More than 3,000 volunteers from 400 Unitarian Universalist congregations from across the country contacted more than 2 million voters as part of UU the Vote’s nonpartisan civic engagement efforts in 2022. Continue reading "UU the Vote Reached 2 Million Voters During the 2022 Elections: UUA’s Nonpartisan Civic Engagement Initiative Emphasized Strengthening Democracy, Organizing for Justice and Accountability in 12 States and Across the Country"

Editor’s note: This is a candle meditation and centering practice. If you can, light a candle and place it in front of you. Sit with the candle and its flame for a few minutes becoming aware of your breath and … Continue reading →

It confirms what we’ve known for the past two years—and then some. The January 6 committee’s report shows that our former despotic cheetoh in chief incited a mob with false allegations of voter fraud to storm the US Capitol and overturn the results of the 2020 Presidential election. Talk about moving the goal post of being the sorest loser. In the most violent way possible, too. Available to the public, the testimony and findings stacked against him are steep—over 800 pages worth.

  First British press report of a German Zeppelin raid. They were the pride of Imperial Germany, the very symbol of the industrial and technological superiority that was destined to make it the undisputed supreme world power and absolute master of Europe .   The giant Zeppelin airships designated with unsentimental Teutonic efficiencysimply L3 and L4 were hauled from their enormous hanger sheds in the dawning of January 19, 1915 in Fuhlsbüttel.   Each was laden with enough fuel for more than 30 hours in the air and armed with eight explosive bombs and 25 incendiaries and then cast off on a fateful mission. That mission was personally approved by Kaiser Wilhelm II himself.   The war which touched off with the assassination of the hei...

I awakened in the middle of the night and looked out the window of the upper berth. Rain blurred the view. The GPS on my phone said we were in Buffalo, but I saw nothing distinctive. I had gone to bed before nine o’clock, so it was no surprise when I awakened at half past … Continue reading "Lake Shore Limited — Hiawatha Service"

Taken with a Fuji X100V Just click on the photo to enlarge it.   Taken this afternoon on a much needed walk along the River Cam from the city centre to Fen Ditton.

By Samira K. Mehta | I have never worn a “Meat Is Murder” t-shirt to Thanksgiving dinner. Clearly, I have thought about doing it, and while I would like to be able to claim that I have not done so because it would be rude or because I have deep-seated reservations about Morrissey, really, I have not done so because I have never been quite enough of a Smiths’ fan to have ever made the jump from buying CDs to buying t-shirts.

“Because love is an act of courage—not fear—love is a commitment to other people.  No matter where the oppressed are found, the act of love is a commitment to their cause—the cause of liberation.  And this commitment, because it is loving, is dialogical…. Only by abolishing the situation of oppression is it possible to restore … Continue reading Loving the World

A decrease in the projected rise of global temperature, reduction in cost for utilizing solar and wind energy, and the inclusion of Indigenous Peoples at the World Economic Forum could all indicate shifts in the politics of climate change. Continue reading Is there a new era of Climate Change Politics on the horizon? at The Wild Hunt.

Play with Giant Froebel blocks at the Clear Spring School   Make, fix and create... Assist others in learning lifewise.

Open Creativity Studio Facilitated by:  Elisa Abatsis Date/Time:  Monthly on 1st and 3rd Thursdays, beginning 2/2 Cost:  $5/class suggested donation Location:  UCMH Union Hall Is there something you’d like to create in 2023? Give yourself the gift of dedicated time to work on your project in the company of fellow creatives. Bring your novel-in-progress, your half-knitted   [ … ] The post SGCC: Thursday, February 2 ~ Open Creativity Studio ~ 7:00 p.m. appeared first on Unitarian Church of Marlborough and Hudson.

  Zen as a Way of Magical Realism James Ishmael Ford Yangshan Huiji had a dream. In it he traveled to Maitreya’s hall, where he was led to the third seat. No sooner had he sat than a senior monk struck the bell and announced, “Today the one sitting in the third seat will preach.” […]

Quilting is a spiritual, mental and physical practice for me. While I quilt, my internal chatter quiets down. I focus on one seam, then another seam until individual pieces become a whole creation. Sometimes, because to “err is human,” all … Continue reading →

Susan Frederick-Gray The current changes being proposed to Article II of the UUA Bylaws, which contains the seven UU Principles and Purpose, are part of a longer history of ongoing reflection and change as we live into the fullness of our living tradition. Continue reading "From the UUA President: Why Change Our UU Principles?"

