for the company.

The Rev. Mark Bellentini was one of the first out gay ministers in Unitarian Universalism and he also chaired the hymnal committee for the gray hardback Singing the Living Tradition which was published in 1993. The UUA Bookstore publishes a meditation book series, now retitled ... read more . The post Co-Minister’s Colloquy – April 25th appeared first on Unitarian Universalist Society of Schenectady.

Children in Kindergarten through 6th grade will start in the Great Hall for the first part of the service. After the story for all ages, they will go to their own class rooms: Wonderful Welcome (K-3rd grade) in the classroom next to the dining room Love Connects ... read more . The post Religious Education on Sunday April 30th appeared first on Unitarian Universalist Society of Schenectady.

In acknowledgement of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage month in May, the discussion of a work by a BIPOC Author will be about the memoir Crying in H Mart, by Michelle Zauner (2021), a beautiful book about family, food, and growing up in a Korean ... read more . The post Discussion of Crying in H Mart, by Michelle Zauner appeared first on Unitarian Universalist Society of Schenectady.

Held at the First UU Society in Syracuse, with some virtual programming options. Keynote speaker: Andie Davis, a 17-year-old genderfluid playwright from Ontario Canada. Workshops include: Supporting Parents and Caregivers of Trans and Gender Expansive Youth Behaviours, Boundaries, and Binaries: Exploring Healthy Relationships Through an LGBTQIA+ Lens GSA Student Organizing Gender ... read more . The post Building Beloved Community Beyond the Binary: a Conference on Saturday May 6th appeared first on Unitarian Universalist Society of Schenectady.

“From this ground, let us sow mercy, justice, and compassion. Let us offer our stories to provide our staples of wisdom. And when we do, let us create and experience the Presence and Affirmation that allows us to connect with our theological imagination so that the harvest of our faith will be Abundant Grace.” -Melissa … Continue reading Abundant Grace

                                  George Herriman, Creator of Krazy Kat: A Mind Bubble George Herriman died on this day, the 25th of April, in 1944. I’ve read that his creation Krazy Kat was likely more influential than popular. And that’s probably so. […]

One of our favorite annual events returns on Wednesday, May 3 at 5:30 in Emerson Hall. Empty Bowls is a fundraiser for All Souls Community Resource Bank (CRB), which works to reduce hunger in Tulsa. The event includes a community meal, music, and a silent auction of bowls created by members, friends and local artists. We’re especially excited this year to feature the creation of a collaborative community bowl that will be raffled off at the end of the evening, and to let everyone decorate their own dessert cookie. Why This Work Matters A recent cut to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program […] The post All Souls Fills Empty Bowls appeared first on BeyondBelief.

Erika L. Sánchez. Erika L. Sánchez is one of the leading lights of the robust Latinx poetry scene in Chicago. She was born in 1983 in the western suburb of Cicero to Mexican immigrant Parents.   She has two brothers and they all grew up speaking both Spanish and English at home.   She attended Morton East High School and then the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she was Phi Beta Kappa and graduated magna cum laude . After college she traveled to Madrid, Spain, to teach English with the Fulbright program and pursued poetry.   She then earned an MFA in poetry from the University of New Mexico. Sánchez won a Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship in 2015.   Her first poetry collection, Lessons on Expulsion...

I use the stories, the archetypal representations of Tarot cards for inspiration, creative visualization, setting intentions, affirmations, and meditation. While meditating on this month’s theme of Resistance the Magician Card came to mind. The Magician represents the time in our … Continue reading →

Websites tend to disappear pretty quickly. But every once in a while, you run into a web page from the last century. I ran into such a web page today: “Journey to the Isles of Hiva, 1993,” with text and photos by Dennis Kawaharada of Kapi’olani Community College, Hawai’i. Considering the changes that have come … Continue reading "From the Old Web"

In this week's Pagan Community Notes, Atheopagans announce a conference, Pentacle makes 16 years since US Veteran Affairs accepts it as an emblem of belief, Crossing of the veils, more announcements and news. Continue reading Pagan Community Notes: Week of April 24, 2023 at The Wild Hunt.

Kat McKim The current iteration of the ongoing congregational program includes an emphasis on justice.

Imagine a glass of cold water – feel it. Take a sip, feel the coolness run down your throat. Feel the water enter your body. Feel it pick up the things that you no longer need and cleanse them away from you. What is it washing away? What do you need to get rid of?

