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A Call to the Heart, Mind, and Spirit from the Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley
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An intergenerational worship service designed to be a soap opera of how to find “true love” and points out that ‘love’ and ‘drama’ often go hand in hand. By looking at the struggle for love in the kingdom, a king and the good people of … read more.
REFLECTION: From “Travelling Mercies” by Anne Lamott
Writer Anne Lamott tells the story of her son, Sam who, one day, found himself lost in his Northern California neighborhood. He couldn’t recognize anything familiar. No landmarks. No people he knew. Nothing that could get him home.
Writing in the margins of that morning’s paper which had been smuggled into the tiny jail cell where he was being held, Dr. King began his response. The article on the front page – the reason why a friend smuggled in the paper – … read more.
We learn in grade school of the inalienable right to the pursuit of happiness. And much of our culture is dedicated to that pursuit; thousands of self-help books have been written on the subject. But happiness remains elusive. It doesn’t seem to be where … read more.
Bill O’Reilly FOX News 400 Capitol St NW #550 Washington, DC 20001
Dear Mr. O’Reilly,
You got my attention this year – as you have in the past – when you and other FOX news personalities announced that war had been declared on Christmas. Being a … read more.
One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice — though the whole house began to tremble and you felt the old tug … read more.
How many people have heard of ‘spoonerisms.’ With spoonersims you have to whip your flurds. If you don’t whip your flurds, you will get trost in lanslation and it won’t sakemense.
An example of a spoonerism is the story of Rindercella… read more.
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