Christine Slocum Life doesn't have to be ever-upward in order to be well-lived. Continue reading "Necessary Stillness"

Erika A. Hewitt Celebrate 100 Years of the Flower Ceremony! The first Flower Ceremony was held in Prague, in June 2023, led by Rev. Norbert Čapek. Continue reading "Flower Ceremony Centennial"

                                             The Rev. Joseph Tuckerman. With all due respect, Jane Adams, move over.  Adams, the legendary founder of Hull House in Chicago is popularly credited as the original American social worker.  That was never quite true, although she did help make it a profession.  Nor did she quite invent the settlement houseconcept for serving the needs of immigrants, although Hull House certainly set the standard.  Decades earlier a Unitarian minister was doing similar work in the slumsof Boston.  Although nearly forgotten today, the Rev. Joseph Tuckerman probably deserves the title of our first Social Worker. It did not seem a likely career path.  Tuckerman was born to a very c...

Imbolc has several themes, all good and valuable traditions. But for me, Imbolc is first and foremost a time to honor the Goddess Brighid.

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, we have begun to broadcast a livestream video of our Sunday morning worship services. This worship video will be available live and in recorded formats. For our livestream video of our worship services, we are using Facebook Live.  One does not have to log into Facebook … Continue reading "27 November 2022 Worship Livestreaming Video"

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, we have begun to broadcast a livestream video of our Sunday morning worship services. This worship video will be available live and in recorded formats. For our livestream video of our worship services, we are using Facebook Live.  One does not have to log into Facebook … Continue reading "20 November 2022 Worship Livestreaming Video"

Here is the Transgender Day of Remembrance Service by Louisiana Trans Advocate Shreveport Chapter. For our livestream video of worship services, we are using Facebook Live. One does not have to log into Facebook or have a Facebook account to view this video. You can find the Transgender Day of Remembrance Service here.

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, we have begun to broadcast a livestream video of our Sunday morning worship services. This worship video will be available live and in recorded formats. For our livestream video of our worship services, we are using Facebook Live.  One does not have to log into Facebook … Continue reading "13 November 2022 Worship Livestreaming Video"

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, we have begun to broadcast a livestream video of our Sunday morning worship services. This worship video will be available live and in recorded formats. For our livestream video of our worship services, we are using Facebook Live.  One does not have to log into Facebook … Continue reading "6 November 2022 Worship Livestreaming Video"

I boarded the Lake Shore Limited at the Framingham station. I would have taken the commuter rail from Cohasset to South Station, except I have a complicated parking situation, and had to leave my car in overnight parking. The section of the Lake Shore Limited that runs from Boston to Albany is a small consist: … Continue reading "Lake Shore Limited"

I’ve recently learned of a group Unitarian Christians in German-speaking countries. I can’t quite get a sense its theological center, but based on its links seems to fall in the “biblical Unitarian” camp, which is more conservative than the American Unitarianism in living memory. This focuses on biblical proofs of the unity of God, an … Continue reading "Unitarian Christians in Germany and Austria"

“We want more soul, a higher cultivation of our spiritual faculties. We need more unselfishness, earnestness and integrity of high and lofty enthusiasm and beacons of light and hope, people ready and willing to lay time, talent and money on the altar of freedom.” -Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, 19th Century US poet, author, and Unitarian, … Continue reading The Altar of Freedom

Phyllis Curott talks about her new book and her approach to redefining the meaning magic. Continue reading Redefining the meaning of magic – An interview with Phyllis Curott at The Wild Hunt.

