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  • Global Kinship webinar

    Virtual Event

    Past guests have included some of my big-name heroes. This is a tremendous honor. I will deliver a modified version of my talk from the Parliament of the World's Religions: Nature's Scripture - The Interfaith Promise of Science. Registration is required: Register here. https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEpcuigpjItE9F-8VZ5hZe6NOMMaYb88K5q#/registration

    Free

  • This is Not My Beautiful House

    UU Fellowship of Pottstown, PA 1565 South Keim Street, Pottstown, Pennsylvania
    Hybrid Event

    One of our culture’s foundational myths is about ownership, security, and permanence. JD offers a bit of science, some personal experiences, and a Talking Heads song as puzzle pieces toward a new, more vulnerable humility.

    Free

  • UUFGC-TBA

    UU Fellowship of Greater Cumberland MD 211 South Lee St., Cumberland, MD, United States
    Hybrid Event

    TBA https://tinyurl.com/UUFGCZoom

    Free
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    Grants Pass – Ancestors: Honoring Them, Becoming Them

    UUs of Grants Pass OR 129 NW E ST., Grants Pass, OR, United States
    Hybrid Event

    Ancestors - everyone has them, and (spoiler alert!) most of them are dead. Euro-American culture isn’t very good at death; we are so scared of death we’ve perverted the one day each year our ancestors set aside for remembering them to instead focus on giving children candy and expressing our fear with giant inflatable spiders. […]

    Free

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    Pathways- This is Not My Beautiful House

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

    One of our culture’s foundational myths is about ownership, security, and permanence. JD offers a bit of science, some personal experiences, and a Talking Heads song as puzzle pieces toward a new, more vulnerable humility.

    Free

  • Fargo – Building a New Way—DIY

    UU Church of Fargo-Morehead ND 121 9th Street S, Fargo, ND, United States
    Hybrid Event

    JD describes lessons learned from his do-it-yourselfer father and grandfathers, and how those lessons might be applied to building a new way for our increasingly precarious global society. What kind of world do we want for our grandchildren, and for their grandchildren? Are we behaving accordingly? Building is not easy or comfortable—are we willing to […]

    Free
  • A Hubble Space Telescope image of a dusty nebula with brights stars throughout, and the text Nature's Scripture, the interfaith promise of science.

    UUFGC – Nature’s Scripture: The Interfaith Promise of Science

    UU Fellowship of Greater Cumberland MD 211 South Lee St., Cumberland, MD, United States
    Hybrid Event

    Underlying the human world of strife and separation is an oft-neglected landscape of commonality between faiths: the natural world. At precisely the time when our religious and political divisions threaten the existence of life on Earth, science offers a sweeping interfaith vista filled with revelations and insights as spiritually meaningful as ancient scriptures. Read as […]

    Free

  • Hagerstown – Love In Darkening Times

    UU Church of Hagerstown MD 13245 Cearfoss Pike, Hagerstown, MD, 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 […]

    Free
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    Theosophical Society Webcast

    Virtual Event

    Sponsored and hosted by the Theosophical Society in America. Underlying the human world of strife and separation is an oft-neglected landscape of commonality between faiths: the natural world. At precisely the time when our religious and political divisions threaten human existence, science offers a sweeping interfaith vista of how creation works and how it all unfolded. […]

    Free

  • UUFGC-Grand Design: Aging, Grandchildren, and Evolution

    UU Fellowship of Greater Cumberland MD 211 South Lee St., Cumberland, MD, United States
    Hybrid Event

    What evolutionary purpose is served by living so long after our reproductive years are done? This service explores the spiritual and social fertility of every life stage in a beloved community, an inclusive fertility especially enhanced in our later years. Not likely to be a grandparent himself, JD Stillwater takes the opportunity to scrutinize the […]

    Free

  • Pottstown-Defining Enough

    UU Fellowship of Pottstown MD 1565 South Keim Street, Pottstown, PA, United States

