Our president, Barack Obama said, “I applaud the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act. This was discrimination enshrined in law. It treated loving, committed gay and lesbian couples as a separate and lesser class of people. ” Unitarian Universalists across the land have been working vailiantly for marriage equality. We … Continue reading Marriage Equality
The earth does not belong to man; man belongs to earth. All things are connected like the blood that unites one family. Man does not weave the web of life; he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the strand, he does to himself. —Chief Seattle, 1854
One of our great Unitarian Universalist leaders, Rev. Jack Mendelsohn, recently died at the age of 94. I’d like to share a bit of his writing on the subject of “Immortality for Skeptics” in his seminal work, Being Liberal in an Illiberal Age: Why I Am a Unitarian Universalist. When we reason together about the … Continue reading “Immortality for Skeptics”
“My religion is kindness . . . The important thing is to have a good heart in daily life. This is the principle of life.” —H.H. the Dali Lama Having a good heart in daily life is good practice and can help create gaps between everything else on that list of things to do. A … Continue reading What is your religion?
New members and those considering membership are invited to join Rev Michael Nelson for DEEPENING YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISM. Please join us to learn more about Unitarian Universalism, and our progressive community and faith. The group will meet on Sunday, APRIL 22 and 29, following morning services. Please register for classes with Susan Turner, … Continue reading Deepening UU
Rev Michael Nelson facilitates MAKING DECISIONS FOR THE END OF YOUR LIFE. We will explore how we can choose to face the end of life in relative comfort and in harmony with our values, and consider what choices we have to control the end of our life. The class will meet on Monday, APRIL 16 … Continue reading Making decisions for the end of your life
A Young Adults Group is forming at UUFM, to bring young adults together and simply have fun. We plan to gather socially and the activity and location will change. At the first gathering, we’ll work out the details with a pizza party at Matt and Jen Campbell’s house on Saturday, APRIL 7, at 6 pm. … Continue reading Young Adults Group
In the March issue of the Kansas Electric Cooperatives magazine, while it devotes much of this issue to birding in our state, (a very good thing) to my surprise has an article addressing the problem of the negative conversations that occur about important political and cultural issues in our state and country. Tim Steffensmeier, an Associate … Continue reading Can We Change The Conversation?
“Crime is a routine behavior; it’s a thing people do when they get used to doing it…” Zimring, 1/30/12 New Yorker “Curbing crime does not depend on reversing social pathologies or alleviating social grievances; it depends on erecting small, annoying barriers to entry.” Adam Gopnik Crime is not curtailed by punishment nor by being nice. … Continue reading Pathology and Opportunity
How I See It……………..by Dorothy Wells I have been researching my family history for several years and have had success on the Internet genealogy sites. Left with old pictures and obituaries by my mother and the names of the states my ancestors lived in, I began to piece together the lives of my family. I … Continue reading Lack Of Humanity
