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		<title>“Hallelujah for the flame. . .”</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:50:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The International Council of Unitarian Universalists publishes a reading for the lighting of the chalice every month, with the intention that all of our congregations across the globe have the opportunity to come together for worship with a common focus.
The Global Chalice Lighting for May came from France, submitted by Jean-Claude Barbier.
Global Chalice Lighting, May [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "&#8220;Hallelujah for the flame. . .&#8221;", url: "http://jesspages.net/bestofuu/07/hallelujah-for-the-flame" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>“And they were singing church songs. . .”</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:59:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most important events at the Unitarian Universalist Association&#8217;s General Assembly is the Ware Lecture, where we invite an important thinker from outside our movement to speak to us on a topic of interest to Unitarian Universalists.  Previous speakers include theologian Rheinhold Neibuhr, Martin Luther King, Jr., poet Mary Oliver, and scholar [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "&#8220;And they were singing church songs. . .&#8221;", url: "http://jesspages.net/bestofuu/07/and-they-were-singing-church-songs" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>“It’s important that we learn to translate. . .”</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here follows part two of &#8220;Watch Your Language,&#8221; the Rev. Fredric Muir&#8217;s response to a call for a deeper religious language in Unitarian Universalism.
Part one can be found here.
Watch Your Language, part 2
by the Rev. Fredric J. Muir
The language of faith is so difficult. The challenge of faith language is one which Bill Sinkford speaks [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "&#8220;It’s important that we learn to translate. . .&#8221;", url: "http://jesspages.net/bestofuu/06/it%e2%80%99s-important-that-we-learn-to-translate" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>“We want to melt the stars.”</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jess</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A number of years ago, Rev. William Sinkford, the President of the Unitarian Universalist Association, made a statement about the lack of religious language in our movement, calling for an exploration into a &#8220;language of reverence.&#8221;  Tucked away on the UUA website is a page of sermons that stemmed from that call, reactions on [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "&#8220;We want to melt the stars.&#8221;", url: "http://jesspages.net/bestofuu/06/we-want-to-melt-the-stars" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>“What does love ask of you today?”</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:43:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jess</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Today in Fort Lauderdale, before the Unitarian Universalist Association&#8217;s General Assembly gets started, the ministers and other religious professionals are meeting for C.E.N.T.E.R. (Continuing Education Network for Training, Enrichment and Renewal) presentations.  This morning&#8217;s keynote speaker was Old Testament scholar Rev. Dr. Walter Brueggemann, and a response was given by Unitarian Universalist minister and [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "&#8220;What does love ask of you today?&#8221;", url: "http://jesspages.net/bestofuu/06/what-does-love-ask-of-you-today" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>“to open yourselves to be touched. . .”</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jess</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Here follows part 2 of &#8220;Why Worship,&#8221; by the Rev. Alan Taylor from Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Oak Park, Illinois, one of this year&#8217;s Breakthrough Congregations.  Part 1 can be read here.
Why Worship, part 2
by Rev. Alan Taylor
While every place where we walk is holy ground, there is something especially holy about [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "&#8220;to open yourselves to be touched. . .&#8221;", url: "http://jesspages.net/bestofuu/06/to-open-yourselves-to-be-touched" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>“To recharge the soul.  To refocus one’s purpose. . .”</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:52:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jess</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Every year, several member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations are designated as &#8220;Breakthrough Congregations&#8221; and recognized at the General Assembly.  Each congregation is invited to give a presentation during Plenary, the business sessions, and a separate workshop to talk about their programs and effective growth.  This year, the Unity Temple [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "&#8220;To recharge the soul.  To refocus one&#8217;s purpose. . .&#8221;", url: "http://jesspages.net/bestofuu/06/to-recharge-the-soul-to-refocus-ones-purpose" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>From the archives. . .</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BestOfUU/~3/314108277/from-the-archives</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jess</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As I am traveling today, I encourage you to peruse the archives of this site.  Here are some of my favorite selections tagged &#8220;connection:&#8221;

“from outsider to belonging at the table. . .”
“we have to go down into the wave’s trough. . .”
“Everyone saw one another’s real faces that morning. . .”
“A path out of [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "From the archives. . .", url: "http://jesspages.net/bestofuu/06/from-the-archives" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>“All my stirring becomes quiet. . .”</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:54:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A short poem today, by Wendell Berry, that I read as a prayer in and of itself.  The words are a studied contrast to the Lord&#8217;s Prayer, explored Tuesday, but I find the two to be of the same ilk.
I Go Among Trees and Sit Still
by Wendell Berry
I go among trees and sit still.
All [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "&#8220;All my stirring becomes quiet. . .&#8221;", url: "http://jesspages.net/bestofuu/06/all-my-stirring-becomes-quiet" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>“My few years of life are part of a vast universe. . .”</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:03:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blogger Peacebang recently reflected on the Lord&#8217;s Prayer, and I found the words coming into my own mind recently on a Sunday during the time of silence after the sermon, so I did some Googling on Unitarian Universalist approaches to this traditional prayer.
The Rev. Roger Fritts, senior minister at Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church in [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "&#8220;My few years of life are part of a vast universe. . .&#8221;", url: "http://jesspages.net/bestofuu/06/154" });</script>]]></description>
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