Pub Theology Facilitated by:  Caitlin Eaton-Robb Date/Time:  Thursday, February 2, 7 p.m. Cost:  No participation fee; purchase your own refreshments Location:  Lost Shoe Brewing and Roasting Company, Marlborough, MA Come join UCMH at Lost Shoe Brewing and Roasting Company in Marlborough !  We welcome atheists, agnostics, humanists, people of all faith traditions, and people who identify   [ … ] The post SGCC: Thursday, February 2 ~ Pub Theology ~ 7:00 p.m. appeared first on Unitarian Church of Marlborough and Hudson.

Free Your Inner Artist! Facilitated by:  Jennifer Rambridge Date/Time:  Monthly on second Wednesdays starting in January (1/11, 2/8, 3/8, 4/12, 5/10, 6/14); 7:00-9:00pm Cost:  $5/class suggested donation Location:  UCMH Union Hall Let your imagination take hold, and your spirit run free as we use acrylic paint and found objects while sharing time together seeing what we   [ … ] The post SGCC: Wednesday, February 8 ~ Free Your Inner Artist! ~ 7:00 p.m. appeared first on Unitarian Church of Marlborough and Hudson.

Family-Focused Pizza Party! Pizza, Snacks, Games, and CommUUnity! Who: Any of our UU (or UU-Curious) families in the Northboro, Hudson, Marlborough & surrounding communities! Where: Unitarian Church of Marlborough and Hudson, 80 Main Street, Hudson, MA When: Sunday, January 29 from 1-3 pm   New(er) to Unitarian Universalism and/or want to learn more? Join us for   [ … ] The post CircleRE: Sunday, January 29 ~ Family-Focused Pizza Party! ~ 1:00 p.m. appeared first on Unitarian Church of Marlborough and Hudson.

Thanks to the many members, friends, volunteers, youth and staff who worked to make All Souls’ participation in the 44th Tulsa MLK Parade a success! We had a new, freshly-painted float decorated with dozens of balloons and colorful banners, and a diverse group of marchers of all ages. It was a beautiful day to march for the cause of justice. Find more photos and connect with us on our Facebook page! The post All Souls at the MLK Parade appeared first on BeyondBelief.

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in 1929, and if he were still alive today, he would be celebrating his ninety-fourth birthday. I am always shocked to remember that he was only thirty-nine years old when he was assassinated; that’s five years younger than I am. I’m also holding in my heart […]

The Goldbergs  premiered on CBS Television in 1948 after twenty successful years on radio in various incarnations. On the evening of January 17, 1948, The Goldbergs premiered on CBS Television.  Most historians of the medium credit it with being the first true situation comedy on TV.  It continued to run in different forms and under different titles until 1958 on three networksand in new episode syndication.  It is not to confused in any way with the current ABC show of the same name. It was a spectacular professional achievement for its creator, Gertrude Berg.   In its dawning years TV was almost totally dominated by men.  But Berg produced, directed, wrote, and starred in every episode and had almost complete control of the prog...

What does it mean to find your center? I truly do not know. I looked it up on the internet and I still do not know what it actually means.  I don’t sit and try to find my center. I … Continue reading →

      Charles Gore was born on the 22nd of January, 1853, in London, to an aristocratic Anglo-Irish family. His great-grandfather was an earl, his grandfather a general. Following the path of privilege he was educated at Harrow and then Oxford, taking a first class in Classics in 1875. In the same year Gore […]

I recently learned that Martin Luther King’s famous idea of the “Beloved Community” apparently derives from pragmatist philosopher Josiah Royce. So on this Martin Luther King holiday, I decided to look into Royce. I’ve started looking through Royce’s The Problem of Christianity (New York: MacMillan Co., 1913), a series of lecture he delivered at Manchester … Continue reading "MLK and Royce"

In this Week's Pagan Community Notes, the upcoming Year of the Rabbit, With trial documents relocated, Parthenon Marbles likely to remain in Britain, and more news. Continue reading Pagan Community Notes: Week of January 16, 2023 at The Wild Hunt.

As the US celebrates the life and liberatory ministry of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, we note that King’s liberation theology called him, time and again, to be on the side of the oppressed. To find ways of being in solidarity with those who suffered not only from racism, but also from militarism and … Continue reading Dr. King’s Liberation Theology

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be children of your Father in heaven, for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good and sends rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous. For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you greet only your brothers and sisters, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the gentiles do the same?" (Matthew 5:43-47)On this day, January 15, in 1929, Martin Luther King Jr was born in Atlanta. He went to Atlanta’s Morehouse College, and got a BA at age 19. Then: Crozer Theological Se...

