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2020-05-04T12:25:12-04:00

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Remembering the Sacrilege of Kent State & Imagining a Better World with Thomas Piketty

Last updated on: May 4, 2020 at 12:25 pm By Carl Gregg

I would like to invite you to open your mind and heart to two different stories. The first is a cautionary tale from the past. The second is a hopeful story of a possible future. I chose these two particular stories because we are in close proximity to two important dates: Today is the 50th Anniversary of the Kent State massacre. This past Friday was May 1st, known as “International Workers’ Day” or May Day, an annual celebration of the... Read more

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2020-04-27T10:28:07-04:00

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“What is it you plan to do with your one wild & precious life?”: The Life-saving, Ecstatic Poetry of Mary Oliver

Last updated on: April 27, 2020 at 10:28 am By Carl Gregg

Mary Oliver (1935 – 2019) has been called “America’s most beloved poet” by no less than The New Yorker, and she has long been a favorite in my own chosen tradition of Unitarian Universalism. In 2006, Oliver delivered the Ware Lecture at the annual UU General Assembly. She read many wonderful poems during that hourlong presentation, and toward the end she made her way around to one of the poems that many people had been waiting for all night: “Wild Geese.” She... Read more

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2020-04-21T14:35:14-04:00

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“If the Climate Was a Bank, They Would Have Already Rescued It”: 50th Anniversary of #EarthDay

Last updated on: April 21, 2020 at 2:35 pm By Carl Gregg

Tomorrow is the 50th anniversary of the first Earth Day, which was held on April 22, 1970. This significant anniversary is an invitation to pause and consider some of what led to the creation of Earth Day in the first place, what has happened in the years since, and how that might inform where and how we go from here. Let’s start with a brief glance backward at two contributing factors to the first Earth Day. The first major influence... Read more

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2020-04-18T09:51:40-04:00

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What’s Next? Bart Ehrman’s History of the Afterlife

Last updated on: April 18, 2020 at 9:51 am By Carl Gregg

What happens next is a very human question. These days, so many of us are wondering: what’s next with this pandemic? What’s next for the economy? What’s next for our country? What’s next for those most vulnerable? What’s next for those I love most in the world? What’s next is also a question most of us ask at one time or another when confronted by our own mortality: what’s going to happen after I die? And our human vulnerability to... Read more

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2020-03-31T11:22:08-04:00

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How to Reimagine Your Life during a Pandemic

Last updated on: March 31, 2020 at 11:22 am By Carl Gregg

One of the books I have been reading during such a time as this is Life Reimagined: The Science, Art, and Opportunity of Midlife by Barbara Bradley Hagerty. Some of you will recognize that name from hearing her voice over the years on NPR—National Public Radio. Hagerty’s book is about navigating midlife, but there are a surprising number of relevant insights for finding your path through any disorienting event, including a pandemic. So much of the shift to midlife is about... Read more

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2020-03-26T10:08:48-04:00

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Spiritual Practices for “Sheltering in Place”: Inclining Your Heart & Mind toward Spaciousness

Last updated on: March 26, 2020 at 10:08 am By Carl Gregg

There are a lot of scary headlines out there. And even though we can’t control the state of the world, I would like to invite us to spend a little time reflecting on what we do have more influence over: how we respond to frightening news. A simple framework that has stuck with me in recent years is from the psychologist Rick Hanson. (Some of you may know his books, like Buddha’s Brain.) For now, imagine you are sitting in... Read more

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2020-03-17T11:14:24-04:00

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Spiritual Practices for a Pandemic: Connection, Meaning, & Hope in the Time of Coronavirus

Last updated on: March 17, 2020 at 11:14 am By Carl Gregg

At the congregation where I serve as minister, we recently had the opportunity to hear a sermon from a Buddhist monk named Bhante Sujatha titled “Suffering Is Optional.” A week after that Dharma talk, our world shifted in the D.C. Metro area (as it has around the country and the world) due to increased restrictions related to the Coronavirus. For our current situation, I would like us to reflect a little more on how the wisdom Bhante shared from the... Read more

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2020-02-25T10:27:09-05:00

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The Stories We Tell Matter: “An African-American & Latinx History of the United States”

Last updated on: February 25, 2020 at 10:27 am By Carl Gregg

We are now in the final week of Black History Month, an annual reminder about the importance of reflecting on our past through the lens of African American experiences. Black History Month is also a more general reminder that history is never neutral. It is always told from some point of view even if that point of view is not always acknowledged. Let me give you an example of what I mean. If you sign up for a class on... Read more

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2020-02-20T09:37:17-05:00

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“The Radiant & Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry”

Last updated on: February 20, 2020 at 9:37 am By Carl Gregg

Lorraine Hansberry died in 1965 at the far too young age of thirty-four. In those few decades, however, she nevertheless became “the first Black woman to have her play produced on Broadway and the first Black winner of the prestigious Drama Critics’ Circle Award. That first play, A Raisin in the Sun, is the most widely produced and read play by a Black American woman.” When she won that Drama Critics’s Award at the age of twenty-nine, she was also... Read more

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2020-02-11T16:38:56-05:00

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The Tangled Tree of Life: Celebrating #DarwinDay 2020

Last updated on: February 11, 2020 at 4:38 pm By Carl Gregg

Charles Darwin was born two hundred and eleven years ago this Wednesday, on February 12, 1809. And in recent years his birthday has been celebrated as International Darwin Day, an annual opportunity to celebrate the principles that guided his life: “perpetual curiosity, scientific thinking, and hunger for truth.” As brilliant as Darwin was, a lot of additional scientific discoveries related to evolution have been made in the more than one hundred years since his death (202). So in the spirit... Read more

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