Category: highlights-spiritual

Marriage Equality

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 … read more.

Letter To All

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 … read more.

“Immortality for Skeptics”

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 … read more.

What is your religion?

“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 … read more.

Deepening UU

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 … read more.

Young Adults Group

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 … read more.

Can We Change The Conversation?

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 … read more.

Pathology and Opportunity

“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 … read more.

Lack Of Humanity

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 … read more.