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UUFGC-Combustion Addiction: 12 Steps to Climate Recovery
UU Fellowship of Greater Cumberland MD 211 South Lee St., Cumberland, MD, United StatesHybrid EventOur 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 […]
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Pottstown – Grand Design: Aging, Alloparenting, and Evolution
UU Fellowship of Pottstown MD 1565 South Keim Street, Pottstown, PA, United StatesWhat 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 […]
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Pathways – Fiddling While Rome Burns
Pathways UU Fellowship of Hurst TX 481 West Harwood Road, Hurst, TX, United StatesVirtual EventWhen 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? […]
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UUCH – Grand Design: Aging, Alloparenting, and Evolution
UU Church of Hagerstown MD 13245 Cearfoss Pike, Hagerstown, MD, United StatesHybrid EventWhat 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 […]
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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 StatesHybrid EventNew 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 […]
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UCWC – One Song: the Science of Unity
Unitarian Congr. of West Chester 501 S High St, West Chester, Pennsylvania, United StatesFor 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, […]
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Gettysburg, PA – Defiant Love
UU Gettysburg 136 South Stratton St, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United StatesDefiant Love.
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Lancaster, PA – One Song: The Science of Unity
UU Church of Lancaster, PA 538 W. Chestnut St., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United StatesFor millennia mystics and poets have told us that “All is one” and yet we often feel ourselves surrounded by separation, antagonism, and isolation! With help from some intrepid dung beetles, […]
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Fargo-Morehead UU – One Song–the Science of Unity
UU Church of Fargo-Morehead ND 121 9th Street S, Fargo, ND, United StatesVirtual EventFor 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, […]
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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 StatesNew 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 […]
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Pottstown, PA – Complementarity and the End of Dogma
UU Fellowship of Pottstown MD 1565 South Keim Street, Pottstown, PA, United StatesDo 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 […]
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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 StatesVirtual EventNew 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 […]
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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 StatesVirtual EventNew 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 […]
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UCH – Nature’s Scripture: The Interfaith Promise of Science
Unitarian Church of Harrisburg PA 1280 Clover Lane, Harrisburg, PA, United StatesHybrid EventUnderlying 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 […]
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Merging Hearts: This Is Not My Beautiful House
Yoga Central 4626 Cleveland Ave NW, Canton, Ohio, United StatesA 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 […]
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UUFGC- AweTheism: The Uses of Awe in Teaching and War
UU Fellowship of Greater Cumberland MD 211 South Lee St., Cumberland, MD, United StatesVirtual EventIn 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, […]
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Fargo-Morehead UU – Awe 2 (or election-related)
UU Church of Fargo-Morehead ND 121 9th Street S, Fargo, ND, United StatesVirtual EventIn 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; […]
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UUFGC- Mystery: Koans of Science
UU Fellowship of Greater Cumberland MD 211 South Lee St., Cumberland, MD, United StatesVirtual EventToday'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 […]
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Pottstown, PA – Awetheism 1: The Power and Promise of Awe
UUFPottstown 1565 South Keim Street, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, United StatesNew 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 […]
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UUFGC- Peace, Love, Understanding, and Manure
UU Fellowship of Greater Cumberland MD 211 South Lee St., Cumberland, MD, United StatesVirtual EventSocial 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 […]
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UCH – Love in Darkening Times
Unitarian Church of Harrisburg PA 1280 Clover Lane, Harrisburg, PA, United StatesHybrid EventTentative: 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 […]
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Pottstown, PA – Awetheism 2: Awe, Science, and Meaningful Well-Being
UUFPottstown 1565 South Keim Street, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, United StatesIn 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; […]
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UCHarrisburg – Evensong Service
Unitarian Church of Harrisburg PA 1280 Clover Lane, Harrisburg, PA, United StatesHybrid EventJD 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 […]
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Charleston, SC – Defiant Love: Interrogating Our Inheritance
UCCharleston, SC 4 ARCHDALE STREET, Charleston, South Carolina, United StatesWhat 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 […]
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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 StatesFor 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, […]
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Nashville, TN – Defiant Love: Interrogating Our Heritage
First UU Nashville 1808 Woodmont Blvd, Nashville, Tennessee, United StatesWhat 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 […]
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Grants Pass, OR – Awetheism Part 2: Awe, Science, and Meaningful Well-being
UUs of Grants Pass OR 129 NW E ST., Grants Pass, OR, United StatesIn 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; […]
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St. Louis, MO – Defiant Love: Interrogating Our Inheritance
Eliot Chapel, Kirkwood, MO 100 South Taylor Ave., Kirkwood, Missouri, United StatesWhat 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 […]
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St. Louis, MO – Defiant Love: Interrogating Our Inheritance
Eliot Chapel, Kirkwood, MO 100 South Taylor Ave., Kirkwood, Missouri, United StatesWhat 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 […]
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Minnetonka, MN – Defiant Love: Interrogating Our Inheritance
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 […]
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UCHarrisburg – Annual Poetry Service
Unitarian Church of Harrisburg PA 1280 Clover Lane, Harrisburg, PA, United StatesHybrid EventSince it immediately follows an intensive speaking tour, JD is not helping design and lead this service. This year, he will just perform a poem.
