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Chagrin Falls, OH – One Song
Judson Smart Living - South Franklin Circle 16600 Warren Court, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, United StatesOne Song - Science and Oneness. Description here: https://www.jdstillwater.earth/talks-workshops/
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Akron, OH – One Song – Private Event
Not A Public Event Akron, Ohio, United StatesOne Song - Science and Oneness. Description here: https://www.jdstillwater.earth/talks-workshops/
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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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Sinai & Synapses Fellowship
This is not a public event. JD will collaborate with other leaders in the science-and-religion dialogue in New York City. Stay tuned for what comes of that collaboration! More on […]
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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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One Song-The Science of Oneness at Traditions of Hershey
Traditions of Hershey 100 North Larkspur DR, Palmyra, Pennsylvania, United StatesWith help from some intrepid dung beetles, science ambassador JD Stillwater takes us on a tour of discoveries from mainstream science that reveal an underlying connectedness in everything from human […]
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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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Darlington, MD – No Bullshit Climate Science
Camp Ramblewood 2564 Silver Rd, Darlington, MarylandTime is approximate. This event is part of the Lucid Dream Festival, and is co-presented with retired NOAA atmospheric scientist Mark Iredell. This is a solid overview of the scientific […]
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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 -
Creation Spirituality Gathering – short talk on transforming trauma
Part of a weekend of programming based on the universe story and the work of Matthew Fox and Brian Swimme, JD will present about 15 minutes on intergenerational trauma and […]
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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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Ohio Living Lake Vista – One Song
Ohio Living Lake Vista 303 N. Mecca St. (Rt. 46), Cortland, OhioWith help from some intrepid dung beetles, science ambassador JD Stillwater takes us on a tour of discoveries from mainstream science that reveal an underlying connectedness in everything from human […]
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Eastern Star Mt. Vernon, OH – One Song
Ohio Eastern Star Mt. Vernon 1451 Gambier Road, Mount Vernon, OhioWith help from some intrepid dung beetles, science ambassador JD Stillwater takes us on a tour of discoveries from mainstream science that reveal an underlying connectedness in everything from human […]
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Mount Vernon, OH – Ecology in Concert: Feed the Right Wolf
Celebrate the earth with this unique music and science experience. Sarah Goslee Reed’s original songs ask questions, challenge us, and inspire us to improve our relationships with one another and the […]
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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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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 […]
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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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Harmony, NC – Hands-on Climate Science
Wild Goose Festival at Van Hoy Farms 738 Jericho Rd, Harmony, North Carolina, United StatesAn all-day workshop and lab experience in the Wild Goose Festival Science Tent. Do some serious playing with climate-related science experiments. Requires pre-registration. This is a pre-festival event, with additional […]
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Harmony, NC – White People: Trauma & Epigenetics
Wild Goose Festival at Van Hoy Farms 738 Jericho Rd, Harmony, North Carolina, United StatesSome aspects of our inherited cultural system are clearly harmful to our planet, our descendants, and our own humanity. Those ongoing dysfunctions may be manifestations of deep historical trauma, embedded […]
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Harmony, NC – Awe: A Spiritual Superhighway for All Faiths
Wild Goose Festival at Van Hoy Farms 738 Jericho Rd, Harmony, North Carolina, United StatesNew scientific research on the feeling of awe is... well... awesome! We now know: awe underlies most religious experience; awe makes us feel small but connected, and changes our brains; […]
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Harmony, NC – Stories That Stick
Wild Goose Festival at Van Hoy Farms 738 Jericho Rd, Harmony, North Carolina, United StatesJD was selected to tell a personal true story in a MoTH-style story-telling event at Wild Goose. Should be fun. This is a session at the Wild Goose festival. Get […]
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Kosmic Vespers – Genetics of Sex
Virtual EventAn 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 […]
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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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Elizabethtown, PA – One Song LP
Masonic Village One Masonic Drive, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, United StatesWith help from some intrepid dung beetles, science ambassador JD Stillwater takes us on a tour of discoveries from mainstream science that reveal an underlying connectedness in everything from human […]
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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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Sinai & Synapses Fellowship
This is not a public event. JD will collaborate with other leaders in the science-and-religion dialogue in New York City for a fourth time (with more to come). Stay tuned […]
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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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Awe module for Spiritual Direction course
This isn't a public event, but I'm so tickled to be doing it that I'm putting it on the public calendar. I'm on the faculty for a certification course for […]
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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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Baton Rouge, LA – TBA
If you know of a group or community that would want JD to present or lead a discussion, let us know!
