Workers load granite blocks on to the highly specialized car of the Granite Railway in the 1830's . I’ll take the category of Firstsfor $800, Ken . The answer is the First American Railroad . What was the Baltimore & Ohio ? I’m sorry that incorrect. (Dumb struck look on contestant’s face, a scattering of boos from the audience convinced a mistakehas been made. Pause and slightly supercilious smirk from Ken.) The question we were looking for was what was the Granite Railway. (Rioting erupts) But it is the truth, albeit obscure and accompanied by a couple of asterisks. The Baltimore & Ohio was chartered on February 28, 1827 and famously launched passenger service in 1830 on 13 miles of track. Passengers rode in open ca...
Prayer for Indigenous People's Day (US) - Week of October 10, 2022 Lover of the Earth, may we learn to live with greater reverence and understanding of the earth wherever we are, and of the indigenous peoples who have the longest continuous relationship with that part of the earth. May...
Prayer for Tenderness and Thanksgiving, Week of October 10, 2022 Lover of Tenderness, may we remember we are most fully human in relationship, with one another, with the lands where we live, with all of being. May we cherish those relationships, grow wiser in living with generosity and grace, in...
“For so many acts both evident and subtle which have fueled the illusion of separateness, I forgive myself. I forgive you. We begin again in love.” -from Litany of Atonement, by Robert Eller-Isaacs How can you forgive yourself today?
The popular image of the Captain comes from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's The Courtship of Miles Standish. In this 19th Century illustration of the narrative poem the disappointed suitor/soldier escorts the wedding procession of John Alden and Pricilla Mullins. Thanks to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow he is one of the few original settlers of Plymouth Plantation who most people know by name. The Courtship of Miles Standish , Longfellow’s long poem, was among the most beloved verses of the 19th Century and snatches of it were recited by school children who learned it by rote. While seldom read these days many still know the central story of how a shy, tongue-tied soldierasked his best friend John Alden to speak to the object of his...
A Meditation on Prayer Evelyn Underhill (I’m enormously fond of Evelyn Underhill. So, I was pleased as punch to stumble upon this excerpt from a book titled Devotional Classics edited by Richard J. Foster & James Bryan Smith. They collected it from Underhill’s The Essentials of Mysticism. This little excerpt seems to be […]
Beloved, today may I take space for the sacred pause. May I remember that the checkmarks on my to do list Hold little value in the great scheme of existence. Move my soul, mind, and body towards that which sustains them And help me release that which does not. Let me rest in the peace […]
Watching 60 Minutes honoring the firefighters and other first responders from 9-11-2001, my chest heaves and tears fall at their willing sacrifice for others! Some are wired to seek out opportunities for this kind of bravery but most of us … Continue reading →
To me, courage starts first in the heart maybe because of its Latin root, cor or heart; maybe it’s because courage seems different from its synonymous twin, bravery. Bravery looks more like heroic deeds on or off the battlefields of … Continue reading →
On this holiest day in the Jewish year, our kindred atone for the ways in which they have harmed others in the past year. Yom Kippur is a day of prayer, of introspection, and of fasting. The fasting is a sacrifice that helps focus the individual on the task at hand–atonement. How can you atone … Continue reading Atonement
Please join us next Tuesday (11 October 2022) 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.
Please join us on Saturday (8 October 2022) 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. The group is free and open to all. For more information, contact Larry … Continue reading "Meditation with Larry Androes (8 October 2022)"
Please join us on Saturday (8 October 2022) from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM for our monthly building and grounds work day. There will be taasks for all ages and abilities — indoors and out. The weather’s getting so nice — the high is only 78°F on Saturday and the low is 54°F. There is … Continue reading "Building and Grounds Work Day (8 October 2022)"
Fine Woodworking has published a brief on-line article about making adjustable miter gauge runners. Their advantage is that you can adjust them to a perfect fit, even when there are stark changes in humidity in your wood shop. https://www.finewoodworking.com/2022/10/05/adjustable-sled-runners I'm now testing negative for covid-19 and when my energy returns I'll be happy to go back to normal life. Make, fix and create... Assist others in learning likewise.