Happy Earth Week! For environmentalists, the month of April means there’s an event every day of the week - sometimes several! With all of the Earth Day Celebrations, we wanted to pop into your inbox to highlight a few of our favorites. In collaboration with UU organizations and national partners, Side With Love is here to help you balance the urgent need for political education and mobilization with spiritual nourishment and leadership development. This week, you can nourish your spirits at the Active for Earthcare Service with the UU Ministry for Earth, develop your leadership skills at the Side With Love April Skill Up: Facing the Apocalypse with a Smile with yours truly, educate yourself on Solar 101 + IRA funds with the First Unita...

Gerard Malanga--the Warhol years. Poet and photographer Gerard Malanga is best known for his association with cultural icon Andy Warhol.   He was the pop artist’s personal assistant, photographer, and sometimes actor during Warhol’s most famous period in the 1960s and ‘70s.   In fact, he has been called Warhol’s “most important associate” during those years. Malanga was the son of Italian immigrants and was raised in the Bronx.   He began writing poetry as a teenager and was soon immersed in the New York City avant garde art scene.   He began documenting that scene as a photographer. Malanga and Warhol. He was the chief assistant for artist Andy Warhol from the mid-1960s and founded the magazine Interview with him in 1969...

Over the last two weeks my wife and I have been spending a lot of time in clinics,  infusion centers, and radiology departments getting treatment for my leukemia. This story is from the infusion center.  Infusion centers provide blood transfusions, … Continue reading →

  “Data shows that a federal ban on assault weapons and large-capacity magazines is highly effective in saving lives in mass shootings. When a federal ban was in effect from 1994-2004, America saw a 37% decline in gun massacres and a 70% decline in assault weapons traced to crime. That means countless lives saved from preventable tragedies. But after Congress let the ban expire in 2004, mass shooting deaths increased by 347%.” – Brady United     Some of the read more... The post April Action Alert: Ban Assault Weapons Now appeared first on Promise the Children.

I can’t figure out if this is anti-intellectualism or something stranger. But a website calling itself the “Washington Free Beacon,” which is funded by conservative billionaire Paul Singer, recently ran a hatchet-job piece about Lucas Kunce, a Democrat in Missouri who plans to run for U.S. Senator in 2024. Of course a conservative website is … Continue reading "No conservative nerds"

TWH celebrates the life and work of the Thelemite artist Cameron, who would have been 101 years old today. Continue reading “I call myself a catalyst” – the visionary work of Cameron at The Wild Hunt.

Lee Valley has released a third episode of their Would Works series highlighting the role of woodworking in combating homelessness and building lives. https://www.leevalley.com/en-us/discover/inspired-to-make/would-works/meet-brunisha?utm_campaign=325126_Apr23-Wood-Video-WouldWorksInspiredToMakeSeries-Brunisha-US&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Lee%20Valley&dm_i=6EER,6YVA,12UXB3,Z977,1 In the meantime, I'm working on a new box design as shown. Make, fix and create...

Sunday, April 23 @ 11:45 am. Join UUs and James Carroll for our Biblical Scholarship Class the 4th Sunday of the month.

It was a quiet week, the robins had finished the nest, but were elsewhere in the yard. But this morning, one of them has come into the nest and has been sitting there a long time. I took a lovely little walk around the yard, just to look at things. There was a sparrow taking […]

American (Christian) religious divisions over environmentalism seem to hinge on one Hebrew word in Genesis. This week, we push back at the idea of "dominion" over the Earth...

So wildflowers distracted me last week, but I am back into trees. I love how this one looks. It was charred in the fire a couple of years ago, but it kept standing as new growth surrounded it. Weakened as it was, it broke apart recently after heavy rain and wind, one of those “atmospheric […]

Do not afflict me with a vision so narrow and a heart so small, That all my greatest hopes ­could be accomplished within a ­single lifetime. Rather, bless me with an unquiet spirit.” -From “A Prayer for Unfinished Business” by Kelly Weisman Asprooth-Jackson What do you imagine that goes beyond your lifetime?  