    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

  • UCH – In the Shadow of the Moon

    Unitarian Church of Harrisburg PA 1280 Clover Lane, Harrisburg, PA, United States
    Hybrid Event

    Since the dawn of humanity, eclipses have evoked strong feelings and symbolism, and an enduring mysticism expressed in legends, theologies, and worldviews. Eclipses remind us that we are minuscule observers of grand and timeless processes far beyond our control. Rich with metaphor and meaning, a total eclipse immerses us in awe. In this service, Astronomer […]

    Free

  • UUFGC-Eclipsed: In the Shadow of the Moon

    UU Fellowship of Greater Cumberland MD 211 South Lee St., Cumberland, MD, United States
    Hybrid Event

    Since the dawn of humanity, eclipses have evoked strong feelings and symbolism, and an enduring mysticism expressed in legends, theologies, and worldviews. Eclipses remind us that we are minuscule observers of grand and timeless processes far beyond our control. Rich with metaphor and meaning, a total eclipse immerses us in awe. In this service, JD […]

    Free

  • York-Eclipsed: In the Shadow of the Moon

    UU Congreg of York PA 925 South George Street, York, PA, United States

    Since the dawn of humanity, eclipses have evoked strong feelings and symbolism, and an enduring mysticism expressed in legends, theologies, and worldviews. Eclipses remind us that we are minuscule observers of grand and timeless processes far beyond our control. Rich with metaphor and meaning, a total eclipse immerses us in awe. In this service, JD […]

    Free
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    Grants Pass- Active Love, an Antidote to Anthropocene Angst

    UUs of Grants Pass OR 129 NW E ST., Grants Pass, OR, United States

    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 […]

    Free

  • Pottstown-Eclipsed: In the Shadow of the Moon

    UU Fellowship of Pottstown MD 1565 South Keim Street, Pottstown, PA, United States

    Since the dawn of humanity, eclipses have evoked strong feelings and symbolism, and an enduring mysticism expressed in legends, theologies, and worldviews. Eclipses remind us that we are minuscule observers of grand and timeless processes far beyond our control. Rich with metaphor and meaning, a total eclipse immerses us in awe. In this service, JD […]

    Free
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    Fargo-Morehead UU – Active Love, An Antidote to Anthropocene Angst

    UU Church of Fargo-Morehead ND 121 9th Street S, Fargo, ND, United States
    Virtual Event

    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 […]

    Free
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    UUFGC-One Song – The Science of Unity

    UU Fellowship of Greater Cumberland MD 211 South Lee St., Cumberland, MD, United States
    Hybrid Event

    For millennia mystics and prophets 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 […]

    Free

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    Fargo-Morehead UU – Fiddling While Rome Burns

    UU Church of Fargo-Morehead ND 121 9th Street S, Fargo, ND, United States
    Virtual Event

    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? JD shares his own wrestlings with this […]

    Free

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    Global Kinship webinar – One Song: The Science of Unity (LP version!)

    Virtual Event

    Very cool to be asked back for a second talk with Global Kinship's community! Note: You have to register; the link isn't for the webinar, but for registering. They send the link after you register. Description: For millennia mystics and prophets have told us that “All is one” and yet we feel ourselves surrounded by […]

    Free

  • UUFGC-Combustion Addiction: 12 Steps to Climate Recovery

    UU Fellowship of Greater Cumberland MD 211 South Lee St., Cumberland, MD, United States
    Hybrid Event

    Our dependence on fossil fuels looks an awful lot like addiction. Could the 12 steps of AA offer any helpful guidance as we seek a way out? If climate change is a moral/spiritual crisis, maybe a 12-step-style “spiritual awakening” can help.

