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  • The Grand Canyon, with text: "Awe, Science, and Meaningful Well-Being"

    Raleigh, NC – Awe, Science, and Meaningful Well-Being

    Brookdale North Raleigh, NC 1200 Carlos Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

    Recent research into the experience of awe reveals that awe makes us feel small but also deeply connected. This in turn makes us better people, with greater life happiness, generosity, and purpose (eudaemonia). JD Stillwater’s engaging multimedia presentation allows participants to experience awe as we explore this uniquely human emotion. With help from some truly […]

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  • Rainbow lettering that says "Wild Goose Festival" with a silhouette of a goose in flight.

    Wild Goose Festival

    Wild Goose Festival at Van Hoy Farms 738 Jericho Rd, Harmony, North Carolina, United States

    Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Live music, big-name presenters (Bill McKibben, Jacqui Lewis, Brian McLaren, Reggie Williams, JD Stillwater😁), conversations, camping, dancing, kids' activities, ... it's great fun! JD Stillwater founded and curates the Science Tent at the festival, a venue for presentations, activities, displays, and conversations about […]

  • Two silhouettes face each other to make a black silhouette of a wine glass between them. The faces are made of an astronomical photo of a dense star field inside a blue-ish nebula.

    Harmony, NC – Sin, Repentance, Grace; an Evolutionary Perspective

    Wild Goose Festival at Van Hoy Farms 738 Jericho Rd, Harmony, North Carolina, United States

    Human Nature: are we inherently, fatally sinful? Or, does the fact that we evolved offer hope for our growth and wellness? (hint: why yes, yes it does!) Science ambassador JD Stillwater brings a (r)evolutionary perspective on the evolved aspects of human nature. Can nature offer anything like salvific grace? What good is repentance amidst nature’s […]

    $59
  • Green, orange, and red flowers with the title "Sex and Evolution, a love affair, a communion" and JD Stillwater's name.

    Harmony, NC – Sex & Evolution: a Love Affair, a Communion

    Wild Goose Festival at Van Hoy Farms 738 Jericho Rd, Harmony, North Carolina, United States

    Sexuality has been around for a billion years. Why? Asexual reproduction (copying oneself) is faster, more efficient, less prone to errors and mutations, and safer. Sexuality offers only one evolutionary advantage, and it’s one that the Wild Goose community embraces whole-heartedly: diversity. With flowers as our sensual tour guides, Science Ambassador JD Stillwater takes us […]

    $59
  • Clouds over bright red autumn leaves on a hillside, almost appearing to be on fire, with green meadow in the foreground.

    Verdugo Hills, CA – Fiddling While Rome Burns – The Role of the Arts in Dangerous Times

    UU Church of the Verdugo Hills, CA 4451 Dunsmore Ave, La Crescenta, California

    When the entire planet is engulfed in flames (climate change, nuclear arms, fascism, extinction, mass migration), isn’t full-time activism the only reasonable activity? Isn’t everything else a kind of indulgence? What if activism just isn’t your thing? What if your talents and passions lie in something like fiddling, or other arts? JD Stillwater shares his […]

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  • One Song, the science of oneness with JD Stillwater. White text on a black background. The O in "one" is an exploding star. the I in Stillwater is a lit candle.

    Hurst, TX – One Song: The Science of Oneness

    Pathways UU Fellowship of Hurst TX 481 West Harwood Road, Hurst, TX, United States

    For millennia mystics and poets have told us that “All is one” and yet we feel ourselves surrounded by separation, antagonism, and isolation! With help from some intrepid dung beetles, science ambassador JD Stillwater takes us on a tour of findings from mainstream science that reveal an underlying wholism in everything from human bodies to […]

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  • A blossoming cherry tree, with gravestones in the background.

    Lancaster, PA – Befriending the Thief 

    UU Church of Lancaster, PA 538 W. Chestnut St., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States

    Death is a thief that steals our loved ones, breaks our hearts, and ravages our lives. One of life’s few guarantees, death will come for each of us in time. What good is it? The natural world offers hints at deeper purposes that might help us befriend Death. Mary Oliver’s poetry often touched on death […]

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  • A closeup of a bouquet of red, orange, and yellow flowers, with the text "Flowers & Romance - An Evolutionary Love Affair"

    Hagerstown, MD – Flowers & Romance – An Evolutionary Love Affair

    UUCHagerstown 13245 Cearfoss Pike, Hagerstown, Maryland

    Flowers, and the animal pollinators who consummate their unions, are a living testament to the diversity and communion of life. The deep cooperation and vulnerability inherent in sexual reproduction provides for the living Earth’s vibrant complexity, offering lessons for all of us, and for our sexuality. Streamed, but the link changes weekly. Contact uuhagerstownmd.org.

