A short “ thought for the day” offered to the Cambridge Unitarian Church as part of the Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation. (Click on this link to hear a recorded version of the following piece) —o0o— Without context, the rounded — or, we may say, the fullest possible meaning — of any text, other artefact, or an action is, at best, highly allusive and, at worst, simply not accessible to us. So, what I want to offer you here is something of the historical context which forms the background to the kind of radical changes in the way we do church and religion that we are beginning to explore here in Cambridge, in our attempt to create a relevant, contemporary, liberal, inquiring, free religious community. After I’...