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Testimony on Reducing Racialized Mass Incarceration
Testimony in Support of Raised Bill No. 6511 “An Act Concerning the Recommendations of the Connecticut Sentencing Commission Regarding the Enhanced Penalty for the Sale or Possession of Drugs Near Schools, Day Care Centers and Public Housing Projects” The Rev. Joshua … Continue reading
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Love Keeps Coming: A Christmas Eve Homily
I found Colin McEnroe’s editorial in the Hartford Courant this weekend very moving. He was reflecting, one week later, on the December 14 tragedy in Newtown. He said, “If there’s an elixir, some potion we can drink, it’s almost certainly … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas Eve, Colin McEnroe, Faith, Gun Violence, Hope, liberal religion, Liberal religion Hartford, liberal religion in Manchester, love, Newtown, Nones, NPR, On Point, Rev Josh Pawelek, Spiritual but not Religious, Tom Ashbrook, Unitarian Universalism, Unitarian Universalist, UUS:E, uuseast, welcoming congregation
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What Does the World Require of Us?
In the midst of news reports, candle-light vigils, politicians and clergy speaking words of comfort, conversations with loved-ones and with strangers, advice from trauma specialists, lists of what to say to kids in the aftermath of unspeakable violence; in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Beloved Community, Connecticut, CT, Faith, Governor Malloy, Gun Control, Gun Violence, Hope, Howard Thurman, liberal religion, Liberal religion Hartford, liberal religion in CT, liberal religion in Manchester, Mass shooting, Newtown, Nones, Rachel Naomi Remen, Rev Josh Pawelek, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Seamus Heanney, Social Justice, Spiritual but not Religious, Unitarian Universalism, Unitarian Universalist, UU, UUS:E, uuseast
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The Time Where Words End: Reflections on Humility
“Come, my way, my truth, my life, such a way as gives us breathe, such a truth as ends all strife, such a life that killeth death.”[1] Words from George Herbert, a seventeenth-century Anglican priest and poet; words that invite, … Continue reading
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“Would You Harbor Me?”
During the 2012 Hartford-area Kristallnacht Commemoration at the Charter Oak Cultural Center, Hartt School dance instructor, Bonita Weisman, improvised to Sweet Honey in the Rock’s “Would You Harbor Me?” Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post share via Reddit Share with Stumblers … Continue reading
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Tagged Arts in Worship, Beloved Community, Bonita Weisman, Charter Oak Cultural Center, Holocaust, Interfaith, Jewish History, Josh Pawelek, Judaism, Kristallnacht, Liberal religion Hartford, liberal religion in CT, liberal religion in Manchester, love, Rabbi Donna Berman, Rev Josh Pawelek, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Unitarian Universalism, Unitarian Universalist, UU, UUS:E, uuseast, Would You Harbor Me?
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Being Thankful in a Thankless World
In her meditation, “Saying Grace,” the Rev. Kathleen McTigue reminds us “wise women and men from every [faith] tradition teach that gratitude is at the heart of the spiritual life because it leads us to all the rest.”[1] This rings … Continue reading
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Tagged Awe, Gratitude, Josh Pawelek, Liberal religion Hartford, liberal religion in CT, liberal religion in Manchester, Parenting, Politeness, Rev Josh Pawelek, Rev. Galen Guengerich, Rev. Kathleen McTigue, sermons, Thanksgiving, Unitarian Universalism, Unitarian Universalist, UU, UUS:E, uuseast, welcoming congregation
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I Can Believe
This past summer I read Neil Gaiman’s 2001 novel American Gods. Jenn Richard recommended it back in June. It sounded like good summer reading for me, and it was. In this story all the gods are still alive. That is, … Continue reading
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A Prayer for Courage
Blessed Spirit of Our Lives: There are times when we have no choice—circumstances change and we must change too. This is how life works. We settle into patterns. We settle into routines. We settle into habits. We move along with … Continue reading
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