Sunday, October 9, 10:30 a.m. Are You a UU Mystic? With Rev. Stephen Shick Are you a UU Mystic and don’t know it? This worship service will help you explore and answer this question. UU Transcendentalists boldly answered “yes.” They, as many contemporary UU mystics, found being open to life’s mystery did not contradict science and [ … ] The post appeared first on Unitarian Church of Marlborough and Hudson.
Tree of Life Unitarian Universalist Congregation and Live4Lali will be provide free Narcan kits and training at the church, 5603 West Bull Valley Road in McHenry this Saturday afternoon October 8 at 2 pm. Live4Lali is the organization that works to reduce stigma and prevent substance use disorder among individuals, families, and communities, and to minimize the overall health, legal, and social harms associated with substance use. “The opioid crisis continues to needlessly claim lives in McHenry County and around the country. But we all can save lives by learning to useemergency Narcan kits which administer a life-saving jolt to revivethose in overdose crisis,” said Patrick Murfin, Tree of Life Social Justice Team Chair, “...
Britain was a bleak place in the early '60s and young men like these faced dim prospects of unemployment and life on the Doll. Looking back on it October 5, 1962 was an exceptionally good day for our cousins across the Pond. And they really needed it . Things had been going downhill there for a long time. Two World Wars had killed off huge swaths of two generations. London, and to a lesser extent, other cities were still trying to rise from the rubble of bombs dropped more than two decades before. British industrial infrastructure was largely ageing and obsolete. The supremacy it once enjoyed was being challenged , largely by modern facilities and high levels of engineering from a Europerebuilt on the American Marshall ...
I can’t tell you everything is going to be OK, because it’s not. But we can make things better for the world and better for ourselves. We can find joy and happiness, and we can live so as to be worthy of the honor of those who come after us.
In Japanese Zen today, the 5th of October is reserved as a holiday in remembrance of Bodhidharma, the mostly mythical founder of Chinese Zen. As Issho Fujita writes, “The accounts of his life are largely legendary (see Comics “Bodhidharma” 1-12 at Sotozen-net International website) but according to Denkoroku (The Record of Transmitting […]
“Now is the time for turning. The leaves are beginning to turn from green to red and orange…. God, help us to turn–from callousness to sensitivity, from hostility to love, from pettiness to purpose, from envy to contentment, from carelessness to discipline, from fear to faith.” -Jack Riemer What do you need to turn towards in … Continue reading Turning
We have a post box for our mail, so sometimes we receive mail sent to previous holders of that box number. Today we received the October issue of “Decision” magazine, published by the Billy Graham Evangelical Association. The editor-in-chief, Franklin Graham, wrote the lead article in this issue, titled “We Can Still Turn Back.” Franklin … Continue reading "What Franklin Graham says"
Taken with a Fujifilm X-T2 Just click on the photo to enlarge it This summer I visited my parents on the Tendring Peninsular where I grew up (in a village called Kirby-le-Soken). They now live in an even smaller village called Wrabness by the Stour Estuary. Given that I do not own a car thankfully it has a station (really a wayside halt) on the rather lovely branch line (now known as the Mayflower Line) that runs between Manningtree and Harwich. On boarding the train at Manningtree Station the photo here presented itself to me which I gratefully took.
The Lithuanian parliament rejects the Romuva petition for recognition as an official religion again, even after the European Court of Human Rights ruled against Lithuania in favor of the Romuva. Continue reading Lithuanian Parliament rejects Romuva again despite ECHR decision at The Wild Hunt.
Gordon Sumner, aka Sting, said to a live audience recently, “Democracy is under attack. It’s under attack in every country in the world. It’s in grave danger of being lost unless we defend it. The alternative to democracy is a nightmare, a prison of the ... read more . The post October Theme: Democracy & Interdependence appeared first on Unitarian Universalist Society of Schenectady.
This past weekend we had the honor of offering the Charge to the Congregation at the installation service for the Plattsburgh congregation and the Rev. Nicoline Guerrier. They have worked together for four years and finally decided to take a leap of faith and commit ... read more . The post Co-Ministers’ Colloquy – October 4th appeared first on Unitarian Universalist Society of Schenectady.
Children in grades K-6 are invited to join us for some Children’s Chapel fun on Sunday, 10/9, in Waters House beginning at 10:30. K-3 Wonderful Welcome: will meet next on Sunday, 10/16! K-3rd grade Children will begin in the Great Hall with their families and stay ... read more . The post Religious Education News – Oct. 4th appeared first on Unitarian Universalist Society of Schenectady.
