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Be Spiritual – Episode 20
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It’s a privilege to bring you this reflective and enlightening conversation with Rev. Dr. Marilyn Sewell, Minister Emerita of the First Unitarian Church of Portland, Oregon.
Last fall I heard and was fascinated by Marilyn’s dialog with Christopher Hitchens, the well-known atheist, that was sponsored, posted, and published by the Portland Monthly magazine. What first caught [...]
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Also tagged Baptist, Catholicism, Christian, Christopher Hitchens, Francis David, God, mystic, redemption, social justice, Transylvania, Unitarian, Universalist, UU
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Unitarian Universalists at General Assembly
SOF Observed, the blog of Krista Tippett’s Speaking of Faith public radio program, has now posted the complete video recorded as this year’s General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association kicked off in Minneapolis. Watch a dozen or so UUs from around the country respond to various questions about Unitarian Universalism.
Unitarian Universalists in Focus [...]
Be Spiritual – Episode 19
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This episode, Kim Steele joins me for a conversation about her spiritual journey, one that reflects several themes worth contemplating and incorporating into our own spiritual practices:
Welcoming the stranger
Working for justice, equity, and compassion (one of our UU principles) for those who seem different — whether by race, sexual orientation, ethnicity, ability, or …
Identifying and rooting [...]
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Also tagged Cakes for the Queen of Heaven, Catholicism, children, feminine spirituality, religious education
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How Did You Become A UU?
In the second related video published on the Speaking of Faith blog, UUs attending the recent General Assembly in Minneapolis spoke of how they became UUs.
How did you become a Unitarian Universalist? from Speaking of Faith on Vimeo.
What’s a UU? In Our Own Words
Krista Tippett’s Speaking of Faith public radio program, which is produced by Minnesota Public Radio, took advantage of the recent General Assembly in Minneapolis to ask us who we are. You can hear our own words in this video posted on the SOF Observed blog.
What Is a Unitarian Universalist? from Speaking of Faith on Vimeo.
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Also tagged acceptance, Hindu, Krista Tippett, love, pluralism, reason, Speaking of Faith
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Peter Morales Interview
The Rev. Peter Morales, president of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), was interviewed Thursday on Minnesota Public Radio’s Midmorning call-in program.
Notwithstanding that host Marianne Combs is a UU, she asked some challenging questions about what UUs believe and why we aren’t a larger religious community. Hear the program and Peter Morales’ responses to these questions [...]
Be Spiritual – Episode 18
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It’s a privilege to have the Rev. Bruce Taylor as my guest. Bruce is a newly minted UU minister, ordained last November (2009). And just a few weeks ago, he was called by the congregation of First Parish Church in Billerica, Massachusetts, to be their minister.
Bruce’s journey is a story of personal transformation. The devastating [...]
A Rose By Any Other Name
Indulge me in a bit of shop talk.
Imagine an entrepreneur pitching a new venture to a VC over lunch in a swanky restaurant.
The concept is a spiritual community, a church.
“What makes this different from all the other churches, all the other religions?” asks the VC.
The attraction for people (value proposition in marketing parlance) is a [...]
Be Spiritual – Episode 17
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Fred Shirley’s spiritual journey is captivating. For a young man, Christianity provided much-needed answers following a very difficult childhood. His new-found faith led him to the Baptist and Congregational churches, where he and his wife raised their family.
Discovering the UU church, Fred found the freedom to face and explore the religious questions that had appeared [...]
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Be Spiritual – Episode 16
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Gail Donahue is our guest for Episode 16 of Be Spiritual. Gail was raised Irish Catholic, both religiously and culturally. Ironically, it was the Catholic Church that pointed her to Unitarian Universalism. Today, Gail considers herself a proud atheist with a church — not at all paradoxical for a UU.
During the conversation, you’ll hear Gail [...]
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Also tagged atheism, atheist, Catholicism, death, evil, feminine spirituality, Pagan, Paganism, Unitarian, Universalist, UU
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