Earth Month is here and we’ve been busy getting ready. Lots of planning and advocacy… Enjoying warmer weather (or not) with walks, hikes, bike rides, marches and rallies. Looking ahead to more of these, and the events listed below, which we hope to share with you all. Sunday, April ... read more . The post Earth Month Activities with the UUSS Green Sanctuary Team appeared first on Unitarian Universalist Society of Schenectady.

The next book in the BIPOC Book Group is a memoir by local civil rights activist Dr. Alice Green of the Center for Law & Justice in Albany — We Who Believe in Freedom: Activism and the Struggle for Social Justice. Join the book discussion ... read more . The post Read & Discuss We Who Believe in Freedom: Activism and the Struggle for Social Justice. appeared first on Unitarian Universalist Society of Schenectady.

UPCOMING RE CLASSES: K/1st/2nd Grade OWL (Our Whole Lives sexuality education): Mandatory Parent-Child Orientation scheduled for Sunday, 4/10, beginning at 10:30 am, in the Waters House library. This in-person curriculum supports parents in educating children about birth, babies, bodies, and families. The sessions will engage children with stories, songs, ... read more . The post RE This Week appeared first on Unitarian Universalist Society of Schenectady.

UUA President Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray responds with moral outrage to recent anti-trans legislation in Alabama and offers unequivocal support all the trans and non-binary people. Continue reading "Alabama’s Anti-Trans Legislation is Dangerous and Dehumanizing"

TWH's newest correspondent, Eligiah Thornton explores the Georgia Guidestones amd their history in Georgia. Continue reading Meet Me at the Guidestones at The Wild Hunt.

The UUA celebrates the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court because her experience and credentials give us hope for the future of this country. Continue reading "The UUA Celebrates Confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson to U.S. Supreme Court"

Hours before the close of the 2022 legislative session, the Alabama state senate introduced some of the most harmful, comprehensive anti-trans legislation that has been proposed anywhere in the nation. If AL SB184 passes today, it will include a “Don’t Say Gay/Trans” provision, forced outing of LGBTQIA+ students, a bathroom ban, and the most extreme healthcare ban in the US, which could send doctors who provide gender-affirming healthcare to trans youth to prison for 10 years.  Let us be clear: our faith unequivocally, fiercely, and unapologetically affirms that trans people are a divine and a beloved part of the human family. There is no law, no political rhetoric, that can diminish the inherent worth and dignity of trans and non...

Hosted in March 2022, this training featured Sam Ames, Director of Advocacy & Government Affairs for The Trevor Project as well as Side With Love staff Rev. Ashley Horan, Rev. Ranwa Hammamy, and Adrian Ballou. Webinar recording with video (80 minutes) Audio only (.m4a) Chat transcript View our earlier webinar, Combatting Anti-Trans Legislation 101  with the Trevor Project Other Links: Trans Lifeline for any trans/nonbinary+ person in need of support: US (877) 565-8860 Canada (877) 330-6366 Trevor Project Hotline/Chat Line/Text Line (For LGBTQIA+ youth ages 13-24):  Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741 to connect with a Crisis Counselor The Network/La Red Hotline (for LGBTQIA+ people experiencing partner violence): 800-832-1901 Gende...

Announcement of upcoming opportunities to participate in decisions that will shape the future of Unitarian Universalism: General Assembly, presidential search, and Article II review. Continue reading "Showing Up For Our UU Living Tradition"

      First wrote a version of this this a couple of years ago. It’s a small celebration of one of the founders of the American Unitarian movement. Today, on the two hundred and forty-second anniversary of his birth, it seems worth reprinting, slightly polished from that earlier version.   William Ellery Channing was […]

Our Boston Pilgrimage was especially poignant this year because we had to cancel our annual trip in 2020 and 2021. So, we dubbed this year BACK TO BOSTON because we took 3 classes with us on our adventure. The post Back to Boston appeared first on BeyondBelief.

