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2008
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April 27
Ilona Forgeng
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The
Secret of the Fox
What is essential is invisible to the eye.
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April 20
Bruce Arnold
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Power
and Preference
You have to see for yourself the ways you convert
desires into “oughts” or “shoulds.” And there’s a real simple way to discover this.
Every time you say “should” or “ought,” try
substituting “I wish” instead. So when I might have said, “John, we ought to do something
about the hum in the sound system,” instead I could say, “John,
I wish we’d do something about the sound system.”
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2007
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Nov 25
Bethanne Jacobson
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Gratitude
I
now look at Thanksgiving in a much different light, and I am thankful for
the experiences that have brought me to a place of looking at all I have
and all I have become with a sense of gratitude.
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April 7
Bethanne Jacobson
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Hopes and Dreams
What did you want to be when you were young and used to dream?
What are your special talents? Do you use them? What could you be doing
today to celebrate your uniqueness? What would be fun to do? What benefit
would that work bring to you and others?
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Aug 12
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Spiritual Journeys
A collection of spiritual journeys of members of the congregation
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Feb 11
Karen Brause
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Change
Change is HARD but it happens all the time. We all need to be aware
that we are individuals and therefore, our ability to change may
happen at different rates.
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Jan 28
Ilona Forgeng
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Glory
We can be spiritual alone, we can enjoy a walk in the woods or we
can connect with the cosmos within our own gardens. We can be
spiritual alone. But we can only truly be religious together.
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2006
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Dec 17
Bruce Arnold
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The Western Spiritual
Tradition: Conflict
Conflict in and of itself is not an evil. While we should not look forward to it, or seek to engage in it, neither should we avoid it. Often a new understanding can emerge from a conflict when both points of view are taken seriously.
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Nov 12
Bethanne Jacobson
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Initiating Change and Inviting Happiness:
A Journey Toward Self Acceptance
For many, change is a process of undoing many of the beliefs that have guided their lives; beliefs about who they are “supposed” to be…..what they are “supposed” to believe….and what they believe to be true about themselves and their relation to others.
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Oct 29
Fred Anderson
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Keeping our Feet on
the Ground
This is how I see the task of our religion. This is the saving reality we have to offer to the world -- the art of being grounded -- the art of having our feet on the ground -- in the real world. Ours is a practical religion.
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Oct 22
Claudia Ziebis
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Why
I took off the Uniform
You’re still a long, long way from anything resembling the
German Democratic Republic. But you must supervise what your
public servants do. You are the people: and you have been given a
government of the people, for the people and by the people.
Never, never forget that.
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Sept 24
Claudia Ziebis
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Why
I put on the Uniform
Like many other immigrants’ kids, I wore a uniform because I had
gotten a look at the fake democracy on the other side of the Iron
Curtain and I wanted to do something – anything I could – to
destroy it. Above all, I wanted to stand for a real democracy
– for reality: not for wishful propaganda.
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August 20
BYOT Course
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Building your own Theology
Building Your Own Theology is not really what we do. Theology predicates that there is a god, but God is not what we are about. What we are about is Building your own meaning. What do you believe, why, and what does that mean to your life.
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August 13
Fred Swift
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The Power of Story
Telling: "Thou Shalt" vs. "Once Upon a
Time."
Literature may be of special value to UU members, who, for the most part, favor education over indoctrination, as evidenced by our lack of dogma supporting our faith.
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August 6
Calen Rayne
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Peace Like a River
One of the purposes of liberal religion is to provide a community
where we can not only feel support for our beliefs and values but
where we can join together to effect positive change in the world.
It is said that geese fly together because they get an aerodynamic
lift from one another and they fly faster and farther than when they
fly alone. This is true for us as well.
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July 30
Kevin Reynolds
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Food for Thought
There are four texts I would like to recommend . These books are
ones you can pick up and read at any page and you will learn. They
each are jam packed with common sense.
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July 9
Sally Franz
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Many Beliefs, One Faith
This place, this congregation, has become an anchor in my life.
Along the way I have visited UU fellowships in Charleston, Durham,
Raleigh and Baltimore. Each different, each the same –
different manifestations of ours, the “Uncommon Denomination.”
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July 2
Ilona Forgeng
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A UU Look at the DaVinci Code
The arguments about whose version of all this is the truth reminds me of two children fighting about which one has the best imaginary
friend.
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May 21
Bethanne Jacobson
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Tolerance
The path to tolerance is not always fun, but it can
be, at times, comforting and liberating.
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March 19
Ilona Forgeng
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Laughter, the Holy Breath
Recent studies show that UU’s are, in general, a happier lot than
most other denominations. Perhaps it is because we know it’s okay
to laugh a little in church.
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March 12
Bruce Arnold
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Stepping Stones to
Creation
Since the power of the intellect is inadequate to comprehend all this, I would like to suggest a practice which may help you experience the vastness of our celestial home.
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March 5
Claudia Ziebis
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Why I
say I am an Atheist
Today I’m going to try to answer two questions: Why I’m an
atheist? And why I say I’m an atheist. Those are two separate and
distinct questions, and, of the two, I think the second one is
really the more important.
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February 26
Calen Rayne
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Old-Time
Buddhist Gospel Hour
While poets, writers and musicians have waxed eloquent throughout
the ages about oceans and lakes and streams, there is no doubt that
what is most often considered synonymous with the perpetual flow of
our myriad of experiences is a river.
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Jan 15
Bruce Arnold
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A Rose
by Any Other Name
There are terms which have become exclusionary by their usage in
orthodox religious contexts, such as 'communion,' 'spiritual,' or
'sacred.' If these terms are made inclusive they become tools for
forging a powerful and expansive fellowship.
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