Monthly Archives: April 2012
TIBETAN BUDDHIST MONKS FROM THE GADEN JANGSTE MONASTERY IN SOUTH INDIA VISIT UUS:E
From Saturday, April 28 to Thursday morning, May 3rd, Tibetan Buddhist monks from the Gaden Jangste Monastery are visiting UUS:E. On Saturday the monks created a sand mandala. They participated in the Sunday morning worship. For the full schedule of … Continue reading
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HEALTH CARE ACTION DAY at the State Capitol – April 25th
This is one of those moments where it feels like immense power is standing in the way of basic human rights and nothing any of us does or says or prays seems to make a difference. Connecticut has a … Continue reading
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Tagged church, Connecticut, Faith, Governor Malloy, Greater Hartford Interfaith Coalition, Health Care Action Day, Health Care Cabinet, Interfaith, Interfaith Fellowship for Universal Healthcare, Josh Pawelek, liberal religion, Liberal religion Hartford, liberal religion in CT, liberal religion in Manchester, prayer, public option, Rev Josh Pawelek, Rev Josh Pawlek, Social Justice, State Basic Health Program, sustinet, Sustinet Cabinet, Theist, Unitarian Universalism, Unitarian Universalist, Universal Health Care, UU, UUS:E
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Risking Creativity
“The difficulty in understanding how [creativity] happens, even when it happens to us” says science writer Jonah Lehrer, “means that we often associate breakthroughs with an external force. In fact, [at least in the western world] until the [European] Enlightenment, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alpha Waves, Atheist, church, creation, creativity, Creativity is our natural state, Earth, Faith, Imagination: How Creativity Works, Jonah Lehrer, Josh Pawelek, Lao Tzu, liberal religion, Liberal religion Hartford, liberal religion in CT, liberal religion in Manchester, Muses, Rev Josh Pawelek, Risking Creativity, sermons, Standardized Tests, Tao Te Ching, Taoism, Unitarian Universalism, Unitarian Universalist, UU, UUS:E, uuseast
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The Promise of Living: An Easter Homily
The promise of living / With hope and thanksgiving / Is born of our loving / Our friends and our labor. / The promise of growing / With faith and with knowing / Is born of our sharing / Our … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron Copland, Atheist, church, creation, Earth, Easter, Faith, Josh Pawelek, liberal religion, Liberal religion Hartford, liberal religion in CT, liberal religion in Manchester, love, Passover, Rev Josh Pawelek, Spring, The Promise of Living, Theist, Unitarian Universalism, Unitarian Universalist, UU, UUS:E, uuseast, welcoming congregation
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