I was at two different protests recently. Both were in the middle of Cardiff, and both at points were on exactly the same routes. One was a protests, organised by the Cardiff People's Assembly, protesting the cost of living crisis. The other was a procession between two Anglican churches in Cardiff as an act of witness to pray for peace in Ukraine.Now of course those issues are very different,

I struggle with short term memory and have excellent long term memory. I can describe to you everything I did the day my brother was born 18 years ago, and all the words to my favorite song when I was 13, but I cannot remember where I last had my glasses, or what today’s Wordle … Continue reading Frustration

No one person has polytheist monasticism all figured out yet. But because these writers have shared their experiences and their practices, the rest of us have a place to start, and a map for taking our own practices further.

Some of the things that pop up regularly on my Facebook page are posted from Big Think which popularizes advanced scientific research and speculation for the reasonably literate lay person.   Most often I glance at the summary but delve into the articles from time to time.   Frankly, most sail over my head.   Sometimes articles contradict each other as scientists advance different hypotheses.   An awful lot sails right over my head. I am no scientist, philosopher, or theologian—some of the most speculative stuff seems to demand that, too.   I am a humanities major who dropped out of college and spent most of my working life as a blue collar worker, janitor, and gas station clerk—manifestly incompetent to understandmuch of what I...

We had a very nice book signing at the Crescent Hotel last weekend and this week I've been back to work in the wood shop at the Clear Spring School. Today, my Kindergarten class began making sets of wooden Froebel blocks. When the blocks are finished and sanded, we'll make boxes to hold them so they can be kept and shared with the younger children in their families. Last night I did a zoom presentation for the Northwest Corner Woodworker's Association and I was telling them of the joy that's to be found in teaching woodworking, particularly to the younger kids who show such enthusiasm for the work. At this point I've done about all that I can do to promote my new book without being obnoxious. I hope others will take up the cause and assi...

The U.S. Senate passes a resolution making April National Native Plant Month to bring awareness to the value of native species, and help to ensure their survival. Continue reading Happy Native Plant Month at The Wild Hunt.

Sunday, April 10, 10:30 a.m. Awakening Moments Worship Service led by Rev. Stephen Shick   Sometimes moments in our lives reveal truth hidden under the surface of all our doing and concerns. Instantly, it seems, we see more clearly who we are and what we are called by life to do. Today, however, as our minds   [ … ] The post Sunday, April 10 ~ Awakening Moments ~ 10:30 a.m. appeared first on Unitarian Church of Marlborough and Hudson.

By Lennard Davis | Like many Children of Deaf Adults [CODAs], I was heartened to see that the film “CODA” had won Best Picture at the Academy Awards. It is very exciting that Troy Kotsur, who plays the Deaf father of the hearing child in the film, was the first Deaf male actor won for Best Supporting Male Performance. It is also encouraging to see a movie in which all the roles of the Deaf characters were actually played by Deaf actors. Hurray! All a major step forward in the fight against audism. But as a CODA, I should step back from the cheering crowds of appreciative hearing and Deaf fans to express some serious regrets.

    Richard Alpert was born in Newton, Massachusetts, today, the 6th of April, 1931. He entered Tufts University in 1948 (which I note is the year I was born), graduating with a degree in psychology, then taking a master’s at Wesleyan, and finally earning his doctorate at Stanford. After a year teaching at Stanford […]

Molly Housh Gordon You can crush Love down, bury it, cover it over, but it will rise. Continue reading "We Keep Rising in Love"

Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are escorted by Federal Marshals to their trial on March 21, 1950.  On April 5, both were sentenced to die. On April 5, 1951 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death for nuclear espionage.  There was never much doubt that Julius, an electrical engineer, had been a Soviet agent since at least 1942 when he was in the Army Signal Corps at the Engineering Laboratories at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey.  During that time, he passed on secret research on electronics, communications, radar, and guided missile controls to the Soviets, then American Allies against the Nazis.  Julius was fired in 1945 when his pre-war membership in the Communist Party surfaced but remained an intelligence agent charged with buil...

I fell asleep at 9:30 last night. Lovely. So I didn’t draw, and have made up for it with two trees today. Baker cypress–sigh. I’m getting a little tired of these cypresses. No, they aren’t all alike, but still. I’m ready for something completely different. But the Tecate cypress! Its range is limited almost entirely […]

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” -George Santayana What is a time your memory helped you avoid repeating a mistake?