    Free

  • Pottstown – Grand Design: Aging, Alloparenting, and Evolution

    UU Fellowship of Pottstown MD 1565 South Keim Street, Pottstown, PA, United States

    What evolutionary purpose is served by living so long after our reproductive years are done? This service explores the spiritual and social fertility of every life stage in a beloved community, an inclusive fertility especially enhanced in our later years. Not likely to be a grandparent himself, JD Stillwater takes the opportunity to scrutinize the […]

    Free
  • Green grass, fiery red autumn trees, and puffy white clouds. No text.

    Pathways – Fiddling While Rome Burns

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

    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? JD shares his own wrestlings with this […]

    Free

  • UUCH – Grand Design: Aging, Alloparenting, and Evolution

    UU Church of Hagerstown MD 13245 Cearfoss Pike, Hagerstown, MD, United States
    Hybrid Event

    What evolutionary purpose is served by living so long after our reproductive years are done? This service explores the spiritual and social fertility of every life stage in a beloved community, an inclusive fertility especially enhanced in our later years. Not likely to be a grandparent himself, JD Stillwater takes the opportunity to scrutinize the […]

    Free
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    UUFGC- Awetheism Part 1: Science, Awe, and Pro-Sociality

    UU Fellowship of Greater Cumberland MD 211 South Lee St., Cumberland, MD, United States
    Hybrid Event

    New research into the experience of awe reveals that awe makes us feel small but deeply connected, and how this in turn makes us more generous people. With help from some well-timed lightning strikes (and no help from Siri or Alexa), we’ll explore what’s known about awe’s effects on us, and how it can benefit […]

    Free
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    UCWC – One Song: the Science of Unity

    Unitarian Congr. of West Chester 501 S High St, West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States

    For millennia mystics and prophets 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 […]

    Free

  • Fargo-Morehead UU – One Song–the Science of Unity

    UU Church of Fargo-Morehead ND 121 9th Street S, Fargo, ND, United States
    Virtual Event

    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 […]

    Free

  • Kosmic Vespers – Soul of the Whole

    Virtual Event

    An offshoot of Creation Spirituality Communities and Global Kinship. Flyer is here: https://www.jdstillwater.earth/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Kosmic-Vespers-Flyer.webp This will be a brief (15-min) "teaching" about science and oneness, embedded in a meditative gathering of folks from all over. Registration is required to get the link. Email mingeicenter@gmail.com to register.

    Free
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    Grants Pass- Awetheism Part 1: The Power and Promise of Awe

    UUs of Grants Pass OR 129 NW E ST., Grants Pass, OR, United States

    New research into the experience of awe reveals that awe makes us feel small but deeply connected, and how this in turn makes us better people. With help from some well-timed lightning strikes (and no help from Siri or Alexa), we’ll explore what’s known about awe’s effects on us, and how it can benefit humanity. […]

    Free

  • Pottstown, PA – Complementarity and the End of Dogma

    UU Fellowship of Pottstown MD 1565 South Keim Street, Pottstown, PA, United States

    Do you despise the question “What do you believe?” JD Stillwater gets real about his own personal beliefs, and discovers a scientific approach towards a New Agnosticism, one that fully embraces the mysteries and ambiguities inherent in natural reality. Along the way we meet a cryptic cat, a famous psychic, a woman with a problem, […]

    Free

  • The Grand Canyon

    Fargo-Morehead UU – Awetheism Part 1: The Promise and Power of Awe

    UU Church of Fargo-Morehead ND 121 9th Street S, Fargo, ND, United States
    Virtual Event

    New research into the experience of awe reveals that awe makes us feel small but deeply connected, and how this in turn makes us better people. With help from some well-timed lightning strikes (and no help from Siri or Alexa), we’ll explore what’s known about awe’s effects on us, and how it can benefit humanity. […]

    Free
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    UUFGC- Awetheism Part 2: Awe, Science, and Meaningful Well-Being

    UU Fellowship of Greater Cumberland MD 211 South Lee St., Cumberland, MD, United States
    Virtual Event

    New research into the experience of awe reveals that feeling awe makes us better, happier, more generous people. In this service, we’ll explore what’s known about awe, humility, and the wonderful word “eudaimonia.” We’ll also learn how science can help us get to them all, plugging us into a grander vision of our larger selves […]

    Free
  • A Hubble Space Telescope image of a dusty nebula with brights stars throughout, and the text Nature's Scripture, the interfaith promise of science.