Join us on Sunday, Oct. 9 to help register voters! We are partnering with Progressive Schenectady on a voter registration event, tabling at the weekly Sunday Street Soldiers gathering in Schenectady (Zion Lutheran Church parking lot). Donations Accepted at UUSS Sunday, Oct. 9 We are also collecting ... read more . The post #UUtheVote Voter Registration & Donation Drive appeared first on Unitarian Universalist Society of Schenectady.
The Long Strange Trip UU history course will be offered in multiplatform mode (in person or Zoom) starting Thursday, October 20 for six weeks (skipping Thanksgiving) ending December 1st. Learn about the inspirational stories of 500 years of courageous and prophetic UU ancestors who devoted their ... read more . The post Long Strange Trip UU History Course – Starts October 20th appeared first on Unitarian Universalist Society of Schenectady.
Not a big fan of royalty. I take no hankering to kings and queens on thrones or in decks of cards. Let’s admit that when we left the Empire we didn’t entirely: Hollywood is our re-creation of royalty, with its unending Red Carpets—as is the world of athletics. In all, we pay obeisance […]
I asked my spouse To stop buying me flowers – “Buy me a houseplant instead, So I don’t have to watch them die.” So now my “Sorry you got assaulted” cactus Sits on the mantle Next to Uncle Frank and the “Congratulations on 6 months sober!” cactus And the one I picked up For her […]
Courage is a tricky one to find. Sometimes, I just cannot find it. Today may be one of those days. I am recovering from very severe health problems. The treatments changed my life in every way. One important way it … Continue reading →
Today, the 4th of October, is the feast of St Francis. The Sufis speak of Madzubs. The Western Sufi teacher Wali Ali Meyer once described a madzub as “a human being who has an immediate and intimate relationship with the God reality, and who often is absorbed in that realm […]
This poem has appeared on this blogat least ten times for Yom Kippur. I guess that this makes it an official tradition. It was inspired not only by my genuine admiration for the Holy Day, but by an ongoing controversy in my own Unitarian Universalist faith. For many years UUs have gone blithely on incorporating snatches of prayers, ritual, and traditionfrom other religions into our own worship. We do it mostly in good faith claiming “The Living Tradition which we share draws from many sources…” But lately we have taken grieffrom Native Americans for adopting willy-nilly rituals and prayers which we don’t fully understand and take out of context, many of which, frankly, turned out to be New Age touchy-feely faux traditio...
Some photos from the attic of the 1747 Meeting House in Cohasset: This image shows the joint in the middle of the second truss from the north end. The ends of the trunnels (treenails) are clearly visible, as are the adze marks. This photo shows an unusual joint between a beam and a post. This … Continue reading "Posts and beams"
Sacrifice can also be harmful to us, causing injury (physical, emotional, psychological, or spiritual). How have you faced the possibility of harmful sacrifice?
In this week's Pagan Community Notes: Supreme Court cases, Earth-based Spirituality Action Team, a call for Ancestor Altars, and more news. Continue reading Pagan Community Notes: Week of October 3, 2022 at The Wild Hunt.
Thank you so much for signing up for the first webinar of our “Climate Resilience through Disaster Response & Community Care” series at Side With Love. Whether you were able to attend in real-time or plan to watch the recording later, we are grateful for your commitment to building communities of care in the face of climate disasters. Resources & Materials from Session 1 Linked below are materials & resources from our September 27 session on “Assessing Climate Impacts & Making Connections.” Please note that most of these can be found in the UUA Climate Disaster Prep Google Drive Folder , in both PDF & Google Doc formats. Climate Disaster Preparedness Guide for UUs Climate Disaster Response for UUs Materials & Resources Clima...
God picks up the reed-flute world and blows. Each note is a need coming through one of of us, A passion, a longing-pain. Remember the lips where the wind-breath originated, And let your note be clear. Don’t try to end … Continue reading →
Two Services We are going to do two services that we believe can meet the needs and capture the interest of our community and those who may not yet know such a community like All Souls exists. But when they find it they will feel at home in a way they never have been before. Who are those people? We have a church that appeals to people who are not traditionally religious. Some of them may believe in God and have a deep spirituality and some of them may not believe in God and may not have much interest in […] The post A Gathering Place for Courageous Love appeared first on BeyondBelief.