As water levels of Colorado River continue decrease as demand increases, new solutions are being sought for much of the Western U.S. Continue reading Drought continues to impact Colorado River Basin at The Wild Hunt.

      James Luther Adams is arguably the single most important theologian produced by Unitarian Universalism in the twentieth century. Through his years at Harvard and elsewhere his teaching spread the benefits of a liberal spiritual perspective as a leaven among those who would become the clergy of many denominations. He was a wise […]

The older I get, the more forgetful I have become. Where did I leave my keys? Did I pay that bill? This memory loss is also a time when I receive grace and good humor from my close friends as we navigate aging together. -Beth Murray (CLF) When has forgetting something brought a smile to … Continue reading Forgetful

                                   An old man not dead yet. Maybe it’s the panting after a trip to the grocery store, the pain in my knee and various other body parts, or strapping a breathing gizmo to my face when I go to bed, but I feel more like the Old Man every day.  Without being morose I feel my mortality slipping away day by day.  Not that I plan to check out any time soon.  At least a couple of doctors recently assured me that I will be around and annoying for the foreseeable future with just a few lifestyle adjustments—cutting out sugar and the kind of moderate exercise I can actually do. But like a lot of geezers past whatever landmarks are meaningful to them, I have been thinking a lot lately about...

In this week's Pagan Community Notes: Circle Sanctuary holds a peace vigil, news from Indigenous communities, rights of nature case, and more news. Continue reading Pagan Community Notes: Week of April 4, 2022 at The Wild Hunt.

Writing in a sweet little chocolate shop on the shores of the Mississippi in Wabasha, Minnesota! This week I've been spending time detoxing from pandemic stress and finding joy in exploring locales near home, exquisite self care and writing outside of my home.

In the wake of Helene Atwan’s retirement announcement, Beacon Press is delighted to share that Gayatri Patnaik, who has been with the press for two decades, has been appointed as the next Director, effective July 30, 2022.

Elaine McArdle Association’s next chief executive and spiritual leader to be elected at General Assembly 2023

 

We bear witness to difficult things so that they are not forgotten by the collective memory. Bear witness to something important to remember today.

From the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center. 1968was fifty four years ago.   Let that sink in.   For me, personally and for much of my generation it was the pivot in time when everything changed utterly.   Things happened that year that shaped me from amorphous clayinto what I became.   Anniversaries from that year come fast and furious—this record album dropped, that movie opened, a giant anti-war march or two or three, a snowy primary and a President demurred , assassinations, riots-o-rama , a convention , an election , a man on the Moon.   It can make your head swim.   But no single moment is etched so firmly in my memory that the moment I heard the Martin Luther King was shot down. That moment at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. Ra...

The Justice Revival is a great event to meet people at All Souls, especially those interested in justice work! This interactive event is sure to inspire, connect, and REVIVE your call to justice! The Justice Revival is in person at All Souls, 9 to noon, on Saturdays, April 9 & 23! Please RSVP at allsouls.me/justice. Hear from All Souls Justice Team members and our keynote speakers: Afghan Refugee Resettlement with Aliye Shimi, Executive Director of Tulsa Metropolitan Ministries, on April 9.Raising Funds for Justice with Cynthia Jasso, Program Officer, Vibrant & Inclusive Tulsa, on April 23. The Justice Revival is […] The post Justice Revival kicks off Saturday appeared first on BeyondBelief.

      VAINGLORY The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Pride James Ishmael Ford First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. It is better to be of a lowly spirit among the poor than to divide the spoil with the proud. Proverbs 16:18-19 […]

Maybe it’s a northern California thing, but every so often we run across and altar on a trail. It could be set a hollow in a tree, or in a rock crevice. People leave small objects there, things that have some significance for them. It is a form of prayer I think. In any case, […]

Lyonel attends a Kvelertak and compares it to magic and ritual. Continue reading Berserk Bachannal at The Wild Hunt.