    Nature’s Scripture: The Interfaith Promise of Science

    An adaptation of JD's talk from the Parliament of the World's Religions, for the Abilene Interfaith Council of Abilene Texas. Talk description:Underlying the human world of strife and separation is an oft-neglected landscape of commonality between faiths: the natural world. At precisely the time when our religious and political divisions threaten the existence of life […]

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    UCH – Nature’s Scripture: The Interfaith Promise of Science

    Unitarian Church of Harrisburg PA 1280 Clover Lane, Harrisburg, PA, United States
    Hybrid Event

    Underlying the human world of strife and separation is an oft-neglected landscape of commonality between faiths: the natural world. At precisely the time when our religious and political divisions threaten the existence of life on Earth, science offers a sweeping interfaith vista filled with revelations and insights as spiritually meaningful as ancient scriptures. Read as […]

    Free

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    Merging Hearts: This Is Not My Beautiful House

    Yoga Central 4626 Cleveland Ave NW, Canton, Ohio, United States

    A service in honor of Indigenous Peoples Day weekend. One of our culture’s foundational myths is about ownership, security, and permanence. In the natural world and indigenous cultures, these are aberrations! JD offers a bit of science, some personal experiences, and a Talking Heads song as puzzle pieces toward a new, more vulnerable humility grounded […]

    $20

  • Rev. Dr. Sheri Pallas – Fireside Creators conversation

    Dr. Sheri Pallas is the author of We Have Ruined God–My Journey Out of Religion and Into Unconditional Love. She asked me to review the science chapter of the manuscript, which led to an invitation to discuss further on her weekly Fireside Creators show. Should be very interesting. To watch live (or the recording) this […]

  • UUFGC- AweTheism: The Uses of Awe in Teaching and War

    UU Fellowship of Greater Cumberland MD 211 South Lee St., Cumberland, MD, United States
    Virtual Event

    In this explosive service, JD explores how awe can be manipulated for better and worse, in recreation, politics, education, and war. We will probe the boundary between awe and horror, and consider things that snap, crackle, pop, and echo through culverts, saxophones, and history. 

    Free

  • A lush and elegant waterfall, surrounded by dark green foliage.

    Fargo-Morehead UU – Awe 2 (or election-related)

    UU Church of Fargo-Morehead ND 121 9th Street S, Fargo, ND, United States
    Virtual Event

    In this sequel to Part 1, waterfalls cascade us deeper into the science of awe, including: the wonderful word “eudaemonia”; the gifts of people who are pre-disposed to experience awe; and the relations between awe, wonder, spirituality, and ambiguity. Note: the title and topic may change if election chaos erupts. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83556015876

    Free
  • A green island viewed from above, surrounded by a blue sea of mystery.

    UUFGC- Mystery: Koans of Science

    UU Fellowship of Greater Cumberland MD 211 South Lee St., Cumberland, MD, United States
    Virtual Event

    Today's culture war pushes us to perceive spirituality and science as enemies, and holds up a false dichotomy between reason and mystery. The universe as science reveals it speaks only of inherent unity, and holds up Mystery as both muse and ground of reason. 

