Belonging
October 2016
Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition. —James Baldwin
Articles
You Belong Here
If you are reading this, you belong here!!! Did you know you can belong at the CLF as a member and also be a member at a bricks and mortar congregation? Read more »
Why Belong?
I wanted to start this sermon by saying I am no good at joining, by proclaiming, I don’t follow the crowd! I am an individual! Read more »
My Tribe
When I say I have found my tribe what I mean is that I have found a community of people I enjoy sharing Earth with. Read more »
A Letter to a Cousin
I had a bit of an epiphany the other day. Let me ask you a question. Read more »
REsources for Living
There are certain Big Questions that all of us deal with across the span of our lives. The answers may very well change over time, but our spiritual journeys are built around how we answer those questions. Read more »
Did You Know?
…that you can expand your sense of belonging to the CLF through connecting with other CLFers in conversation on Facebook? Read more »
Belonging
When I was released from prison the first time, I had been away from society and my family for ten years. Read more »
Belonging
“Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition.” —James Baldwin Read more »
153: Black Lives of UU
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The Black Lives of UU regulars join the VUU regulars. The VUU is hosted by Meg Riley, Joanna Fontaine Crawford, Aisha Hauser, Hank Peirce, Alicia Forde, and Slim Moon. The VUU airs Thursdays at 11 am ET. This episode first aired on September 29, 2016.
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152: The Syrian Refugee Crisis: Latifa Woodhouse
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The VUU speaks with Latifah Woodhouse, who has travelled to Greece to deliver humanitarian aid to Syrian refugees and continues to work with and for Syrian and Iraqui refugees. The VUU is hosted by Meg Riley, Joanna Fontaine Crawford, Aisha Hauser, Hank Peirce, Alicia Forde, and Slim Moon. The VUU airs Thursdays at 11 am ET. This episode first aired on September 22, 2016.
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151: Defying the Nazis: The Sharps’ War
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We sit down with Artemis Joukowsky, Co-Director of the upcoming Ken Burns documentary. The VUU is hosted by Meg Riley, Joanna Fontaine Crawford, Aisha Hauser, Hank Peirce, Alicia Forde, and Slim Moon. The VUU airs Thursdays at 11 am ET. This episode first aired on September 15, 2016.
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When did Unitarians begin?
There are different ways that you could define the beginning of Unitarianism. But many people would say that Unitarians were first defined as a distinct religious movement by William Ellery Channing, in a sermon given in 1819.
William Ellery Channing
In this sermon, called “Unitarian Christianity” (or sometimes “The Baltimore Sermon,” because he gave it at an ordination in Baltimore), Channing laid out what he though were the particular beliefs of the group of liberal Christians who were sometimes referred to as “Unitarians.”
Unitarians, he said, did not believe in the trinity of God the Father, God the Son (Christ) and the Holy Ghost—which is what gave the group the name Unitarian, for the unity of God. But more than that, he described Unitarians as believing in human goodness, and believing in the importance of using reason in looking at religion.
Channing said that thinking is one of the most important gifts that we are given as human beings, and that surely God expected us to to use our gifts of reason in understanding religion as well as the rest of life.
In 1825, just six years later, the American Unitarian Association became the official organization of the Unitarians.
Beginnings
September 2016
Nourish beginnings… Not all things are blest, but the seeds of all things are blest. The blessing is in the seed. —Muriel Rukeyser
Articles
Beginnings
“Nourish beginnings… Not all things are blest, but the seeds of all things are blest. The blessing is in the seed.” —Muriel Rukeyser Read more »
On the First Day
Humans invent a lot of words to try to capture a bigness so large that we can’t fathom it. Read more »
Beginning Again
It was 1999, with all its cosmological portent—the coming of a new century, a new millennium. Read more »
To Be What You Might Have Been
Darwin published On the Origin of Species at age 50. Colonel Sanders started Kentucky Fried Chicken with his first Social Security check. Read more »
Starting Over…and Over…and Over (Excerpt)
Each of us, at one time or another, has had the experience of starting over. Read more »
Beginnings
I have a celly who says he’s going to procrastinate later. Then he laughs and we both smile. Read more »
From Your Minister
At one of the garage sales I love to frequent I picked up a game called “Origins” with a subtitle—“The Game that Unlocks the Secret of Our Past.” Read more »
REsources for Living
Call me old-fashioned, but in my mind September always means the start of the school year. Read more »
Growing Our Commitment
At the CLF we have steadily grown our commitment to being a public voice for justice and living out our UU values in the world. Read more »
The Legacy of Caring
Despair is my private pain… Born from what I have failed to say… failed to do… failed to overcome. Read more »
Beginnings
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I have a celly who says he’s going to procrastinate later. Then he laughs and we both smile. Read more →
Growing Our Commitment
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At the CLF we have steadily grown our commitment to being a public voice for justice and living out our UU values in the world. Read more →
Did You Know
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…that the CLF has welcomed three new learning fellows? Kevin Jagoe, Lauren Way and Amanda Weatherspoon will be joining us for the next two years. Read more →
