216: A Visit With the UUA with Susan Frederick-Gray and Carey McDonald
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Join our hosts as they visit with UUA President Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray and UUA COO Carey McDonald about what’s new with the Unitarian Universalist Association.
Show links:
A link to The Promise and the Practice of Our Faith for Black Lives of UU (BLUU): https://www.uua.org/giving/areas-support/funds/promise-and-practice
UUA General Assembly is in Kansas City this year, June 20-24: https://www.uua.org/ga Lots of culture shifts in the UUA will be evident there.
UUA leaders alarmed by conflicts reported by religious professionals of color: https://www.uuworld.org/articles/uua-leaders-alarmed-conflicts
The VUU is hosted by Meg Riley, Michael Tino, Aisha Hauser and Christina Rivera, with production support provided by Jessica Star Rockers. The VUU streams live on Thursdays at 11 am ET.
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Our Own Miracles
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Sometimes we make our own miracles. Consider, for example, the existence of the CLF, a church without walls, available around the world, at any hour of the night or day, to anyone who comes seeking connection, compassion and spiritual growth. Read more →
Did You Know?
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You can listen to audio recordings of Quest Monthly, read back issues or get electronic versions of the text to share with friends (and much more) at Quest for Meaning. Read more →
Miracles
April 2018
A miracle is when the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. —Frederick Buechner
Articles
God, Jesus and the Tooth Fairy
My first conversation with my granddaughter Phoenix regarding the tooth fairy happened in a larger conversation about religion in general. Read more »
Notice of Annual Meeting
Per Article VII, Sections 1 and 2, of the Church of the Larger Fellowship (CLF) Bylaws, the 45th Annual Meeting will be held via video/telephone conference call and screen sharing on June 11, 2018 at 8:00pm ET. Read more »
The Miracle of Life
The miracle that I would like to share is the miracle of life, and what it means to me to be truly alive. Read more »
A UU View of Miracles
I have several dozen books about Unitarian Universalism in my home office. I looked through them all, and only three have any kind of entry in their index or table of contents for “miracles.” Read more »
Ordinary Miracles
I love a magic show, because the magician appears to do the impossible. But I also know that they deal in illusion and use specially-designed props. Read more »
From Your Minister
Through the years I have heard people use the word miracle to describe things that I would assign other names: good luck, good medicine, pure chance, hard work. Overall, I’m with the everything is a miracle camp, one of those people who use the word often and mean it. Read more »
REsources for Living
I’ve always loved the line from Alice Through the Looking Glass in which the Red Queen declares, “Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” Read more »
Our Own Miracles
Sometimes we make our own miracles. Consider, for example, the existence of the CLF, a church without walls, available around the world, at any hour of the night or day, to anyone who comes seeking connection, compassion and spiritual growth. Read more »
Did You Know?
You can listen to audio recordings of Quest Monthly, read back issues or get electronic versions of the text to share with friends (and much more) at Quest for Meaning. Read more »
Miracles
A miracle is when the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. —Frederick Buechner Read more »
215: Even Acknowledging My Own Racism is Controversial with Doug Muder
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Our hosts chatted with writer and editor Doug Muder about his UU World article “Even Acknowledging My Own Racism is Controversial”.
Link to the article: https://www.uuworld.org/articles/responding-white-defensiveness
The VUU is hosted by Meg Riley, Michael Tino, Aisha Hauser and Christina Rivera, with production support for this episode provided by Lori Stone Sirtosky and Jessica Star Rockers. The VUU streams live on Thursdays at 11 am ET.
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214: UU Earth-Centered with Catharine Buck Clarenbach
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In this episode our hosts chat with Rev. Catharine Buck Clarenbach about Unitarian Universalist earth-centered spirituality.
Catharine Buck Clarenbach is an ordained UU minister and an initiated priestess in the tradition of Stone Circle Wicca. Her ministry is largely online: spiritual direction and teaching, courses, retreats, coaching for candidates going to the MFC, and lots and lots of writing.
She preaches throughout Oregon and Washington and may be found online at http://thewayoftheriver.com.
The link to receive Rev Catharine’s “love letters” each week, as well as access to her free mini-course on developing or renewing spiritual practice is at http://thewayoftheriver.com/journey-towards-wisdom
#RefuseToBeComplicit campaign started by Zr. Alex Kapitan https://www.believeoutloud.com/…/refusetobecomplicit-white-…
Covenant of UU Pagans on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/CUUPS/
CLF CUUPS Chapter on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/230592227074427/
The VUU is hosted by Meg Riley, Michael Tino, Aisha Hauser and Christina Rivera, with production support for this episode provided by Lori Stone Sirtosky and Jessica Star Rockers. The VUU streams live on Thursdays at 11 am ET.
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213: Grief and Religious Leadership with Lisa Presley
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In this episode our hosts chat with Lisa Presley about grief and religious leadership.
The VUU is hosted by Meg Riley, Michael Tino, Aisha Hauser and Christina Rivera, with production support for this episode provided by Lori Stone Sirtosky and Jessica Star Rockers. The VUU streams live on Thursdays at 11 am ET.
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212: The Ten Commandments: A Radical Manifesto for the 21st Century with Ana Levy-Lyons
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Our hosts chatted with Rev. Ana Levy-Lyons from First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn about her new book No Other Gods: The Politics of the Ten Commandments.
You can find out more about No Other Gods here: http://www.analevylyons.com/book
The VUU is hosted by Meg Riley, Michael Tino, Aisha Hauser and Christina Rivera, with production support provided by Jessica Star Rockers. The VUU streams live on Thursdays at 11 am ET.
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211: UU Christianity with Jake Morrill and Kelly Murphy Mason
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For this episode our hosts chatted with Rev. Jake Morrill and Rev. Dr. Kelly Murphy Mason about Unitarian Universalist Christianity. This is the first in a series of shows we will be doing about the many faiths practiced within Unitarian Universalism.
Links:
The UU Christian Fellowship website: http://uuchristian.org
Subscribe to the Wednesday Word from UUCF: http://uuchristian.org/subscribe/
Revival 2018: http://uuchristian.org/revival2018/
The VUU is hosted by Meg Riley, Michael Tino, Aisha Hauser and Christina Rivera, with production support provided by Jessica Star Rockers. The VUU streams live on Thursdays at 11 am ET.
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CLF Helps Members
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Inside each of us, there is the seed of both good and evil. It’s a constant struggle as to which one will win. And one cannot exist without the other. —Eric Burdon
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