THE MOTHER OF MY HEARTRemarks shared on the occasion of being named a “Distinguished Alumnx” at the Pacific School of Religion James Ishmael Ford Yesterday Jan & I spent the day at the Pacific School of Religion, where I earned an MDiv (1991) as well as an MA (1992). There were many stressors at the […]

The truth isI can’t rememberThe last timeI wrote a poem,Wore lipstick,Baked a cakeJust for the fun of it,Marveled at the moon. I can’t rememberThe last timeI felt like a personand not a production,The last time I wasn’tExhausted by strength,Just getting through. I don’t know whenI stopped smiling,But I know my bodyMisses laughter. I have no […]

Well once again, it’s Earth Day. This celebration, founded in 1970, is a day to educate people on environmental issues. However, in my opinion, it is also a day to celebrate Mother Earth, give thanks for her nourishment and give back. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle to keep Her healthy. Recently, I interviewed an elderly man in […] The post Earth Day 2023 — plant a tree, plant a seed and your intentions too appeared first on Nature's Sacred Journey.

Physician/poet Adam Possner, MD in his office. Physician/poet Dr. Adam Possner addressed the anxiety and misinformation about the safety of vaccines that was growing and spreading even before the Coronavirus pandemic which was fueled by pseudo-scientific bullshit, social media, and credulous celebrities. Possner said that his life path can be categorized neatly in three different ways—the personal, the medical, and the poetic.   He was born in Florida, grew up in Kentucky, and settled down in North Bethesda, Maryland.   He has been married for 16 years and has two young boys. He went to medical school at the University of Michigan, residency and chief residency at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, taught at George Washington Univ...

The Washington Post investigated which websites got scraped to build up the database for Google’s chatbot. The Post has an online tool where you can check to see if your website was one of the ones that got scraped. And this online tool shows that danielharper.org was one of the websites that got scraped. True, … Continue reading "Scraped"

Alan D.D. discusses how he uses pop music as part of his Witchcraft, including tracks by Lady Gaga, Jimmy Trumpet, and Motionless in White. Continue reading Brujería – and Pop Music – is in the Air at The Wild Hunt.

Alan D. D. analiza cómo usa la música pop como parte de su brujería, incluyendo exitos de Lady Gaga, Jimmy Trumpet y Motionless in White. Continue reading Brujería (con música pop) en el aire at The Wild Hunt.

A short  “ thought for the day” offered to the Cambridge Unitarian Church as part of the Sunday Service of Mindful   Meditation.   (A recorded version of the following piece will appear here sometime on Sunday afternoon . . .) —o0o— Click on the photo to enlarge In the last couple of weeks I found myself taking another look at a painting I really, really dislike, namely, William Holman Hunt’s famous painting of 1853 called, “The Light of the World” that now hangs in the Side Chapel of Keble College, Oxford (see photo on the right). This painting was hugely influential in Victorian culture and, once upon a time, it could be found everywhere as it was endlessly reproduced in the form of postcards or larger engravings whic...

Please join us on Sunday (23 April 2023) at 11:00 AM for “What on Earth?  An Earth Day Celebration and Flower Communion” with Rev. Barbara Jarrell. We will be meeting in the sanctuary for this worship service.  Please join us in person at All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, 9449 Ellerbe Road, Shreveport LA  71106 if you … Continue reading "All Ages Worship (23 April 2023)"

Children and youth will attend the worship service for the first 15-20 minutes and then are dismissed to their classes. We are now discussing peace, social justice, and the interdependent web and these ideas connect to our Unitarian Universalist faith. Elementary class with Ash McLain and Kevin Henry will be exploring what makes a family … Continue reading "Children and Youth Religious Education Classes — 23 April 2023"

Ken Peterson Memorial Service (29 April 2023 — details TBA on our web site later this week) Building and Grounds Work Day (13 May 2023 — details TBA on our web site later this week) 2023 Pledge Drive — We Need Your Pledge Now

Please join us on Sunday (23 April 2023) for our adult religious education class at 9:00 AM. Our adult religious education class is now a dual-platform class — meeting in person in the church social hall and also on Zoom. This week, we take a look at a few of the bills we are watching … Continue reading "Online Adult Religious Education — 23 April 2023"

Please join us next Tuesday (25 April 2023) at 12 noon for our weekly Zoom lunch. Our weekly Zoom lunch is going dual-platform — join us from home using Zoom or in person in the social hall. Bring your lunch and meet up with your All Souls friends, have lunch, and just catch up.