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  • A dark-metal sculpture of Jane Goodall holding hands with a chimpanzee, surrounded by brown mulch and green grass.

    Lancaster, PA – Monkey Business: Jane Goodall & Other Animals

    UU Church of Lancaster, PA 538 W. Chestnut St., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States

    Humans are special, right? We have tools, language, self-awareness, morality … or are we? Jane Goodall’s impressive legacy includes rescuing the science of animal behavior from its own religion-based dogma. Knowing we evolved, is it really so surprising that our cousins have qualities we once thought unique to us? Stream Link.

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  • A garage, door open, stuffed to the ceiling with random household stuff, completely unorganized. In the foreground, a carefully manicured lawn and the front end of an SUV.

    Hurst, TX – Defining Enough

    Pathways UU Fellowship of Hurst TX 481 West Harwood Road, Hurst, TX, United States

    Blurb: Failure to define “enough” means never being satisfied. It makes us vulnerable to slick advertising, and fills our lives with tedium and chaos. It deflects our focus from sources of true happiness, like play, family, relationships, community. Ultimately, it also leads to the desecration of Earth’s living systems. Defining “enough” is a spiritual practice. […]

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  • York, PA (music event)- Benefit concert for DreamWrights Center for Community Arts, with Voices in the Hall

    DreamWrights Community Center 100 Carlisle Avenue, York, Pennsylvania

    JD Stillwater joins with John Terlazzo and Voices in the Hall to raise money for Dreamwrights Community Center. JD will play percussion. DreamWrights offers inclusive, interactive opportunities for everyone regardless of age or experience. From camps and classes to full-scale productions of timeless tales and iconic stories, children and adults of all ages and skill levels will […]

    $15
  • A garage, door open, stuffed to the ceiling with random household stuff, completely unorganized. In the foreground, a carefully manicured lawn and the front end of an SUV.

    Glacier (Kalispell), MT – Defining Enough

    Glacier UU Fellowship, Kalispell, MT 1515 Trumble Creek Road, Kalispell, Montana, United States

    Blurb: Failure to define “enough” means never being satisfied. It makes us vulnerable to slick advertising, and fills our lives with tedium and chaos. It deflects our focus from sources of true happiness, like play, family, relationships, community. Ultimately, it also leads to the desecration of Earth’s living systems. Defining “enough” is a spiritual practice. […]

    Free
  • Deep-red sunset over silhouetted buildings and the text "Active Love and Anthropocene Angst"

    Verdugo Hills, CA – Active Love and Anthropocene Angst

    UU Church of the Verdugo Hills, CA 4451 Dunsmore Ave, La Crescenta, California

    That humans are having major impacts on the planet is now quite clear, and some of those impacts may be evident millions of years from now. Are we a cancer on the biosphere, a plague? Would it be better if we had remained blissfully in the stone age? Our angst about such matters may be […]

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  • Two silhouettes face each other to make a black silhouette of a wine glass between them. The faces are made of an astronomical photo of a dense star field inside a blue-ish nebula.

    Hagerstown, MD – Sin, Repentance, and Grace: An Evolutionary Perspective

    UUCHagerstown 13245 Cearfoss Pike, Hagerstown, Maryland

    Human Nature: are we inherently, fatally sinful? Or, does the fact that we evolved offer hope for our growth and wellness? (hint: why yes, yes it does!) Science ambassador JD Stillwater brings a (r)evolutionary perspective on the evolved aspects of human nature. Can nature offer anything like salvific grace? What good is repentance amidst nature’s […]

    Free

  • Lancaster, PA – Love in Darkening Times

    UU Church of Lancaster, PA 538 W. Chestnut St., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States

    As the turning Earth carries us into the deepening darkness of winter, and looming shadows of hate and hurt plunge the world into an anxious twilight, we pause. In such times, we draw closer, offering our mutual support and affection. In darkening times, we renew our commitment to all love’s forms, affirmed in word and […]

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