    Free
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    Pottstown, PA – Awetheism 1: The Power and Promise of Awe

    UUFPottstown 1565 South Keim Street, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, United States

    New research into the experience of awe reveals that awe makes us feel small but deeply connected, and how this in turn makes us better people. With help from some well-timed lightning strikes (and no help from Siri or Alexa), we’ll explore what’s known about awe’s effects on us, and how it can benefit humanity. […]

    Free

  • A flower made of a tie-dye peace sign grows out of a pile of cow manure

    UUFGC- Peace, Love, Understanding, and Manure

    UU Fellowship of Greater Cumberland MD 211 South Lee St., Cumberland, MD, United States
    Virtual Event

    Social polarization is a natural, predictable phenomenon. So is manure. JD Stillwater recounts a profound event of peace-making and innovation that happened one afternoon long ago, involving a microphone set up in a warehouse full of manure. The technology required for understanding and group intelligence is simple and ancient. Manure is optional.  (JD will be […]

    Free

  • UCH – Love in Darkening Times

    Unitarian Church of Harrisburg PA 1280 Clover Lane, Harrisburg, PA, United States
    Hybrid Event

    Tentative: 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 […]

    Free
  • A lush and elegant waterfall, surrounded by dark green foliage.

    Pottstown, PA – Awetheism 2: Awe, Science, and Meaningful Well-Being 

    UUFPottstown 1565 South Keim Street, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, United States

    In this sequel to Part 1, waterfalls cascade us deeper into the science of awe, including: the wonderful word “eudaemonia”; the gifts of people who are pre-disposed to experience awe; and the relations between awe, wonder, spirituality, and ambiguity.  Stream Link

    Free

  • UCHarrisburg – Evensong Service

    Unitarian Church of Harrisburg PA 1280 Clover Lane, Harrisburg, PA, United States
    Hybrid Event

    JD will play percussion for this one - no speaking parts planned. This is always a music-filled service, perfectly-designed by Music Minister Yvonne DuVal to sooth and deepen our spirits at this dark time of year.

    Free
  • Daisies grow out of a crack in a sidewalk.

    Charleston, SC – Defiant Love: Interrogating Our Inheritance

    UCCharleston, SC 4 ARCHDALE STREET, Charleston, South Carolina, United States

    What are we, crazy?! Some aspects of our inherited cultural system are clearly harmful to our planet, our descendants, and our own humanity. How did this happen? The study of trauma and the science of epigenetics offer clues. In the context of our damaged and dysfunctional culture, acting with honor for our ancestors, respect for […]

    Free

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    UU St. Petersburg, FL – One Song: The Science of Oneness

    UU St. Petersburg 100 Mirror Lake Drive North, Saint Petersburg, Florida, 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 […]

    Free
  • Daisies grow out of a crack in a sidewalk.

    Nashville, TN – Defiant Love: Interrogating Our Heritage

    First UU Nashville 1808 Woodmont Blvd, Nashville, Tennessee, United States

    What are we, crazy?! Some aspects of our inherited cultural system are clearly harmful to our planet, our descendants, and our own humanity. How did this happen? The study of trauma and the science of epigenetics offer clues. In the context of our damaged and dysfunctional culture, acting with honor for our ancestors, respect for […]

    Free
  • Daisies grow out of a crack in a sidewalk.

    St. Louis, MO – Defiant Love: Interrogating Our Inheritance

    Eliot Chapel, Kirkwood, MO 100 South Taylor Ave., Kirkwood, Missouri, United States

    What are we, crazy?! Some aspects of our inherited cultural system are clearly harmful to our planet, our descendants, and our own humanity. How did this happen? The study of trauma and the science of epigenetics offer clues. In the context of our damaged and dysfunctional culture, acting with honor for our ancestors, respect for […]

    Free
  • Daisies grow out of a crack in a sidewalk.

    St. Louis, MO – Defiant Love: Interrogating Our Inheritance

    Eliot Chapel, Kirkwood, MO 100 South Taylor Ave., Kirkwood, Missouri, United States

    What are we, crazy?! Some aspects of our inherited cultural system are clearly harmful to our planet, our descendants, and our own humanity. How did this happen? The study of trauma and the science of epigenetics offer clues. In the context of our damaged and dysfunctional culture, acting with honor for our ancestors, respect for […]

    Free

  • A Hubble Space Telescope image of a dusty nebula with brights stars throughout, and the text Nature's Scripture, the interfaith promise of science.

