Stephen Polmar uses Kübler-Ross’s five stages of grief to explain Different Responses to the Current State of Unitarian Universalism.
Rev. “Twinkle” Marie Manning shares her seasonal poem The Dark Season.
Rev. Terry Cummings tells her story that eventually lead to her disfellowship.
Stephanie Gronholz and Lynn Jinishian tell of their successful summer program Letting Kids Be Kids.
Lynn Jinishian reviews the book The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don’t.
Three letters to the editor.
Our regular updates from the Membership, Worship and Academy Committees.
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The CBC Ideas program provides a daily broadcast and podcast on current and often academic topics. This podcast and text will be of interest to Unitarians who are trying to understand the rise, and demise of religion from an historical perspective. In this podcast and the text version, Dr Molly Worthen provides a a very compelling narrative focussing on religious charism and leadership.
The lecture was given in Canada and to serve her audience, Dr Worthen highlights differences in the religious experience and history of Canada. This will be of special interest to American NAUA members and helps all of us better understand our shared history and current perspectives.
The podcast lecture concludes with an interesting question and answer session. This is one not be missed!
The NAUA Academy presents its most compelling course to date with over 100 people registered. The presentation covers the philosophy and ideas behind the identity movement, that has driven so much controversy in churches, universities and businesses. This presentation helps us understand why.
Frank Casper and Jay Kiskel are long time Unitarians who are very concerned with the ideological and authoritarian shift happening in Unitarian Universalist congregations and organizations. They also realized that there is no way for average Unitarian Universalists to communicate with one another. Thus, they authored Used to be UU: The Systematic Attack on UU Liberalism and founded the Fifth Principle Project.
This five page PDF Executive Summary of the book overviews the main ideas and summarizes the controversies that continue to challenge Unitarians and their organizations. Many UU leaders belief that dissidents like Casper and Kiskel are needlessly promoting these controversies. The book makes the counter argument that something is deeply problematic with this ideological shift in UU organization and leadership.
They invite you to read the book, think of how it does, or does not apply to your understanding of our Faith and to draw your own conclusions.
Topic: “Thoughts Are Free,” from a 500 year old German Folk Song. Bob will talk about how free thought and free expression can be instruments of positive change, whether for major political reasons or religious thought.
Topic: “Thoughts Are Free,” from a 500 year old German Folk Song. Bob will talk about how free thought and free expression can be instruments of positive change, whether for major political reasons or religious thought.
Bob grew up in New Jersey and spent his career in the insurance business and graduated from Farleigh Dickinson University . He later attended Starr King Unitarian Universalist Church in Hayward, and became a UU in 2001. “I was always a UU, but didn’t know it ‘til then.
Bob has led services at Starr King and about 6 or 7 churches in Northern
California. Bob is a folk music buff, and he feels that carrying on the folk tradition is one of his callings, He has had a long history of supporting liberal causes from his early 20’s and ongoing. Civil Rights have been a passion with Bob since his teenage years. He was a founder and first president of the West Essex (NJ) Human Relations Council, and Chairperson of the Caldwell (NJ) Board of Health.