Five years ago, on October 1, 2017 Wikipedia reminds us: Stephen Paddock, a 64-year-old man from Mesquite, Nevada, opened fire upon the crowd attending the Route 91 Harvest music festival on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada. Between 10:05 and 10:15 p.m. PDT, he fired more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition from his 32nd floor suites in the Mandalay Bay Hotel, killing 60 people[a] and wounding 411, with the ensuing panic bringing the injury total to 867. About an hour later, Paddock was found dead in his room from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. His motive remains officially undetermined. The incident is the deadliest mass shooting committed by an individual in modern United States history. It focused attention on firearms laws in the U.S., par...
Sometimes, we are asked to sacrifice for a cause beyond ourselves, something that will make our society better for everyone. When have you been asked to sacrifice for a cause?
A unique water basin has been discovered in Turkey near the ancient Greek city of Klazomenai. Continue reading Unique 2,500-year-old ritual wash basin discovered in Turkey at The Wild Hunt.
Redwood trees are amazing. New trees grow from the stumps of ones that have died. It takes years though, decades and more. Change is never easy. I know that, don’t you? L’Chaim Average weight this week is up 1.5 pounds for a total loss of 150.7.
Today, the 2nd of October is Gandhi Jayanti in India. It is one of three national holidays in the country. The United Nations has also marked out today as International Day of Non-Violence. All this turning on the Indian spiritual and political leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi who was born on […]
Christian nationalism combines the worst of Christian fundamentalism with the worst of right-wing politics. It is truly a dangerous thing and it’s winning elections in some places. We must cede no ground and leave no one behind.
Industrial pioneer Aaron Lufkin Dennison. Ordinarily the relocation of a factory from one town to another would hardly be the fodder for all but the most arcaneand specialized of almanac-like features. But on this date in 1854 Aaron Lufkin Dennisonmoved his four year old watch making business to new facilities in Waltham, Massachusetts, setting the stage for a revolution in industrial production first known as the American System of Watch of Watch Manufacturing. The principles of precision made interchangeable parts, use of specialty machine tools, and consistent calibration measured by highly accurate instruments were soon applied to other industries ushering in a new phase of the industrial revolution that created the machines that...
This month, we will explore the theme of sacrifice. When it is healthy, and when it is not. When it is harmful theology, and when it is relational and life-affirming. When have you made a sacrifice that was healthy and healing for you?
Each day that we breathe air, we make a choice as to how we show up in our lives for ourselves, for our various traditions, for our neighbors, and for our world. The art of showing up is the art of living. Continue reading Column: The Art of Showing Up at The Wild Hunt.
“The Supporting Children’s Mental Health Care Access Act and the Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Act would increase access to mental health care services and provide direct funding to schools for mental health promotion and suicide prevention. These bills are bipartisan efforts, and they are gaining momentum. Let your elected representatives know you support them. It takes everyone to address this mental health crisis.” — Dr. Deanna Behrens, Pediatric Intensive Care The Surgeon General has sounded read more... The post October Action Alert: We Must Support Children’s Mental Health appeared first on Promise the Children.
I am happy to be starting a new experimental adventure. After four years away following my retirement, I am venturing back into involvement with my former congregation, Allen Avenue Unitarian Universalist Church. In our faith community, a retiring minister traditionally stays away for a few years, to make room for a new minister to bond […]
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— In a couple of weeks, in the community where I am the minister, there will take place a “life of the church” meeting in which members of the congregation have the opportunity to explore together the various things that a liberal, free religious congregation might want and be able to do in the coming years. Years that, without question, will be hard and challenging in many, many ways. As individual members of the congregation decide whether or not to attend, I realise it’s important to acknowledge that there is always ...
A well used copy of The Poky Little Puppy , the best selling of the 12 original Little Golden Books. Today’s responsible parents are required by law to provide educational, psychologically vetted, and age appropriate books for their tykes, preferably penned by a celebrity and sensitively illustrated by a renowned artist. The book must be an over-sized hard cover festooned with award medallions and must be purchased at specialized children’s book boutique for at least $22.95 plus tax. The parents will read this book to the designated tot 1.2 times before it is carefully placed on colorful shelves with scores of other books in a display meant to impress other parents and visiting in-laws wit...