    UUCLancaster, PA – Nature’s Scripture: The Interfaith Promise of Science

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

    Underlying the human world of strife and separation is an oft-neglected landscape of commonality between faiths: the natural world. At precisely the time when our religious and political divisions threaten the existence of life on Earth, science offers a sweeping interfaith vista filled with revelations and insights as spiritually meaningful as ancient scriptures. Read as […]

    Free

  • Pottstown, PA – Awetheism Part 3: Explosive! Awe as a Tool 

    UUFPottstown 1565 South Keim Street, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, United States

    In this explosive service, JD explores how awe can be manipulated for better and worse, in recreation, politics, education, and war. We will probe the boundary between awe and horror, and consider things that snap, crackle, pop, and echo through culverts, saxophones, and history.  Stream Link

    Free

  • Verdugo Hills, CA – Magic Recipes

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

    Eggs and seeds are quintessential symbols of birth and spring, but did you ever really contemplate the magic that hides inside them? The new science of emergence is like 1+1 = poetry; it’s magic, but also rigorous science, and spring is full of this magical unfolding. The secret is (shhh…) we are that magic, too! […]

    Free

  • Cumberland, MD – Earthquakes Everywhere

    UU Fellowship of Greater Cumberland MD 211 South Lee St., Cumberland, MD, United States

    Earthquakes - the ground literally moving under our feet, or out from under us, shaking our world and crumbling edifices we thought strong and permanent. Earthquakes are an apt metaphor for … lots of things lately. In the right context, even a major earthquake can be harmless fun. Really! Science Ambassador JD Stillwater shares some seismic science […]

    Free

  • Glacier (Kalispell), MT – Defiant Love

    What are we, crazy?! Some aspects of our inherited cultural system are clearly harmful to our planet, our descendants, and our own humanity. How did this happen? The study of trauma and the science of epigenetics offer clues. In the context of our damaged and dysfunctional culture, acting with honor for our ancestors, respect for […]

    Free

  • Verdugo Hills, CA – Defiant Love

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

    What are we, crazy?! Some aspects of our inherited cultural system are clearly harmful to our planet, our descendants, and our own humanity. How did this happen? The study of trauma and the science of epigenetics offer clues. In the context of our damaged and dysfunctional culture, acting with honor for our ancestors, respect for […]

    Free

  • Hagerstown, MD – Nature’s Scripture

    UU Church of Hagerstown MD 13245 Cearfoss Pike, Hagerstown, MD, United States

    Underlying the human world of strife and separation is an oft-neglected landscape of commonality between faiths: the natural world. At precisely the time when our religious and political divisions threaten the existence of life on Earth, science offers a sweeping interfaith vista filled with revelations and insights as spiritually meaningful as ancient scriptures. Read as […]

    Free

  • Pottstown, PA – Peace, Love, Understanding, and Manure 

    UUFPottstown 1565 South Keim Street, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, United States

    Social polarization is a natural, predictable phenomenon. So is manure. JD Stillwater recounts a profound event of peace-making and innovation that happened one afternoon long ago in a warehouse full of manure. The technology required for understanding and group intelligence is simple and ancient. Manure is optional.  Stream Link

    Free

  • Cumberland, MD – Epi-what? Epistemology, Misinformation, and the Current Crisis

    UU Fellowship of Greater Cumberland MD 211 South Lee St., Cumberland, MD, United States

    How do we know what is true? Epistemology asks and answers that question. Deep into the Information Age, we drink from a firehose of information, much of it false. A shared epistemology, one based on evidence, would help. America needs epistemology, whether we use that word or not. 

