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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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Hurst, TX – One Song: The Science of Oneness
Pathways UU Fellowship of Hurst TX 481 West Harwood Road, Hurst, TX, 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, 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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Hagerstown, MD – Flowers & Romance – An Evolutionary Love Affair
UUCHagerstown 13245 Cearfoss Pike, Hagerstown, MarylandFlowers, 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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Hurst, TX – Defining Enough
Pathways UU Fellowship of Hurst TX 481 West Harwood Road, Hurst, TX, 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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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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Hagerstown, MD – Sin, Repentance, and Grace: An Evolutionary Perspective
UUCHagerstown 13245 Cearfoss Pike, Hagerstown, MarylandHuman 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 […]
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