Two truths approach each other.  One comes from inside, the other from the outside, And where they meet we have a chance to catch sight of ourselves. “Preludes,” Tomas Transtromer If we are at home with our own center, we … Continue reading →

Zen and the Garden of Eden Wisdom from the Ancestors James Ishmael Ford Now the serpent was more crafty than any other wild animal that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, ‘Did God say, “You shall not eat from any tree in the garden”?’ The woman said to the serpent, ‘We […]

Note:  I have posted this in one form or another on or around the Martin Luther King Day Federal Holiday for 14 years.  Long time readers may be sick of it.  Some of those who were offended in earlier rounds have left the building in a huff—or come to see that maybe it was not so far off the mark after all.  The thing is, year by year, it becomes more relevant.  Today is the Federal Holiday celebrating the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King,Jr. He was born on January 15, 1929 and was assassinated on April 4, 1968 in Memphis,Tennessee.  It was a long, hard fought effort to create a federal holiday, following proclamations in several states.  President Ronald Reagan signed the legislation creating the holiday in 1983 and it was first cel...

Drawing only 10 minutes or so means slow progress, but I’m enjoying myself, and the geometries that keep appearing in this structure the more time I spend with it.

More than half a century after his death, King's words still touch so many issues in addition to racial equity.

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, we have begun to broadcast a livestream video of our Sunday morning worship services. This worship video will be available live and in recorded formats. For our livestream video of our worship services, we are using Facebook Live.  One does not have to log into Facebook … Continue reading "30 October 2022 Worship Livestreaming Video"

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, we have begun to broadcast a livestream video of our Sunday morning worship services. This worship video will be available live and in recorded formats. For our livestream video of our worship services, we are using Facebook Live.  One does not have to log into Facebook … Continue reading "23 October 2022 Worship Livestreaming Video"

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, we have begun to broadcast a livestream video of our Sunday morning worship services. This worship video will be available live and in recorded formats. For our livestream video of our worship services, we are using Facebook Live.  One does not have to log into Facebook … Continue reading "16 October 2022 Worship Livestreaming Video"

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, we have begun to broadcast a livestream video of our Sunday morning worship services. This worship video will be available live and in recorded formats. For our livestream video of our worship services, we are using Facebook Live.  One does not have to log into Facebook … Continue reading "9 October 2022 Worship Livestreaming Video"

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, we have begun to broadcast a livestream video of our Sunday morning worship services. This worship video will be available live and in recorded formats. For our livestream video of our worship services, we are using Facebook Live.  One does not have to log into Facebook … Continue reading "2 October 2022 Worship Livestreaming Video"

Erick Dupree interviews Juliet Diaz, the writer of The Altar Within and Witchery, about her new imprint, Spirit Bound Press, which aims to publish more diverse and inclusive works in the magical, spiritual, and wellness categories. Continue reading Spirit Bound Press aims to disrupt magical publishing with diverse voices at The Wild Hunt.

I love the hymn, Freedom is Coming (#1035). Liberation can be articulated in in words, actions, and music.  At a time when racial inequality is raging, there is a part of me that clings to the words, “Oh yes I know. Oh yes I know. Freedom is Coming.” With accents and fermatas in the music, … Continue reading So Long To Go

Due to the current weather and reports that it will get worse as the day progresses, we have made the decision to cancel today’s service and other activities. We’ll be back in session next week. Please be safe out there.

Church is cancelled today due to inclement weather. For MLK Sunday, a look at how Dr. King used his pulpit as a tool for change.