    Free

  • Bemidji, MN – Magic Recipes

    Headwaters UU Fellowship, Bemidji, MN 1826 Mikrantip Rd SW, Bemidji, Minnesota

    Eggs and seeds are quintessential symbols of birth and spring, but did you ever really contemplate the magic that hides inside them? The new science of emergence is like 1+1 = poetry; it’s magic, but also rigorous science, and spring is full of this magical unfolding. The secret is (shhh…) we are that magic, too! […]

    Free
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    Gettysburg, PA – Resurrection: Easter, Nature, and Afterlife

    UU Gettysburg 136 South Stratton St, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States

    Spring is a time of rebirth and renewal. Easter, whose name comes from the pagan celebration of Ostara, celebrates Spring within the Christian theology of resurrection and the defeat of death. Science offers a springtime way of thinking about death and resurrection, one infused with hope, renewal, legacy, even rebirth. In-person and streamed here.

    Free
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    Hood, OR – Active Love & Anthropocene Angst

    Headwaters UU Fellowship is meeting virtually this Sunday, and playing a recording of this talk. You can tune in. 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 […]

    Free

  • American flag in background, on a black background. Text in front says Interrogating my euro-american heritage in big letters. In smaller letter at bottom, text says JD and Ann Stillwater

    Interrogating My Euro-American Heritage

    This is a webinar created for the UUA General Assembly in Baltimore, MD, co-produced and led with Ann Stillwater. I'm awaiting word about whether it's limited to conference attendees. Description: Where did white supremacy culture come from? The study of trauma and the science of epigenetics offer clues. Science Ambassador JD Stillwater shares his anti-racism […]

  • Awe, A Superhighway to the Spiritual Core

    JD will present virtually. IRAS members can attend the conference, or any session, remotely. Membership is a very reasonable $40 ($25 for limited income). Description/Abstract: Recent research on the human emotion of awe reveals that it is a wide superhighway from the outside world directly into our spiritual core. Researchers studying awe find themselves forced […]

  • Harrisburg – Bædlings, Two-Spirits, and the Science of Sex

    Unitarian Church of Harrisburg PA 1280 Clover Lane, Harrisburg, PA, United States

    The biology and physiology of sex and gender have come a long way from what you learned in high school. JD Stillwater reviews some surprising truths about how you got to be the sex you are, why you probably don’t know what sex chromosomes you have, and how a spirituality based in truth and integrity […]

    Free
  • 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.

    Verdugo Hills, CA – One Song: The Science of Oneness

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

    Modern science calls into question our perceived separations, revealing deep connection and inherent unity at every level of nature. JD Stillwater explores the many ways science affirms and contextualizes the oneness of reality. Stream on Zoom. Note: 10:30 Pacific Time! 1:30 Eastern. Stream: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86366232290?pwd=b1dYU3dkTEloRzc3NU5xYkZRcGhnQT09#success

    Free
  • A lush and elegant waterfall, surrounded by dark green foliage.

    Fargo ND – Awetheism Pt 2: Awe, Science, and Meaningful Well-Being

    UU Church of Fargo-Morehead ND 121 9th Street S, Fargo, ND, United States

    In this sequel to Part 1, waterfalls cascade us deeper into the science of awe, including: the wonderful word “eudaemonia”; the gifts of people who are pre-disposed to experience awe; and the relations between awe, wonder, spirituality, and ambiguity. Stream: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89205628451Note: Starts at 12 PM Eastern Time.

    Free

  • A calico cat in a box.

    Kosmic Vespers – Genetics of Sex

    Virtual Event

    An offshoot of Creation Spirituality Communities and Global Kinship. This is their monthly meeting. This will be a brief (15-min) "teaching" about the genetics of biological sex (spoiler: it's not a binary), embedded in a meditative gathering of folks from all over. Registration is required to get the link. Email mingeicenter@gmail.com to register.

    Free

  • Pottstown, PA – Bædlings, Two-Spirits, and the Science of Sex 

    UUFPottstown 1565 South Keim Street, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, United States

    The biology and physiology of sex and gender have come a long way from what you learned in high school. JD Stillwater reviews some surprising truths about how you got to be the sex you are, why you probably don’t know what sex chromosomes you have, and how a spirituality based in truth and integrity […]

    Free
  • 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.

