Posted by Rev. David on January 15, 2012
This sermon was presented at the UU Church of Ventura, on January 15th, 2011. As a child growing up in Hawaii, I danced the hula. This was not an abnormal thing, growing up in Hawaii. In fact, my first encounter with the hula was in a class at school, where in third grade we were [...]
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Posted by Rev. David on August 31, 2011
There are many amazing aspects about the process of meeting a new church. Of course there are the challenges of moving into a system that is already well established, of becoming subject to traditions and power-lines that are long established, and to engage congregational dynamics as they flow and shift. It is to see the [...]
Categories: Ministry, Pastoral Care, Spiritual Practice, UUCV
| Tags: Buddhism, depth, dogen, emotion, identity, Ministry, relationship, self, soul, spirit, Spiritual Practice, theology, Zen, zenji
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Posted by Rev. David on June 26, 2011
My experience of the fourth day of the 2011 General Assembly in Charlotte, NC, was framed around two lectures… the Murray Street Address by the Rev. Bill Sinkford… and the Ware Lecture by Karen Armstrong. For me, these two lectures swam in my personal pond through waters that have been in me for some time… [...]
Categories: General Assembly, Principles as Spiritual Practice, Spiritual Practice
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Posted by Rev. David on June 22, 2011
As I sat in the second row, center aisle of the Opening Ceremonies of the 2011 General Assembly of the UUA, next to my military chaplain colleagues, what struck me most about the service was how many times the word “Spirit” came into the ceremony/celebration/worship service. By the time I noticed the prevalence of this [...]
Categories: General Assembly, God, UU Movement
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Posted by Rev. David on January 31, 2010
I want to be very clear at the beginning of this article that it applies to the religious right, the religious center, and the religious left, and I’m going to focus on the religious left. This is something within human nature, not within specific religious traditions. If there is a difference in how this article applies [...]
Categories: Care of the Soul, theology, UU Movement
| Tags: certainity, Equality, faith, formism, fundamentalism, God, idyllic forms, justice, love, spirit, spiritual, Spiritual Practice, standing on the side of love, totality, ultimacy
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