“Those of us who call ourselves religious Humanists have a strong reverence for life. Many of us experience a deep sense of awe before the mystery of life and death, those powers greater than ourselves. We share a respect for science and reason, and we are willing to live with ambiguity to live without definitive … Continue reading Ambiguity
Please join us this Sunday (2 October 2022) at 11:00 AM for our annual Blessing of the Animals worship service with Jennifer Russell and Eva Kate Peck. Bring your ready-for-prime-time pets (either on a leash, carrier, or other appropriate container) to join us in the sanctuary to celebrate our shared home in the interdependent web … Continue reading "All-Ages Worship (2 October 2022)"
Join us Saturday (29 October 2022) from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM for a Halloween Trunk or Treat celebration! Decorate your car — and yourself! Bring some candy or something kid-friendly and fun to give away, and if you want, a game or craft for the children to do at your car. Children will trick … Continue reading "Trunk or Treat (29 October 2022)"
Please join our adult religious education class on Sunday (2 October 2022) at 9:00 AM for a screening of the documentary film Slave State followed by a Q and A session with Slave State author Curtis Davis. Our adult class will be meeting via Zoom. This is a documentary film inspired by the book Slave … Continue reading "Online Adult Religious Education — Slave State Documentary Screening (2 October 2022)"
No Children and Youth Religious Education Classes this Sunday (2 October 2022) — we will be together in the sanctuary for the Blessing of the Animals worship service.
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 October 2022, we choose the League of Women Voters of Caddo-Bossier — a member organization of the League of Women Voters at the state and national levels. … Continue reading "League of Women Voters of Caddo-Bossier — October 2022 Give-Away-The-Plate Recipient"
TWH commemorates International Blasphemy Day, a holiday meant to educate the public about blasphemy laws and freedom of expression. Continue reading A day of blasphemy at The Wild Hunt.
For a number of years now, I have wanted to read an essay (“From Religious Freedom to Free Religion”) written in 1983 by the remarkable and influential figure in the development of progressive and liberal religion in Japan, Shinichiro Imaoke (1881-1988). George M. Williams, in his recent book about Imaoke (which I have just ordered but not yet received), describes him as “a Bodhisattva-Kami-Christian-Unitarian-sage — the Emerson of Japan. Each of these religious perspectives or evaluations saw him as their highest conception of humanity: Buddhist, Shinto, Christian, or religious radical.” Then, last month, I finally saw a secondhand copy of the book was available in which the essay is found and so I duly bought it. At the b...
I'm in Indiana for a class in box making and came down with a case of covid-19 mid-week. Fortunately, by Wednesday, we'd proceeded far enough in the class that my students have been able to carry on without me. My assistants took on responsibility for oversight and remaining lessons. I am grateful for such help, but worried that if I've gotten covid-19, others from my class may also. Fortunately, and thanks to my vaccination status, my case is rather mild, requiring isolation and a few over-the-counter medications as well as isolation. I'll return home on Monday. I stopped by school yesterday after class to pack up my things. A few students were still at work and insisted that even without me, the class has been one of their favorites...
James Dean reaching the heights of stardom in 1955 while making just his third feature film. It has been 67 years since James Dean died in a wreck of his sports car on a country highway near Cholame, California on September 30, 1955. He was just 24 years old. At the time of his death, he had shot to fame on the strength of one already released film— East of Eden —and had two more completed projects in the can, including the role that would define a generation. On this slender body of work rests the fame that has eclipsed most of his contemporaries and endured as a legend. Today he is a cultural icon that remains undiminished by time. Generations of adolescents, whether they know it or not, do what John Mellencamp describ...
It seems that when we consider the idea of belonging our first inclination is to think of belonging through our relationships with one another. This is certainly an important aspect of the human yearning for belonging. And, what if just … Continue reading →
Prayer for the Week of October 3, 2022 - A Prayer for Farmworkers Wisdom, may we take time to thank those who plant, grow, care for, harvest, and nurture the food we eat, the farmworkers who may not be owners of the land they work, who might be paid by...
About a month ago I was sitting in the sanctuary readying myself for the weekly worship run through. Looking over the script up in the Tech Booth, I immediately see the headline for that week’s sermon — daydreaming. I thought that sounded very interesting to me and wondered where it was going. I didn’t have […] The post Daydreaming, astral travel, planning ahead — they’re all related appeared first on Nature's Sacred Journey.