“I give thanks to the waves upholding me, hail the great winds urging me on, greet the infinite sea before me, sing the sky my sailor’s song: I was born upon the fathoms, never harbor or port have I known. The wide universe is the ocean I travel, and the earth is my blue boat … Continue reading Blue Boat Home

  Today is Earth Day which was first observed world-wide with giant marches and rallies on April 22, 1970.  It took the energy and activism of the peace movement and anti-Vietnam War protests and gave people a new purpose.  It has generally been credited with reorienting  somewhat stodgy and human-use focused conservationism into a dynamic ecology movement.  It is still widely celebrated and has become a kind of semi-official holiday.  But it has often been co-opted and is used both by polluting mega corporations and thumb-twiddling governments as green washing and providing support for band aid personal activities like recycling to avoid deeper changes which would cut profits, re-order economies, and fundamentally change how we li...

Please join us on Saturday (22 April 2023) at 10:30 AM for our weekly meditation group with Larry Androes. This is a sitting Buddhist meditation including a brief introduction to mindfulness meditation, 20 minutes of sitting, and followed by a weekly teaching. Please note that this group is still meeting via Zoom.  You will need … Continue reading "Meditation with Larry Androes (22 April 2023)"

SianLuc Heart discusses the possible sources and scholarship for an ancient Celtic practicing of tattooing. Continue reading Investigating the evidence for ancient Celtic tattooing at The Wild Hunt.

By Priyanka Ray | In 2021, Beacon expanded our poetry program, adding both new and established poets to sit alongside the classic masters—including James Baldwin, Mary Oliver, and Sonia Sanchez—who have long been an essential part of our catalog. The series, Raised Voices, serves the overarching goals of raising marginalized voices and perspectives, publishing poems that affirm progressive values and are accessible to a wide readership, and celebrating poetry’s ability to access truth in a way no other form can.

A sermon preached before the March 5, 2023 congregational vote to adopt a new vision, mission, and covenant for the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston. The post Building the Beloved Community appeared first on Colin Bossen.

Sonja L. Cohen The film explores the lives and legal case of a group suing the federal government over climate change.

At the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan is the celebration of Eid al-Fitr. It is a day of sweetness and celebration, of charity towards those in need, and of seeking forgiveness for wrongs. Practice grace and generosity toward others today.

                                             Helen Hoyt in her years as Poetry magazine's Assistant Editor. Helen Hoyt , also known as Helen Lyman or Helen Hoyt Lyman   was born on January 22, 1887 in in Norwalk, Connecticut.   Her father was Henry M. Hoyt, Civil War officer and Governor of Pennsylvania. Her niece was Elinor Wylie, an American poet and novelist popular in the 1920s and 1930s.   Her younger brother, Morton McMichael Hoyt, married Eugenia Bankhead, sister of Tallulah Bankhead. Hoyt received her AB from Barnard College in 1909. The editors of Poetry , Harriet Monroe and Alice Corbin Henderson included in their 1917 selection for The New Poetry: An Anthology Poems by Helen Hoyt . According to Ad...

I’m no electrician, but when I ponder resistance, I continually hear in the back of my mind some old lesson from a physics class.  It’s about electricity and resistance.  My simple understanding is that as electricity tries to move through … Continue reading →

A Prayer for Nurturing an Earth Economy - Earth Day 2023 Honey of the Rock, we’re searching for sweetness amid so much catastrophe and change. We’re searching for refuge, for protection, for assurance that we will all be all right. Honey in the Rock, Shelter and Refuge, Rock of Our...

Controversy kicked up over the use of the Green Man on the coronation invitation. Our UK correspondent, Liz Williams, gives us the rundown from a Pagan perspective. Continue reading The Green Man and a Royal Row at The Wild Hunt.

By Brandon Johnson | In 2012 the CTU went on strike for the first time in twenty-five years. We prepared our members to take this step by, first, making the case that we could better protect our profession by defending public education and our children. Second, we put forward a real plan for what schools needed to look like, and we effectively identified those people, including the mayor, who stood in the way. Finally, we began to raise awareness of the inequities that many people said couldn’t be fixed but we refused to accept. As a result, our members realized that we needed to withhold our labor in order to beat back the mayor’s proposal that would hurt both teachers and students.