In the first of two parts on AWAKENING, Rev. John shares thoughts on the subject of presence .

I am writing this outside on the back porch, listening to cardinal songs from the trees at the edges of our yard both right and left. It’s cooler today than yesterday, partly cloudy, but spring feels like it’s waking everything up, including me. I was delighted yesterday to look out the back windows and see […]

At 9 AM Central Time the local NPR Affiliate KUAF will broadcast a longer version of my radio interview with Kyle Kellams on "Ozarks-atLarge." Then this afternoon I have my book signing at the Crescent Hotel from 2-4 PM. I'll do a short talk, a short reading and be available for questions as well as signing copies of my new book, "The Wisdom of Our Hands: Crafting, A Life." You can listen to the KUAF broadcast on any smart-speaker devise. Ask Alexa or Google to "play KUAF radio" at 9 AM if you are in the central time zone. Make, fix and create...

Poet Barbara Hamby. Born in New Orleans and raised in Hawaii , Barbara Hamby earned an MA at Florida State University . She is the author of several poetry collections , including Delirium which won the Vassar Miller Prize , the Kate Tufts Discovery Award , and the Poetry Society of America’s Norma Farber First Book Award in 1995; Babel which won the Association of Writers & Writing Programs’ Donald Hall Prize in 2004; and All-Night Lingo Tango in 2009. Her short story collection , Lester Higata’s 20th Century in 2010 won the Iowa Short Fiction Prize/John Simmons Award . With her husband , poet and musician David Kirby , she coedited the anthology Seriously Funny in 2010. Hamby’s poetry has been featured in numerous anthologies, ...

Memories can be wonderful things–like remembering the favorite aunt who left this world at age 94 1/2 (yes she still counted the halfs).  She loved me like a daughter and cherished my visits and phone calls.  We all need that kind of special and unconditional love in our lives.  The memory of her and what … Continue reading Memories of Love

It’s good to examine the rational benefits of religion. The problem comes when we assume anything “rational” must be materialistic and non-theistic. Our religious experiences are unquestionably real. They’re why religion persists, and why it will always persist.

With an early-rising morning of travel behind me and a big service ahead of me, I’m too tired to do more than make a quick sketch and note that like yesterday’s tree, the Mac Nab or Shasta cypress is endemic to California, which means it is found only here. Glad to meet you, neighbor.

Lyonel Perabo reviews a recent Kvelertak concert and finds great ritual as well as great music. Continue reading Berserk Bachannal at The Wild Hunt.

    Of Doubt and Faith and Energy a dharma talk by James Ishmael Ford Empty Moon Zen   “The opposite of faith is not doubt; it is certainty. It is madness. You can tell you have created God in your image when it turns out that he or she hates all the same people […]

Compassion for Campers shelves at Willow Crystal Lake for the next Empower Shower Event are nearly bare of most basic equipment.  Help us restock them before our next distribution on Friday, April 15! On Friday, April 1 Compassion for Campers, the program which provides camping gear, equipment, and supplies to McHenry County’s unhoused population, set up in a new room at the Community Power Shower Event at Willow Crystal Lake, 100 South Main Street with plenty of nice shelving space.   Unfortunately, due to a drastic shortage of funds we were only able to purchase less than half of the usual order of the most basic equipment—tents, sleeping bags, sleeping mats, tarps, camp stoves, and propane fuel tanks.   By the end of the four h...

  In most of the Islamic world Ramadan, the ninth month of the Muslim Calendar, and will begin today at sundown. The date is calculated by the first sighting of the crescentafter the New Moon.   Since this can vary in different parts of the world, so can the marked beginning of the month.   In the United States the western calendar date is April. Ramadan was the month in which the first versesof the  In most of the Islamic world Ramadan, the ninth month of the Muslim Calendar , and will begin today at sundown. The date is calculated by the first sighting of the crescent after the New Moon .   Since this can vary in different parts of the world , so can the marked beginning of the month.   In the United States the western calendar d...