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UUCLancaster, PA – Nature’s Scripture: The Interfaith Promise of Science
UU Church of Lancaster, PA 538 W. Chestnut St., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United StatesUnderlying 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 […]
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Pottstown, PA – Awetheism Part 3: Explosive! Awe as a Tool
UUFPottstown 1565 South Keim Street, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, United StatesIn 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, […]
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Verdugo Hills, CA – Magic Recipes
UU Church of the Verdugo Hills, CA 4451 Dunsmore Ave, La Crescenta, CaliforniaEggs 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 […]
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Cumberland, MD – Earthquakes Everywhere
UU Fellowship of Greater Cumberland MD 211 South Lee St., Cumberland, MD, United StatesEarthquakes - 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 … […]
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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 […]
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Verdugo Hills, CA – Defiant Love
UU Church of the Verdugo Hills, CA 4451 Dunsmore Ave, La Crescenta, CaliforniaWhat 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 […]
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Hagerstown, MD – Nature’s Scripture
UU Church of Hagerstown MD 13245 Cearfoss Pike, Hagerstown, MD, United StatesUnderlying 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 […]
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Pottstown, PA – Peace, Love, Understanding, and Manure
UUFPottstown 1565 South Keim Street, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, United StatesSocial 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 […]
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Cumberland, MD – Epi-what? Epistemology, Misinformation, and the Current Crisis
UU Fellowship of Greater Cumberland MD 211 South Lee St., Cumberland, MD, United StatesHow 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 […]
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Bemidji, MN – Magic Recipes
Headwaters UU Fellowship, Bemidji, MN 1826 Mikrantip Rd SW, Bemidji, MinnesotaEggs 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 […]
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Gettysburg, PA – Resurrection: Easter, Nature, and Afterlife
UU Gettysburg 136 South Stratton St, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United StatesSpring 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 […]
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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 […]
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Pottstown, PA – TBA
UUFPottstown 1565 South Keim Street, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, United StatesTBA Stream Link
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Cumberland, MD – TBA
UU Fellowship of Greater Cumberland MD 211 South Lee St., Cumberland, MD, United StatesFree -
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Shaker Heights, OH – Beautiful House
This is Not My Beautiful House! 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 […]
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Shaker Heights, OH – One Song in Concert
UU Church of Cleveland 21600 Shaker Blvd., Shaker Heights, Ohio, United StatesOne Song - The Science of Oneness With help from some intrepid dung beetles, science ambassador JD Stillwater takes us on a tour of discoveries from mainstream science that reveal […]
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Cumberland, MD – Flower Communion
UU Fellowship of Greater Cumberland MD 211 South Lee St., Cumberland, MD, United StatesTBA
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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: […]
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Harrisburg – Bædlings, Two-Spirits, and the Science of Sex
Unitarian Church of Harrisburg PA 1280 Clover Lane, Harrisburg, PA, United StatesThe 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 […]
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Verdugo Hills, CA – One Song: The Science of Oneness
UU Church of the Verdugo Hills, CA 4451 Dunsmore Ave, La Crescenta, CaliforniaModern 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 […]
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Fargo ND – Awetheism Pt 2: Awe, Science, and Meaningful Well-Being
UU Church of Fargo-Morehead ND 121 9th Street S, Fargo, ND, United StatesIn 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; […]
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Pottstown, PA – Bædlings, Two-Spirits, and the Science of Sex
UUFPottstown 1565 South Keim Street, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, United StatesThe 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 […]
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Global – One Song: The Science of Oneness
North American Unitarian AssociationFor 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, […]
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Lancaster, PA – Peace, Love, Understanding, and Manure
UU Church of Lancaster, PA 538 W. Chestnut St., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United StatesDescription: 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 […]
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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 StatesIn 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, […]
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Lancaster, PA – Ancestors: Honoring Them; Becoming Them