Ah, it’s true. When our ancestors spoke of heaven, they were speaking of this moment. When they went on about nirvana they imagined a time like this. When they sang of paradise, it was this morning they imagined. A time when all the mysteries of life and death are blended in a community of praise, … Continue reading Silence

Resistance has many connotations, but is neither good nor bad. Electricity needs resistance to create heat and do other useful things for us. Unrestricted or too much flow of electricity can do us serious harm if our bodies are what … Continue reading →

Jorge Carrera Andrade--distinguished Ecuadoran poet. Jorge Carrera Andrade was an Ecuadorian poet, historian, author, and diplomat of the 20th century. He was born in Quito, Ecuador in 1902 and died in 1978. During his life and after his death he has been recognized with Jorge Luis Borges, Vicente Huidobro, Gabriela Mistral, Pablo Neruda, Octavio Paz, and Cesar Vallejo as one of the most important Latin American poets. He was published in Aurora Estrada y Ayala’s literary magazine, Proteo which she started in 1922. Other contributors to the magazine included future Nobel Laureate Gabriela Mistral. From 1928 to 1933 Carrera first experienced traveling in Europe. He served as Ecuadorian Consul in Peru, France, Japan, and the United State...

Massachusetts had a state holiday two days ago, on Monday. No, this state holiday is not the Boston Marathon. No, this holiday is not the holiday which recognizes an obscure Revolutionary War event that just happens to fall on the same date as St. Patrick’s Day. No, this state holiday has nothing to do with … Continue reading "Happy Patriots’ Day"

I’m involved in an email thread at the moment. Everyone is very polite. I like everyone on the email thread. The thread has gotten pretty long. New people have been looped in. People in this email thread are carrying on email conversations on the same topic outside the thread. Result: lots of confusion. A couple … Continue reading "Email: curse / blessing?"

Editor-in-chief Manny Moreno shines a light on recent rhetoric about "spiritual warfare" within segments of conservative religious communities that have begun targeting occult practices and Paganism, including referring to Pagans as Satanic agents and assassins. Continue reading Editorial: spiritual warfare rhetoric and anti-Pagan sentiment is reaching contagion at The Wild Hunt.

William G Sinkford Our faith’s hope is to be found in living as if our deepest yearnings could be fulfilled.

By Brandon Johnson | The moment you sign up to become a teacher in the Chicago public school system you become an advocate, because you’re always searching for opportunities to meet the needs of your students. The system often falls short—from classroom materials, to reading and math support, to social and emotional development. Most schools don’t have social workers and counselors, for example, even though there is an overwhelming need for them.

Nourish Your Body & Spirit at Dinner Church! Join us for our first ever Dinner Church next Wednesday, April 26 . All are welcome to this family-friendly opportunity to share food for the spirit as we enjoy time together in community. We’ll have build-your-own burrito bowls with a pay as you can donation to help cover   [ … ] The post Wednesday, April 26 ~ Dinner Church ~ 6:00-8:00 p.m. appeared first on Unitarian Church of Marlborough and Hudson.

This summer, UCMH will host a Crafters’ Market directly across from the Hudson Farmers’ Market on Tuesdays, from June 20 through September 26 (excluding 7/4) from 3:30-6:30 p.m.  Local crafters who hand make items of all kinds are invited to submit applications for a high visibility 10×10 space. Click here for application and pricing. The application   [ … ] The post NEW – Summer Crafters’ Market at UCMH!   appeared first on Unitarian Church of Marlborough and Hudson.

  Zen, God, and Doubt: Encountering the Mystery James Ishmael Ford There’s a lovely meme that floats around on social media. The words are by Rachel Held Evans. It goes: “This is what God’s kingdom is like: a bunch of outcasts and oddballs gathered at a table, not because they are rich or worthy or […]

I recently volunteered in my child’s elementary school art class to help the children make ceramic flowers. When they were done, they were asked to draw their flowers, and to imagine where their flowers would be. The third-graders drew their flowers in gardens, and vases, and fields, but also in space and with dinosaurs. One … Continue reading Flying Flowers

In the Soul Matters documents for this month I came across this question in the small group work packet – ‘Is it possible that the form of resistance you need to take right now is rest?’ How do we do … Continue reading →

JD Stillwater Remind me that life is magical and mysterious. Continue reading "Wondrous Beyond Words"

Ralph Waldo Emerson at 35 Yesterday poet Lawrence Raab gave us a glimpse of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s last fading days.   Today we look at the Sage of Concord in his prime 1836 at the age of 33.   That Emerson commemorated the Battle of Concord Bridge, in which his grandfather Rev. William Emerson served, and which took place at the very doorstep of the Old Manse which was both the residence of his ancestor and his own home. In addition to the Obelisk monument that he dedicated fifty years later, verses of his poem were later inscribed on the famed Minuteman statue.   In Lexington an equally famous statue memorialized Captain Parker grandfather of Unitarian preacher and theologian Theodore Parker. Emerson had just concluded his brief ca...