    Global – One Song: The Science of Oneness

    North American Unitarian Association

    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 flower made of a tie-dye peace sign grows out of a pile of cow manure

    Lancaster, PA – Peace, Love, Understanding, and Manure

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

    Description: Social polarization is a natural, predictable phenomenon. So is manure. JD Stillwater recounts a profound event of peace-making and innovation that happened one afternoon long ago in a warehouse full of manure. The technology required for understanding and group intelligence is simple and ancient. Manure is optional.  Stream.

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  • Dahlonega, GA – Awetheism Pt. 3: It’s Explosive! Awe as a Tool

    Georgia Mountains UUC (GMUUC) 3155 Morrison Moore Pkwy E, Dahlonega, Georgia, United States

    In this explosive service, JD explores how awe can be manipulated for better and worse, in recreation, politics, education, and war. We will probe the boundary between awe and horror, and consider things that snap, crackle, pop, and echo through culverts, saxophones, and history.  Stream: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86455671980?pwd=cXBnM2pDVU9TZkoxVnlYZEVYYi92Zz09#success

    Free

  • Lancaster, PA – Ancestors: Honoring Them; Becoming Them

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

    Ancestors - everyone has them, and (spoiler alert!) most of them are dead. Euro-American culture isn’t very good at death; we are so scared of death we’ve perverted the one day each year our ancestors set aside for remembering them to instead focus on giving children candy and expressing our fear with giant inflatable spiders. […]

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  • Pottstown, PA – Ancestors: Honoring Them; Becoming Them 

    UUFPottstown 1565 South Keim Street, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, United States

    Ancestors - everyone has them, and (spoiler alert!) most of them are dead. Euro-American culture isn’t very good at death; we are so scared of death we’ve perverted the one day each year our ancestors set aside for remembering them to instead focus on giving children candy and expressing our fear with giant inflatable spiders. […]

    Free
  • Daisies grow out of a crack in a sidewalk.

    Lancaster, PA – Defiant Love: Interrogating Our American Heritage

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

    Some aspects of our inherited cultural system are clearly harmful to our planet, our descendants, and our own humanity. How did this happen? The study of trauma and the science of epigenetics offer clues. In the context of our damaged and dysfunctional culture, acting with honor for our ancestors, respect for ourselves, and love for […]

    Free
  • 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.

    Kalispell, MT – One Song: the Science of Oneness

    Glacier UU Fellowship, Kalispell, MT 1515 Trumble Creek Road, Kalispell, Montana, 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 […]

    Free
  • Lightning Bolt over a cityscape

    Hagerstown, MD – Awetheism Part 1: The Power and Promise of Awe

    UU Church of Hagerstown MD 13245 Cearfoss Pike, Hagerstown, MD, United States

    New research into the experience of awe reveals that awe makes us feel small but deeply connected, and how this in turn makes us better people. With help from some well-timed lightning strikes (and no help from Siri or Alexa), we’ll explore what’s known about awe’s effects on us, and how it can benefit humanity. […]

    Free

  • Fargo ND – Awetheism Pt. 3: It’s Explosive! – Awe as a Tool

    UU Church of Fargo-Morehead ND 121 9th Street S, Fargo, ND, United States

    In this explosive service, JD explores how awe can be manipulated for better and worse, in recreation, politics, education, and war. We will probe the boundary between awe and horror, and consider things that snap, crackle, pop, and echo through culverts, saxophones, and history. Note: Starts at 12 PM Eastern Time.

    Free

  • Verdugo Hills, CA – TBA

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

    Description will follow once a topic is chosen. Stream on Zoom. Note: 10:30 Pacific Time! 1:30 Eastern. Stream: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86366232290?pwd=b1dYU3dkTEloRzc3NU5xYkZRcGhnQT09#success

    Free

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