I always knew that fairy tales were simply made-up stories and I never believed in the tooth fairy or Easter bunny. I tried to convince myself that Father Christmas was real. I had glimpsed a rotund figure clad in red in my bedroom one Christmas Eve when I was five or so, but I knew that my grandmother, who was staying with us that night, had a red dressing gown. Dev, the man who later became my grandmother's second husband, was able to pull a shilling out from behind my ear. I wasn't fooled. Even though I didn't know how it was done, I knew it was just a trick. Around the time of my seventh birthday I spent a while in hospital and as a consequence a friend persuaded her mother to buy me a book, Cherry Ames at Hilton Hospita l. It...
Yes, Love blesses me, Even as the sources and symbols of my pain look on. Love blesses me from its infinite well, And I turn and notice… that goodness and kindness and grace, follow me everywhere, everywhere I go. -from “Psalm 23 for this moment,” by Kevin Tarsa Read the rest here. How can you … Continue reading Infinite Love
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 "25 September 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 "18 September 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 "11 September 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 "4 September 2022 Worship Livestreaming Video"
By Alicia Kennedy | The day after category 1 Hurricane Fiona had left the entire archipelago of Puerto Rico with no power, caused destructive flooding, and generally unleashed catastrophe in most places, tourists were back to normal in Old San Juan. My husband and I biked throughout the metro area to take stock of the damage and hear just how many generators were running—the hum and smell of burning diesel were constant—and when we returned, we saw the photo shoots continuing as planned: Women in their best dresses with full faces of makeup, flip-flops on their feet and Instagram-ready heels in hand; men attempting to keep up, carrying heavy cameras or maybe just a selfie stick. Bars were full because what else were we going to do? B...
Black cats make up a large portion of the animals in shelters and rescues that are frequently hard to find homes for. Binx's Home for Black Cats is dedicated to helping to change that and improve the overall image of the black cat. Continue reading Finding a home for black cats at The Wild Hunt.
Lord Alfred Douglas and Robert Sherard were not the only members of Oscar Wilde’s circle to be featured in the pages of spiritualist publications. So I thought I would share a few snippets found in the archive. Maurice Salis-Schwabe’s mother, Mary, was an associate of the Journal of the Society for Psychical Research and wrote […]
Today within the Christian liturgical calendar is Michaelmas. Or, and actually my preferred name, for the holy day, today, is the Feast of the Saints Michael, Gabriel, Uriel, and Raphael. Or, maybe you would prefer the shorter while still more accurate version, today is the Feast of the Archangels. It’s an important […]
Stories of Courage A Multigenerational Storytelling Service with Rev. Alice Anacheka-Nasemann Join us as Rev. Alice introduces the October worship theme of Courage with storytelling and reflection. This service is suitable for all ages and children are especially welcome! Childcare is available in our nursery wing for babies and very young children. We are [ … ] The post Sunday, October 2, 2022 ~ Stories of Courage ~ 10:30 a.m. appeared first on Unitarian Church of Marlborough and Hudson.
I’m not one to belong to groups. I didn’t have a want or need to belong to one. My Covenant Croup is the exception. I’m in a covenant group at UUCG. I have been part of this group for over … Continue reading →
Today within the Christian liturgical calendar is Michaelmas. Or, and actually my preferred name, for the holy day, today, is the Feast of the Saints Michael, Gabriel, Uriel, and Raphael. Or, maybe you would prefer the shorter while still more accurate version, today is the Feast of the Archangels. It’s an important […]
This idealized print celebrates a decree by Napoleon extending emancipation to all of the lands conquered by the Empire. France became the first nation in the modern era to grant its Jews emancipation under the law—full equality of citizenship rights and the removal of all traditional encumbrances that had been historically placed on the community—on September 28, 1791 by Emperor Napoleon I . The edict was in line with the liberating thought of the Enlightenment, and the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen which guaranteed freedom of religion and free exercise of worship . The new edict when further both in its specificity and in provisionsthat recognized the freedom of the Jewish community, as well as i...
As those of us in relationship with Judaism mark the High Holy Days, our hearts fill with hope and fear, turning and settling, mystery and agency, accountability and acceptance. -from “Call to Gather for the High Holy Days (Days of Awe),” by Leah Ongiri To what do you hold yourself accountable?