There are many ways that autism presents itself in people. This month, we dedicate ourselves to understanding the ways in which autistic people want to be witnessed in all of their fullness and to making sure that autistic people have a say in decisions made that affect them.  For more information, visit Autistic Advocacy. Take … Continue reading Autism Awareness

This Californian, found mostly on the Monterey Peninsula in only two natural stands, is threatened due to the encroachment of invasive non-natives, and habitat destruction–the latter mostly carried out by humans clearing land for new houses, recreation spaces, and businesses. One problem is that where we humans build, we suppress fire, and Gowen (a.k.a. California) […]

Please join us on Sunday (3 April 2022) at 11:00 AM for “A Little Anxious” by 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 are able to do so. Our service … Continue reading "All-Ages Worship (3 April 2022)"

Please join us on Sunday (3 April 2022) at 9:00 AM for our adult religious education class via Zoom. This Sunday we begin our work through the book Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad. As the author says, “This is not a book you read, this is a book you do” and we … Continue reading "Online Adult Religious Education — 3 April 2022"

On this Sunday (3 April 2022), children and youth religious education classes will resume in person and will happen during our 11:00 AM worship service. We will resume our pre-COVID practice where the children and youth will join us in the sanctuary for the first 15-20 minutes and then we will sing them out to … Continue reading "Children and Youth Religious Education (3 April 2022)"

We will have an Easter Egg Hunt immediately after the worship service on Sunday, 17 April 2022. Parents and others are encouraged to donate a dozen or more filled plastic Easter eggs between now and Saturday (16 April 2022).  You may drop them off at the office door if no one is at the church. … Continue reading "Easter Egg Hunt (17 April 2022)"

Melissa Lewis will be at the church parking lot this Sunday afternoon (3 April 2022) from 2:00 to 4:00 PM to collect food and other items for the Noel United Methodist Church Food Pantry. Items requested this month are tuna, grits, and saltine crackers. You may bring the food to service on Sunday morning, or … Continue reading "First Sunday Food Pantry Day (3 April 2022)"

Join us on Saturday (9 April 2022) at 5:00 PM through Sunday (10 April 2022) after the 11:00 AM worship service for a Campout at All Souls. Join us for a night of camping on the beautiful grounds of the church. All ages are welcome to gather around the campfire. Bring your tents, outdoor games, … Continue reading "All Souls Campout — 9-10 April 2022"

Our give-away-the-plate recipient for April 2022 is the Rabbi Ronald Goldstein Fund. Each month we dedicate all of our non-pledge income to an organization doing the work that best embodies our Unitarian Universalist principles and values. For the month of April 2022, we selected the Goldstein Fund (established in 2013) to honor the Rabbi’s memory … Continue reading "The Rabbi Ronald Goldstein Fund — April 2022 Give-Away-The-Plate Recipient"

I've learned a lot while writing and editing my first novel. A strong critique group continues to offer me new insights and edits. Looking forward to a writing marathon this weekend and some time outdoors. Snow begone!

TWH explores recent research focused on the practice of doomscrolling and how it can impact mental health. Continue reading Doomscrolling: the good, the bad, and the worse at The Wild Hunt.

    Noticing that today was April first, I looked back at my past postings to see if there was anything worth sharing. Probably the best thing was the classic 1957 BBC hoax “reporting” on the Spaghetti harvest in Ticino. (A more innocent time, at least in some ways…) What was more surprising was that […]

With every new headline or “debate” about the latest wave of anti-LGBTQ legislation, I hear Audre Lorde: “My silence had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you.” In Florida, the literal intent of the law is silencing- to … Continue reading →

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— Probably like most of you, I have spent a lot of my life looking for a rock where, religiously, philosophically and politically speaking, I could take a firm stand with a clean heart and full belief ( pathos ). Taking my own cue from a saying of Jesus reported by the writers of Matthew’s (7:24–27) and Luke’s (6:46–49) gospels I have, therefore, always tried to be the wise person who dug and delved and laid a foundation upon rock rather than sand so that, when the flood comes and the river breaks upon my house, it wo...

