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Bedfellows: ALEC Crow Laws and the Jim Crow Laws Scroll down to see a copy of the graphics for the PDA “Southernization of America” PowerPoint “Standing on the Corner in Winslow, Arizona,” progressive political writer/author John Nichols told a gathering of progressive Democrats... (original story)
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Long before Gustavo Gutierrez and other Liberation theologians began speaking of “preferential treatment” for the poor, I had learned of it in my own fashion. Having been born poor in the southernUnited Statesand having grown up Pentecostal, I got with my mother’s milk my own peculiar set of p... (original story)
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This morning I walked the 0.9 miles from my apartment to Harrisburg’s Unitarian Universalist church on Market Street. I wove my path around discarded mattresses and couches on the sidewalks, observing sunken rooftops and wondering if the broken and boarded windows outnumbered in-tact ones. I m... (original story)
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We hear and recite our Seven Principals …but we do not live them in our deeds. We search out what is wrong… but we are paralyzed from doing what is right. We concentrate on pointing out wrong doers… rather than focusing on our own missteps. For all have fallen short in one way or ... (original story)
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When I was five, I knew what I believed. There was no deep spiritual search. There was no rationalizing my belief. No one told me what to believe. I just knew. I believed. It just was. I was content. God and the Holy were with me always. I never questioned how I believed. It was something I felt dee... (original story)
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As UU’s (Unitarian Universalist) we don’t all come from or follow the same paths- Christian, Jewish, Theist, Deist,Atheist, Agnostic, Humanist, Pagan… Instead we follow our own set of morals & ethics and our UU Seven Principles. To often we follow at a distance; at our leisur... (original story)
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When our Association’s Arizona Immigration Ministry met with our social justice partners there, we received one clear request for an agenda item at GA 2012. Our partners said that the single most important piece of business we could do at GA 2012 was to study and repudiate the Doctrine of... (original story)
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Rev. Marcia Marino Unitarians and Universalists are well-known for our abilitiesto "speak the truth to power." At times we have been cast inthe role of hero. At other times we have been seen insteadas heretics. Please join us as Rev. Marcia Marino helps us toconsider some of our Unitarian and Unive... (original story)
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It can be difficult to create space for our spiritual lives in a world crowded with distractions. The Pen and the Bell, from Skinner House Books, addresses the topic of achieving mindfulness and creative fulfillment in spite of long to-do lists. It's about gaining access to our deeper selves in the ... (original story)
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I recently returned from San Antonio Texas and the 2nd National Spirit Play conference. It was gratifying and humbling to participate in this event since it allowed me the chance to hear the love and excitement being felt about this program I partnered to develop, test, and launch. To witness a ... (original story)