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Presenter: Bethany Anne Putnam Service Associate: D’Vorah Kelley Twenty-two years ago, Bethany was the foremost expert on domestic disaster relief and volunteer coordination within the Episcopal Church. Her experience and training led to being hired immediately following 9/11, as the Disaster Director of St. Paul’s Chapel at Ground Zero in New York City. Bethany will … Continue reading “911 Remembered”
Rev. Matt AlspaughSusie Lindeman and Jane Castleman, Service Associates “The Best,” a verse from the Taoist foundational book the Tao-Te-Ching, begins with the line “The best, like water, benefit all and do not compete.” We use this verse as a theme for several short reflections on water and life. We will also celebrate our water … Continue reading “The Best, Like Water”
Presenters: Loretta Downs, Lorna Dean Service Associate: Jane Castleman Living fully means considering all along the way, how we are living and what we can leave behind as our legacy whether as actions, values, relationships, and/or tangibles. Leaving a legacy is like tossing a rock into a pond. There is an initial splash followed by … Continue reading This is Your Life, Give it a Good Ending
Rev. Matt AlspaughElizabeth Weaver, Service Associate I’ve found that trying to develop and state a sense of Life Purpose or Mission has not worked for me; I just can’t summarize my life’s direction and intention in a simple statement. I recently discovered an idea that might fit me better, Personal Projects. This is the idea … Continue reading “A Purpose-Driven Life or a Project-Driven Life?”
Service Associate: Pam Cucinell Each threshold we encounter in our lives offers an opportunity for change, for renewal, for transformation, from what we were and what we are, to what we can be. in our fast-paced lives, liminal space can act as a refuge, where we can find solace in the mysteries of life and … Continue reading Embracing the Sacred Threshold: The Gift of Liminal Space
Robert Barnett: Service Associate The title is from a saying in the Gospel of Thomas, “If you bring forth what is in you, (it] will save you; if you do not bring forth what is within you, (it] will destroy you.” We explore what we bring forth, through our first Source, that is, our “direct … Continue reading “Bring Forth What is In You”
Presenter: Sue Kelley Service Associate: Lynn Cleek Do you know what The Hand maidens Tale, The Bluest Eye and Tango Makes Three have in common? They are all banned books. Sunday, July 30th we discuss the origins of banned books, why some want them banned, what books are banned and what you can do about it. … Continue reading “Ban Guns, Not Books”
Rev. Matt Alspaugh, Presenter Mario Pardillo, Service Associate Prosperity Gospel is the idea that God rewards the faithful with material and physical well-being, especially financial success. It’s an idea that developed mostly in the United States, aligning well with American ideas of individualism and materialism. We’ll look for early Unitarian connections with prosperity gospel, and … Continue reading God Wants You To Be Rich
Presenter: Richard Clarke Service Associate: Carol Johnson We all know consciousness; it pervades us, and we experience it every moment. But what is consciousness? Physicists these days talk about “The hard problem of consciousness.” Maybe the physicist’s problem comes from their assumption that consciousness emerges from matter. Richard Clarke talks about this from the ancient … Continue reading The Relationship Between Mind and Consciousness
Rev. Matt Alspaugh, PresenterCatherine Luria, Service Associate Many Christians talk about getting back to ‘the religion of Jesus’ (which would really be Judaism) or at least the religion of the early church. We’ll examine what early Christianity might have looked like (warning: it’s more radical than you’d expect!) Why did Christianity change? How might those … Continue reading “Back to the Roots”