It’s National Poetry Month Again!  If you have been visiting here for a while, you know what that means—it’s our 11th annual round-up of daily doses of verse!  If you are new, here’s the scoop.  Every day all month I will feature poets and their poems.  I aim to be as broad and inclusive as possible to style, subject, period, gender, race, and neglected voices.  I don’t want just a parade of the usual dead white men, but a lot of them did write some damn fine poetry, so they have their place here too.  As always, selections follow my own tastes and whims.  Yours may be different.  But I am open to—eager for—suggestions, especially for contemporary writers.  I do not subscribe to dozens of little magazines or prowl ...

This month, we explore memory. The wonderful things we remember, the difficult things we try to forget, the pain of forgetting when we want to remember, and the importance of remembering what must not be repeated. What is your relationship to memory?

I started making plans for this post almost a year ago, when I saw that Beacon Press had published a book titled With Her Fist Raised: Dorothy Pitman Hughes and the Transformative Power of Black Community Activism. Dorothy is how she prefers to be called, and her story felt like both an appropriate topic for […]

Dorianne Low introduced the day with a focus talk on the topic.   (Note that the internet periodically froze during her talk, but we were able to hear it all.)  Play it here.  To download the audio right click on the audio bar when it is playing and select "Download Video". The keynote lecture was presented by Pam Kristan: Pam Kristan —author, teacher, and consultant—has helped thousands of individuals and organizations find practical, creative strategies to improve their lives. Since the late 80’s, Pam has run a successful business, authored books, moderated local speak-outs for National Take Back Your Time Day, and given hundreds of talks, workshops, retreats, and consultations around the world.  Pam's most recent book ,  Aw...

By Tourmaline | I was a preteen when the first edition of “Transgender Warriors”—the foundational text by the late, great Leslie Feinberg—was published in 1996. It came into the world at a pivotal time for me, providing the life-changing context that would help me to understand who I was and who came before me. Context that, before this book, could only be found scattered in disparate places, passed down in whispers and folklore, or translated and excavated from bigoted depictions of historical trans figures deemed deviant by the status quo.

    I am quite fond of John Donne, and I look for excuses to point this out. Today is one of them… John Donne was born in London on the 22nd of January, 1573 and died on this day, the 31st of March, in 1631. His family were recusant Roman Catholics. He studied at […]

Actor Will Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock during the Oscar awards ceremony. Now we learn that he was asked to leave but refused. I’ve been asking myself some questions about this incident…. — Why didn’t security remove Will Smith? Had he slapped a woman, of course he would have been hustled out of there. But … Continue reading "Toxic masculinity"

If you missed my interview on Ozarks-at-Large, you can find it here: https://www.kuaf.com/show/ozarks-at-large/2022-03-29/doug-stowes-why-to-along-with-some-how-to In the meantime, I've been getting some one-of-a-kind boxes finished, as shown below. Make, fix and create...

“Roots hold me close, wings set me free” -Carolyn McDade, from “Spirit of Life” What holds you close to the Earth?

If you believe in reincarnation, what do you think – or hope – your next life will be like?

Abigail Adams, painted here as the first mistress of the Executive Mansion in Washington D.C., kept up a frequent and detailed correspondence with her husband John while he was in Philadelphia attending the Continental Congress. On this date in 1776 as the Revolutionary War was still young and Boston was besieged by George Washington Abigail Adams sent a letter to her husband John who was in Philadelphia as a Delegate to the Continental Congress from their home in Braintree, Massachusetts.  The success of the war against the most powerful empire in the world was far from assured and the Declaration of Independence, of which John was a prime mover, was yet months away.  But amidst the turmoil Mrs. Adams admonished her husband not to ne...

Due to feeling oh so very unsafe I went though a testosterone driven puberty So now even if I wanted to I can’t ever pass or blend in I instead stand out everywhere I go Meaning my transgenderness isn’t mine to reveal It’s always visible for everyone to see But if I’d felt safe enough … Continue reading Due To Feeling Oh So Very Unsafe

The most recent update on the A303 tunnel, and the new grassland surrounding Stonehenge acquired by the National Trust. Continue reading The latest on Stonehenge: Proposed A303 tunnel, and new grassland acquired at The Wild Hunt.