UU Church of Lancaster, PA 538 W. Chestnut St., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United StatesAncestors - 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 […]
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Pottstown, PA – Ancestors: Honoring Them; Becoming Them
UUFPottstown 1565 South Keim Street, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, United StatesAncestors - 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 […]
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Lancaster, PA – Defiant Love: Interrogating Our American Heritage
UU Church of Lancaster, PA 538 W. Chestnut St., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United StatesSome 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 […]
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Victorville, CA – One Song: the Science of Oneness
UU Society of the High Desert, Victorville 14075 Hesperia Rd, Suite #201, Victorville, California, United StatesFor 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, […]
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Kalispell, MT – One Song: the Science of Oneness
Glacier UU Fellowship, Kalispell, MT 1515 Trumble Creek Road, Kalispell, Montana, United StatesFor 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, […]
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Hagerstown, MD – Awetheism Part 1: The Power and Promise of Awe
UU Church of Hagerstown MD 13245 Cearfoss Pike, Hagerstown, MD, United StatesNew 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 […]
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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 StatesIn 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, […]
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Verdugo Hills, CA – TBA
UU Church of the Verdugo Hills, CA 4451 Dunsmore Ave, La Crescenta, CaliforniaDescription 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
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Lancaster, PA – Seasons of Love: Calendars, Candles, and Copernicus
UU Church of Lancaster, PA 538 W. Chestnut St., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United StatesWe earthlings are caught up in an intimate and ancient dance with the sun, a dance that shaped our cultures, our religions, and our selves. Science Ambassador JD Stillwater explores […]
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Hagerstown, MD – Awetheism Part 2: Awe, Science, and Meaningful Well-Being
UU Church of Hagerstown MD 13245 Cearfoss Pike, Hagerstown, MD, United StatesIn 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; […]
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Cumberland, MD – Seasons: Calendars, Candles, and Communities
UU Fellowship of Greater Cumberland MD 211 South Lee St., Cumberland, MD, United StatesWe earthlings are caught up in an intimate and ancient dance with the sun, a dance that shaped our cultures, our religions, and our selves. Science Ambassador JD Stillwater explores […]
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Lancaster, PA – Awetheism Part 1: The Power and Promise of Awe
UU Church of Lancaster, PA 538 W. Chestnut St., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United StatesNew 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 […]
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UU St. Petersburg, FL – Nature’s Scripture: The Interfaith Promise of Science
UU St. Petersburg 100 Mirror Lake Drive North, Saint Petersburg, Florida, United StatesUnderlying 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 […]
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Hurst, TX – Baedlings, Two-Spirits, & the Science of Sex
Pathways UU Fellowship of Hurst TX 481 West Harwood Road, Hurst, TX, United StatesThe 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 […]
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Escondido, CA – Active Love & Anthropocene Angst
Chalice UU Congregation of Escondido 2324 Miller Avenue, Escondido, California, United StatesThat 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 […]
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Sacramento – Defiant Love: Interrogating Our American Heritage
UUSS – UU Society of Sacramento 2425 Sierra Boulevard, Sacramento, California, United StatesSome 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 […]
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Sacramento – Baedlings, Two-Spirits, and the Science of Sex
UUSS – UU Society of Sacramento 2425 Sierra Boulevard, Sacramento, California, United StatesJD is the featured presenter of UUSS's Adult Forum. The biology and physiology of sex and gender have come a long way from what you learned in high school. JD […]
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San Mateo – Defiant Love: Interrogating Our American Heritage
UU San Mateo 300 East Santa Inez Ave, San Mateo, CaliforniaSome 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 […]
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Flagstaff, AZ – One Song: The Science of Oneness
Beacon UUC Flagstaff 510 North Leroux St., Flagstaff, Arizona, United StatesFor 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, […]
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Flagstaff, AZ – One Song: The Science of Oneness
Beacon UUC Flagstaff 510 North Leroux St., Flagstaff, Arizona, United StatesFor 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, […]
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Lancaster, PA – Awetheism Part 2: Awe, Science, and Meaningful Well-Being
UU Church of Lancaster, PA 538 W. Chestnut St., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United StatesIn 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; […]
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