This past week, my beloved friend Estelle died. She had been living with her granddaughter Michele, and thankfully, she was at home with her family during her final days and hours. She had been in declining health for a while, but the shock of her death reverberated through a wide community of people who loved […]

When something isn’t working for you, try something else. I got these hiking boots awhile back, but had a lot of trouble braking them in. First it was blisters, but then I got better socks which helped some. After 4 or 5 miles though, my right foot would start hurting and I would have a […]

Twitter is in meltdown. Ash and Ryan want to bring back blogging. So they created a site called Bring Back Blogging. They have a simple idea: I’d add: Ash and Ryan aimed their pitch at artists, writers, etc., so I didn’t submit my blog to their directory. But the rest of us can do this, … Continue reading "Bring back blogging"

“The Clearing” Do not try to save the whole world or do anything grandiose. Instead, create a clearing in the dense forest of your life and wait there patiently, until the song that is your life falls into your own cupped hands and you recognize and greet it. Only then will you know how to give yourself to this world so worthy of rescue. –Martha Postlethwaite Happy 2023, Beloveds, and welcome to 30 Days of Love, Side With Love’s annual month of spiritual nourishment, political grounding, and shared practices of faith and justice!  Having recently marked both the Winter Solstice and Gregorian New Year, this is a period of pause and contemplation – a time to reflect upon what has been, take stock of what is, and dream about what...

Note:   Today is the actual birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.   The public Holiday in his honor will be tomorrow, Monday, January 16.   I will have more to say about that then in my annual rant.   Today I am resurrecting a post in which Dr. King reminds us himself how truly revolutionary he was. When the Reverend Martin Luther King , Jr. was being held in jail in Alabamain 1963 he received a letter signed by several well-known White self-proclaimed racial moderatesand liberal ministers who decried the unpleasantness and social disruption of the on-going campaign against racial discrimination in Birmingham.   Since he had unaccustomed time on his hands he took the time to patiently, even lovingly explainthe situation in Am...

The Archbishop of Sydney complains that Paganism doesn’t bring fulfillment, communion, and transcendence. He’s wrong. We are moving toward a post-Christian world, and Paganism is particularly well-suited for this time… for those who want it.

      Recently my thoughts have turned to the place of hell in Christian thought. Back in 2021 the Pew Research Center conducted a survey of American belief in heaven and hell. It found across denominations from Catholic to Pentecostal to Fundamentalist in the aggregate ninety-two percent of those who identify as Christian believe […]

In a Religion News Service interview with Adelle Banks, Lewis V. Baldwin, a scholar of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s works, makes the following point: “[Dr. King’s] legacy is being hijacked, misinterpreted. For an example, on the extreme right of the political spectrum, there are those who argue that Dr. King was opposed to affirmative … Continue reading "Distorting Martin Luther King’s legacy"

    Convocation 2023 UU Buddhist Fellowship Convocation is a biennial opportunity for UU Buddhists to sit together, compare notes on our sangha experiences, study and play together. We have been holding convocations since 2005. For each convocation we invite a guest teacher to offer dharma talks and teaching. In addition, there will be times […]

Guest contributor Noelle K. Bowles shares her experience of the National Leprechaun Museum of Ireland. Continue reading The Leprechaun Museum is a magical surprise at The Wild Hunt.

Fine Woodworking has offered my article about mortising hinges on their website at this link. https://www.finewoodworking.com/2023/01/11/hinge-mortise-jig-for-boxes Make, fix and create... 

“Without poverty of spirit there can be no abundance of God.” -Archbishop Óscar Romero, priest and liberation theologian from El Salvador.  Liberation theologians begin with the understanding that God favors the oppressed, and that the holy is present with and for the poor. What has allowed you to know an abundant love at work in … Continue reading Abundance

Please join us on Sunday (15 January 2023) at 11:00 AM for “Throughlines” 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 will also … Continue reading "All Ages Worship (15 January 2023)"

January 2023 Pledge Drive (deadline Sunday, 15 January 2023) Shreveport / Bossier City World Religion Day Celebration (2:00 to 5:00 PM on Sunday, 22 January 2023) Congregational Business Meeting (immediately after worship on Sunday, 29 January 2023)

Children and youth will attend the worship service for the first 15-20 minutes and then are dismissed to their classes. After the holiday break, we are now discussing the wisdom of the world’s religions is one of the six sources of our Unitarian Universalist faith. It’s important that we gain an understanding of teachings and … Continue reading "Children and Youth Religious Education Classes — 15 January 2023"

Please join us on Sunday (15 January 2023) as we continue our our adult religious education class at 9:00 AM. Our adult religious education class is still meeting via Zoom. We are now reading and discussing the book God of Love: A Guide to the Heart of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam by Mirabai Starr. We … Continue reading "Online Adult Religious Education — 15 January 2023"

Please join us next Tuesday (17 January 2023) at 12 noon for our weekly Zoom lunch. Bring your lunch and meet up with your All Souls friends, have lunch, and just catch up.