Here in Palo Alto, it feels like people are starting to return to church. It’s not like the pandemic has gone away. Here in Palo Alto, the Omicron surge has died down, but now we’re seeing a slight uptick in cases, probably caused by BA.2. Or caused by the lifting of indoors restrictions on masks. … Continue reading "Reopening"

Sunday, April 3, 10:30 a.m. Springtime Awakenings A Multigenerational Storytelling Worship Service Led by Rev. Alice Anacheka-Nasemann   Spring has sprung! Join us in our beautiful, historic sanctuary this Sunday, April 3, as Rev. Alice introduces our April theme of Awakening with this multigenerational storytelling worship service.    Join us for coffee and conversation after the   [ … ] The post Sunday, April 3 ~ Springtime Awakenings ~ 10:30 a.m. appeared first on Unitarian Church of Marlborough and Hudson.

One of the most widely seen photographs of Calamity Jane taken in 1885 when she was 33 years old and already exploiting a growing public reputation,  Commonly used by debunkers to counter the glamorized portrayals in fiction and film. Calamity Jane is a semi-mythical character out of the rootin’ tootin’ Wild West famous for being famous.  She is a character with serious schizophrenia.  On the one hand she has been portrayed as just an All-American Tom Boy with a crush on Wild Bill Hickok in innumerable novels and in movies.  She was portrayed by Jean Arthur opposite Gary Cooper in Cecil B. DeMille’s wildly inaccurate The Plainsman, by busty Jane Russell in the Bob Hope farce The Paleface, by chipper Doris Day in the musical rom...

Summer Albayati When the holy month of Ramadan approaches, it becomes a beautiful reminder to return to myself. Continue reading "Return and Remember"

Learn how Women's History Month is important for Equality Bahamas director Alicia Wallace and what makes a woman a great leader.

Soil provides nutrients. It holds water. It anchors growing plants. Each of us has requirements for our growth and each of us deserves to have those requirements met in our world. What provides you a medium for growth?

I think I have the right tamarisk here, Tamarix ramosissima (working back to Latin from Spanish, I can guess what that means: many, many branches!). Before leaving on vacation, I jotted down the next several trees by their common names, and noted next to tamarisk that it is deciduous. Another way it deviates from most […]

This month we explore polarities, two things that are both needed, and that exist in tension with one another, such as activity and rest, or an inhale and an exhale. We can’t really choose just one. A paradox is a statement that seems absurd at ... read more . The post March Theme – Paradoxes and Polarities appeared first on Unitarian Universalist Society of Schenectady.

What a joy it was to be with many of you this past Sunday, to hear the wonderful weaving of melody and rhythm from Bill Flanagan and Pete Gernert-Dott, and the choir sing, “Pass on the light, pass on the light, from heart to heart, ... read more . The post Co-Ministers’ Colloquy – March 29th appeared first on Unitarian Universalist Society of Schenectady.

Upcoming Religious Education (RE) Classes, and other RE news: K/1st/2nd Grade OWL (Our Whole Lives sexuality education)  This program is in the works and will begin soon. This curriculum supports parents in educating children about birth, babies, bodies, and families. The sessions will engage children with stories, songs, and ... read more . The post RE This Week- March 29th appeared first on Unitarian Universalist Society of Schenectady.

Do you feel more short tempered, anxious, moody, and exhausted, than a few years ago? Maybe it’s harder to get a restful night’s sleep? Not surprising, is it? In addition to all the usual challenges of daily life, since early 2020, the whole world has had to ... read more . The post Coping in a Covid World appeared first on Unitarian Universalist Society of Schenectady.

Are you considering senior housing for yourself or a loved one? It can be hard to navigate the various options and find a situation that best meets your needs. An online guide published by the Albany Guardian Society, a non-profit organization whose mission is to ... read more . The post Senior Housing Options appeared first on Unitarian Universalist Society of Schenectady.

A new they about Motya's ceremonial complex and sacred pool to Ba'al suggests the site had multiple functions. Continue reading Uncovering the Past: New theory on Motya’s sacred pool of Ba’al at The Wild Hunt.