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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, CaliforniaWhen 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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Washington, DC – Full Weekend – stay tuned for details
All Souls DC 1500 Harvard St NW (@ 16th St), Washington, District of Columbia, United StatesEvents surrounding the dedication of JD and Ann's grand-niece, not to a church or faith, but to her own unique life journey.
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Lancaster, PA – Befriending the Thief
UU Church of Lancaster, PA 538 W. Chestnut St., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United StatesDeath 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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Cumberland, MD – TBA
UU Fellowship of Greater Cumberland MD 211 South Lee St., Cumberland, MD, United StatesTBA
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Lancaster, PA – Monkey Business: Jane Goodall & Other Animals
UU Church of Lancaster, PA 538 W. Chestnut St., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United StatesHumans 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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Glacier (Kalispell), MT – Defining Enough
Glacier UU Fellowship, Kalispell, MT 1515 Trumble Creek Road, Kalispell, Montana, United StatesBlurb: 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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Verdugo Hills, CA – Active Love and Anthropocene Angst
UU Church of the Verdugo Hills, CA 4451 Dunsmore Ave, La Crescenta, CaliforniaThat 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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Lancaster, PA – Love in Darkening Times
UU Church of Lancaster, PA 538 W. Chestnut St., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United StatesAs 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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