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— Last year I spent some time looking again at the work of the twentieth-century process philosopher Charles Hartshorne (1897-2000). Not least of all this was because I had become aware that he had seen how the most important sixteenth-century Unitarian theologian, Faustus Socinus (1539-1604), gifted our own Judaeo-Christian tradition with two fundamental insights that are central to Buddhism, namely, the idea that nothing exists independently of other things (pratītyasamutpāda) and the unreality of a permanent self/soul. ...

                                 Major General Benedict Arnold, Continental Army. Note— This is an epically long post as befits the career and complexity of its subject.  Pour yourself a favorite beverage and settle in for a read. If only he had died of his wounds after the Saratoga Campaign—or better yet, had completely recovered and not fallen for the wiles of a teenage temptress, or nursed the bitterness of a petty jealous grudge Benedict Arnold would be celebrated today as one of the greatest military heroes of the American Revolution on one hand or risen on that reputation to almost any political position he desired after the war, perhaps to the Presidency itself.  But he threw it all away to die an un-trus...

              Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, Lewis Carrol to the world, died on this day, the 14th of January, 1898, at his sister’s home in Guildford, a small town in Surrey, England. He was two weeks shy of sixty-six. He was born at the All Saints’ vicarage in Cheshire, England, today, […]

Please join us on Saturday (14 January 2023) from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM for our monthly building and grounds work day. There are tons of leaves and lots of other tasks — indoors and out — for all ages and abilities. Other than basic cleaning and lawn maintenance, all the tasks that maintain our … Continue reading "Building and Grounds Work Day (14 January 2023)"

As those of us here in Cohasset continue to follow the story of Ana Walshe — she’s the woman who disappeared on January 1, and whose husband has been arrested for lying to investigators — I thought it might be worth highlighting the work of Jane Doe Inc.: The Massachusetts Coalition Against Sexual Assault and … Continue reading "Jane Doe Inc."

All-Ages Zine Workshop — Learn about self-published magazines (Zines) and make your own eight page zine out of one sheet of paper. If you’re in a mood to read, you’ll be able to peruse Jen’s Zine library. Friday, January 13, 2023 @ 6 pm in the Fellowship Hall.

“How are you supposed to know you gave up anything, if nothing changes?” Continue reading Oathring at The Wild Hunt.

In ancient Roman mythology, the month of January is named after the god Janus. He is the god not only of beginnings and endings, but also of the liminal spaces — the gates, transitions, and passages that are betwixt and between one thing ending and another beginning.  As a visual manifestation of this duality, Janus […]

At ESSA we're replacing old woodshop countertops with hardwood butcher block. The old ones were from scrap left over from construction, so this improvement has been long awaited. In the background is a new wheeled base for a countertop that I've replaced completely from frame up. Make, fix and create... Assist others in learning lifewise.

“The role of the artist is to make the revolution irresistible.” -Toni Cade Bambara.  When I feel insecure about what I have to offer, this reminds me, that writing, listening, reading are revolutionary acts, and no one owns the patent for activism. We need people everywhere who are willing to fight. I feel grateful and … Continue reading Art

I’ve been a Beacon staff member and a publicity team member for seven and a half years! In that time, I’ve witnessed the rise of podcasts as legit and meaningful coverage for authors; the gradual expansion of book sections at major publications like the Washington Post and The Atlantic; and the ongoing growth of the indie book scene here in Boston. And, of course, my work and my life have changed since the onset of the pandemic nearly a full three years ago.

