Month: December 2024
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Dec 22, 2024 Solstice Service
Read more: Dec 22, 2024 Solstice ServiceI’ve been attending Unitarian Solstice services for as long as I can remember, but I have never enjoyed one as much as this Solstice. Maybe it was the music, the poems, Rev Manning’s talk or just being (virtually) with 50 old and new friends. From all of us at NAUA, warmest wishes for a thoughtful,…
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Dec. 10, 2024. Liberal Religion—Is It Time for Hospice?
Read more: Dec. 10, 2024. Liberal Religion—Is It Time for Hospice?Religious participation is plummeting. “Church” has become a bad brand. Should we resign ourselves to palliative care for our aging congregations? Can we find ways to feed the hunger for meaning and community? One thing is certain: We cannot church the way we always have and hope for different results. Speaker: Rev Peter Morales is…
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Dec. 3 2024. I Before We, Except Overseas: Tracing the Roots of our Multi-Century Identity Crisis
Read more: Dec. 3 2024. I Before We, Except Overseas: Tracing the Roots of our Multi-Century Identity CrisisI Before We Except Overseas – Tracing The Roots Of Our Multi-Century Identity CrisisMost cultures of European descent cultivate individual identity more than other cultures of the world. We have to go back 60, or 100, or perhaps 300 years to find the roots of our contemporary debates over the role of identity in our…
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Dec 3, 2024 – Baruch Spinoza’s ideas – increasing relevance today
Read more: Dec 3, 2024 – Baruch Spinoza’s ideas – increasing relevance todayMany of you may be familiar with 17th century Dutch philosopher Baruck Spinoza. I knew the name and the famous quote from Einstein that he “believed in “Spinoza’s God” but I didn’t have a very clear idea of the resonance his beliefs hold for many Unitarians. Thus, I was grateful to bump into the video…
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2/12/2024 – Understanding our Supreme Courts: US and Canadian Perspectives
Read more: 2/12/2024 – Understanding our Supreme Courts: US and Canadian PerspectivesFebruary’s NAUA Academy session featured three experts discuss the ways in which the Supreme Courts of the USA and Canada function to support our democracies. They note the ways in which the courts work, are appointed, their public support and some of the significant effect their decisions have on each of us and our social…