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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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Abilene, TX; McMurry University Physics Dept. – One Song: The Science of Oneness
McMurry UniversityThis special edition of One Song will include additional examples from Physics and Cosmology, with an extended discussion time afterward. Description: For millennia mystics and poets have told us that […]
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Abilene, TX – Episcopal Church of Heavenly Rest – Awe, Science, Religion, and Eudaemonia
Recent research into the experience of awe reveals that awe makes us feel small but also deeply connected. The experience of awe is something all the world’s religions have in […]
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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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California Interfaith Power & Light: Religious Naturalism and Climate Justice
Webinar / Vidcast format with Gregory Stevens, Northern California Director of CA-IPL. Watch here—check the IPL website—for the stream link. Note: starts at 6 PM Pacific Time.
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Sinai & Synapses Fellowship
CLAL - The Center for Learning and Leadership 440 Park Ave South, NYC, New York, United StatesThis is not a public event. JD will collaborate with other leaders in the science-and-religion dialogue in New York City for a fifth time (with more to come). Stay tuned […]
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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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CANCELLED [Baedlings at Verdugo Hills]
UU Church of the Verdugo Hills, CA 4451 Dunsmore Ave, La Crescenta, CaliforniaApologies to anyone planning to attend. The host community is small, and hoped there would be enough energy from other nearby communities, and it just didn't quite happen. Next time!
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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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Los Alamos – One Song: The Science of Oneness
Los Alamos Unitarian Church 1738 N. Sage Loop St., Los Alamos, New Mexico, United StatesAn evening interfaith event co-sponsored by the Los Alamos Faith & Science Forum and the Los Alamos Unitarian Church. Description of the talk: 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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Pottstown, PA – Mystery: Koans of Science
UUFPottstown 1565 South Keim Street, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, United StatesToday'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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Fargo ND – Magic Recipes
UU Church of Fargo-Morehead ND 121 9th Street S, Fargo, ND, United StatesEggs 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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Grants Pass, OR – Magic Recipes
UUs of Grants Pass OR 129 NW E ST., Grants Pass, OR, United StatesEggs 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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Harrisburg, PA – One Song: The Science of Oneness (LP Version)
Unitarian Church of Harrisburg PA 1280 Clover Lane, Harrisburg, PA, United StatesWith help from some intrepid dung beetles, science ambassador JD Stillwater takes us on a tour of discoveries from mainstream science that reveal an underlying connectedness in everything from human […]
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Lancaster, PA – Awetheism Part 3: It’s Explosive! Awe as a Tool
UU Church of Lancaster, PA 538 W. Chestnut St., Lancaster, 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 – This is Not My Beautiful House
UU Church of the Verdugo Hills, CA 4451 Dunsmore Ave, La Crescenta, CaliforniaOne 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 […]
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Glacier (Kalispell), MT – Fiddling While Rome Burns
Glacier UU Fellowship, Kalispell, MT 1515 Trumble Creek Road, Kalispell, Montana, United StatesWhen 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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Hagerstown, MD – Awetheism Part 3: It’s Explosive! Awe as a Tool
UUCHagerstown 13245 Cearfoss Pike, Hagerstown, MarylandIn 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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Harrisburg – Magic Recipes: Science and the Profound Meaning of Spring
Unitarian Church of Harrisburg PA 1280 Clover Lane, Harrisburg, PA, United StatesEggs 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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California Institute of Integral Studies – Integral Spirituality – Webinar
Hosted by CIIS faculty member Matt Segall, JD will discuss his work and mission, how he integrates spirituality with materiality, and the role of traditional wisdom traditions in a path […]
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