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2023-06-28T17:32:55-07:00

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Thinking of John Wesley, and his Manifesto, and, maybe, a Call for our Times

Last updated on: June 28, 2023 at 5:32 pm By James Ford

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John Wesley, the Anglican priest and founder of the Methodist movement, was born today, the 28th of June, in 1703. His father Samuel was a priest, as well. He was also a poet, and probably unconnected to that fact, poorly managed the family’s finances, and was twice imprisoned for debt. John’s mother, Susanna, was the anchor of the family.... Read more

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2023-06-23T08:15:53-07:00

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Recalling the Buddhist meditation master Ajahn Chah

Last updated on: June 23, 2023 at 8:15 am By James Ford

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“‘One day Ajahn Chah held up a beautiful Chinese tea cup, “To me this cup is already broken. Because I know its fate, I can enjoy it fully here and now. And when it’s gone, it’s gone.’” When we understand the truth of uncertainty and relax, we become free.” Jack Kornfield in The Wise Heart Chah Chotchuang was born into a family of subsistence farmers near Ubon Ratchathani in northeastern Thailand today, the 17th of June, in 1918.... Read more

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2023-06-16T17:11:00-07:00

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Walking into the wrong funeral, and crying with the loved ones: A small Zen Meditation

Last updated on: June 16, 2023 at 5:11 pm By James Ford

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Michael Coren, a writer and late vocation priest in the Anglican Church of Canada whom I quite admire, recently offered an anecdote on social media. “I took a funeral recently where a woman told me at the reception that she was actually at the wrong ceremony. She didn’t know the deceased. I’d seen her crying, however, and gently asked why. ‘I was already here’, she said, ‘so thought I’d just join in.’” It immediately reminded me of... Read more

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2023-06-14T11:44:38-07:00

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Thinking of Edward FitzGerald and his rendition of Omar Khayyam’s Rubaiyat.

Last updated on: June 14, 2023 at 11:44 am By James Ford

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A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread – and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness – Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow! It was today, the 14th of June in 1883 that Edward FitzGerald died. Today he is best known for his rendition of Omar Khayyam’s Rubaiyat. In my youth I... Read more

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2023-06-16T09:31:27-07:00

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Herman Hesse’s “Butterflies: Reflections, Tales, and Verse” A Review

Last updated on: June 16, 2023 at 9:31 am By James Ford

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When the rain beats down on the pear blossoms, a butterfly flies up. A Zen koan by way of Dahui Zonggao Butterflies: Reflections, Tales and Verse by Hermann Hesse Selected by Volker Michels Illustrations by Jakob Hübner Translated from the German by Elisabeth Lauffer Kales Press, a WW Norton affiliate Hardcover / 5×7 inches / 136 pages... Read more

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2023-06-12T10:10:04-07:00

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Recalling the Remarkable Harriet Martineau, Transcendentalist, & Mother of Sociology

Last updated on: June 12, 2023 at 10:10 am By James Ford

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Harriet Martineau, British novelist, lecturer, abolitionist and theological thinker was born on this day, the 12th of June, in 1802. She’s always been a favorite of mine. The family were active English Unitarians of Huguenot descent, her father a deacon at the famed Octagon Chapel in Norwich. The family was comfortably middle class. As was common among Unitarians in that moment she was educated well beyond the cultural norms of the day. Of her eight siblings, her closest... Read more

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2023-06-11T07:41:03-07:00

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A ZEN UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST MEDITATION RETREAT (in Person & Online)

Last updated on: June 11, 2023 at 7:41 am By James Ford

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You are cordially invited to join us for a Zen retreat Wednesday Jun 21 – Sunday Jun 25, 2023 A multi-day Zen meditation retreat (Sesshin) hosted by the University Unitarian Church, in Seattle, Washington. We will meet in person and on Zoom. The meditation retreat will be facilitated by the Bright Cloud Zen practice group of the Empty Moon Zen Sanghas. This commuter retreat is open to all. Although some experience with silent, self-guided meditation is helpful. You do not... Read more

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2023-06-09T10:26:23-07:00

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Quietism as a Spiritual Method & Quietism as a Spiritual Mistake

Last updated on: June 9, 2023 at 10:26 am By James Ford

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Jeanne Guyon died on this day, the 9th of June in 1717. Her life was complex, involved a very unhappy marriage, numerous deaths, and a lifetime of illness. She was also a mystic and author of a controversial text, A Very Short and Easy Method of Prayer. Madame Guyon’s treatise was an elaboration of what she learned from the Spanish priest and spiritual director Miguel de Molinos. Fr Molinos taught a form of presence that entails the annihilation... Read more

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2023-06-06T06:17:32-07:00

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The Great Invitation: A Meditation on Queering Religion

Last updated on: June 6, 2023 at 6:17 am By James Ford

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Back in April, Jan and I made our first visit to my seminary, the Pacific School of Religion since I graduated with my Master of Divinity degree in 1991. PSR nestles on Holy Hill above the UC Berkeley campus as a part of the Graduate Theological Union, itself composed of Catholic, Protestant, and Buddhist seminaries, as well as Jewish and Muslim centers. It is an amazing collaborative.... Read more

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2023-05-31T08:51:32-07:00

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Unity and Diversity in Religion

Last updated on: May 31, 2023 at 8:51 am By James Ford

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In 1960, while being interviewed on the television show “Meet the Press,” Dr Martin Luther King, Jr, observed, “I think it is one of the tragedies of our nation, one of the shameful tragedies, that 11 o’clock on Sunday morning is one of the most segregated hours, if not the most segregated hours in Christian America.” Sixty years and change later, it’s still true. And, actually, the tragedy extends beyond Christian communities. Perhaps... Read more

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