Whatever is going on, it’s no longer just Pagans and witches who are noticing it. People in other religions and other cultures are seeing the same things we are, they’re just interpreting them in the context of their own beliefs.

Taken with a Fuji X100V using Øyvind Nordhagen’s Kodak Ektar 100 Recipe   Just click on a photo to enlarge it.

In her powerful poem Earthrise, Amanda Gorman includes these important words: “So I tell you this not to scare you, But to prepare you, to dare you To dream a different reality, Where despite disparities We all care to protect this world, This riddled blue marble, this little true marvel To muster the ... read more . The post Co-ministers’ Colloquy – April 18th appeared first on Unitarian Universalist Society of Schenectady.

We all will be meeting at Doane Stuart school for the multigenerational service with the other local UU congregations. It’s geared with children in mind, so children and youth are encouraged to attend with their families There will be childcare on-site for our youngest ones. ... read more . The post Religious Education on Sunday April 23rd appeared first on Unitarian Universalist Society of Schenectady.

Join UU Schenectady member and mindfulness Buddhist practitioner, Tamara Geveci, for five sessions of shared in-person meditation and mindfulness practice. All are welcome for any or all of the Spring sessions in the Emerson Room (or maybe outside if the weather allows). This will be a time of ... read more . The post Mid-Day Meditation – Thursdays 3pm – 4pm appeared first on Unitarian Universalist Society of Schenectady.

Mark your calendar now for music, community, fun and PIES on Sunday, May 7! The Music Team will be hosting a coffeehouse after worship. A pizza, salad and cookies lunch will be provided in the dining room, followed by musical performances with some of our own UUSS talent ... read more . The post Eyes on the Pies Coffeehouse appeared first on Unitarian Universalist Society of Schenectady.

We unleash the hounds to do a quick round-up of some interesting archeological finds announced just in the first two weeks of April 2023. Continue reading Unleash the Hounds: April 2023 at The Wild Hunt.

A Robot’s Dream: The Zen Teacher Goes Ego Surfing The latest in ego surfing is asking Chat AI for a bio sketch. A colleague just did it. Found out he was an Anglican priest, although he was pretty sure he’d spent the past thirty years as an English Unitarian minister. And it had him as […]

“My dreams matter. They matter, as they pull me inward and yet simultaneously push me outside of myself; My dreams matter; they matter as they speak to the breadth of love, of pain, of hope, that rest deep in the fabric of my blood and bones.” – from “My Dreams, They Matter,” by roddy bell-shelton biggs … Continue reading Dreams

Understanding the vital role water plays in preserving and nourishing our planet.

A Catholic priest, working in the addiction field, said during a workshop “the good is the enemy of the perfect.” Many of us were  brought up with this same belief to constantly seek moral and behavioral perfection, and to be … Continue reading →

Back in 1993, when they revised the Unitarian Universalist hymnal, the editors decided to include “De Colores.” I’ve always hated “De Colores.” It’s a kids’ song. Actually, I like a lot of kids’ songs, but to me “De Colores” sounded like something from that horrible kid show with the ridiculous purple dinosaur. It didn’t help … Continue reading "Why I decided to like “De Colores”"

                                                  Ralph Waldo Emerson in his later years but before his memory failed. Prolific contemporary American poet Lawrence Raab painted a touching portrait of a great mind trapped   by what we now recognize as Alzheimer’s disease.     Ralph Waldo Emerson—the most important and influential American thinker and writer of the first half of the 19th Century—remained active as a lecturer and author into the post-Civil War era.   But by 1879 to the despair of family and friends he had to give up public appearances.   In his own words he explained: I am not in condition to make visits, or take any part in conversation. Old age has rushed on me in the last year, a...

In this week's Pagan Community Notes, a review of Earth Day events and more news. Continue reading Pagan Community Notes: Week of April 17, 2023 at The Wild Hunt.

Sarah Cannon In a world altered by the pandemic, religious educators are finding ways to stitch unraveled communities back together.

            Sri Nisargadatta’s Zen Hinduism James Ishmael Ford Sri Nisargadatta is arguably the Zen community’s favorite Hindu. At the veryt least we sure like to quote Nisargadatta. As an example, I was reading a book on the practice of Jhanas, pretty inside Buddhist baseball. And there it was. A book […]