Faithbridge , the organizationthat promotes mutual understanding and respectful relationshipsamong diverse religious communities to advance understanding of unityand diversity for the common good will host the 13th Annual Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Interfaith Prayer Breakfast on Monday, January 16 at 7:30 am at the Holiday Inn, 800 South Illinois Rout 31in Crystal Lake, Illinois. 60014.  The Keynote address will be Beyond the Lunch Counter : Health, Wealth and Equity Through an MLK Lens presented by Venoncia M.Bate-Ambrus, Ph.D. who is the Executive Director of the Healthcare Foundation of Northern Lake County.  “Join us for a provocative discussionexploring the relationship between health, wealth, and social justice, guided by the ...

If the Republican Party is any indication of the state of things within the conservative movement, there are some real problems for folks on the other side of the cultural aisle. The most cohesive position that folks on the “right” seem to be able to take is in opposition to what they regularly refer to […]

My reading lately has me in a book about grief and sorrow. It includes two other books about Qi Gong, the 4000 year old Chinese system of health, balance and spiritual wisdom on which Traditional Chinese Medicine is founded. Lydia … Continue reading →

Prayer for Nurturing Community - Week of January 15, 2023 Beloved, what does it take to nourish, every day, just and healing, thriving diverse communities? May we take up these tools, develop these skills, devote ourselves to these tasks with courage and with joy that we can choose to nourish...

            Friday the Thirteenth mumbo jumbo. I have never been superstitious and have often been condescending to those who are—cue Stevie Wonder .   That is, of course, if you discount the two years in my boyhood when I carried a rabbit foot key chain in my jeans pockets until all the hair wore off and I was left with a weird, mummified paw with surprisingly sharp nails.   But I outgrew that phase.   Later in my militant atheist literally piss-on-churches youth I lumped religion with superstition and went around muttering about mystric-tristic bullshit .   I rolled my eyes at my hippie friends who got into New Age crap—crystals and pyramids, Tarot , I Ching, and Ouija boards . These are the results you get when you cond...

I started drawing this with pens the other day, since I had gray and black gel pens and thought, hey, basically two colors here, I could draw it in just those two. But the lack of erasability made me anxious; I wanted a pencil. So here’s tonight’s start. I just loved this structure (probably part […]

Please join us on Saturday (14 January 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 (14 January 2023)"

Dan Harper’s year-end blog post — The year in review: Unitarian Universalism — has coaxed me to do what I thought I would not do again: write about Unitarian Universalism, and particularly that part filled by the Unitarian Universalist Association.  I’ve been nursing a post-COVID cough and so a long-form post will not do; I’ll take this … Continue reading "Why stay with the Unitarian Universalists?"

New archaeological discoveries may shed light on ancient cultures and religious practices. Continue reading Unleash the Hounds: Archaeology edition at The Wild Hunt.

“As we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.” -Marianne Williamson How can you let your light shine today?

This is a long (long!) delayed article laying out the principles of my work. As I wrote last time I've decided to write down the principles of the work that I do in Cardiff. These are not necessarily in order of importance but simply the order that they have occurred to me. The work, that I feel called by God to do in Cardiff, is a kind of pioneer ministry, community ministry, spirit-led activism

   This video featured in the FineWoodworking weekly newsletter can be found on the Fine Woodworking website through this link or on my youtube channel at youtube/MrDougStowe Make, fix and create...

Natural disasters, political corruption, violence will never subsume the bold history and spirit of the people of Haiti.

We’re having an interfaith prayer vigil this afternoon, for Cohasset resident Ana Walshe. (I just tested positive for COVID, so I can’t go.) Since this is a story that’s been in the news, as soon as word got out about the prayer vigil, our church started getting calls from media representatives. One of the media … Continue reading "Words of wisdom to media representatives"

  Sunday, January 15 ~ 10:30 a.m. Finding My Tribe – and how you can, too!  Join Johanna Ambrosio-LaPlante as she shares her journey to find her true community: the people who accept and love her, no matter what, inspire her to do and be her best, and call her on it when she’s not. She’ll   [ … ] The post Sunday, January 15 ~ Finding My Tribe ~ 10:30 a.m. appeared first on Unitarian Church of Marlborough and Hudson.