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Presented by Chris Edwards and Robin McNallie July 4, 2021 Video: Democracy, by Leonard Cohen Chalice reading: Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation, are people who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning; they want the ocean without the awful roar of its waters. Power concedes nothing without a demand; it never did and it never will. Frederick Douglass I: On The 1619 Project (CE) -- In August, 1619, a

by April Moore May 30, 2021 A few months ago, here at HUU, I expressed a great joy about something that had unexpectedly come into my life—a folder of my mother’s writings from long ago. Apparently, when I’d received the folder a couple of years ago from my sister, I’d stashed it in a closet and forgotten all about it. But a couple of months ago I came across it. This folder was stuffed with more than 40 typed stories and essays.  From the return address on the first page o

by Tom Hook April 11, 2021 When I first began to review this topic from Soul Matters of “Becoming”, I must admit that I was a bit perplexed and challenged. After all, most of us present here today – including myself – would be categorized in the camp of “aging out”. So what else do we need to Become? After all, we have weathered so much in our brief stay on Mother Earth. Wars, unrest, pandemics, the re?emergence of racism. Can’t we just rest? Put our feet up and relax for the

By Cathy Strickler February 14, 2021 Hi Everybody, it’s really great to be here with you all and have the opportunity to talk. Thank you Merle, I really appreciate you for asking me and I really appreciate you all for listening. I also appreciate and thank everyone who has made these programs possible. They have been a consistent source of connection and comfort. When Merle asked me to speak I knew right away that I wanted to talk about compassion because I had been thinking

By J. Barkley Rosser, Jr. January 31, 2021 Three weeks ago Tom Hook spoke about “Imagination, ” the topic this month from Soul Matters, with today the last of the month. While he mentioned a dark side to imagination, he mostly focused on its positive aspect, providing visions of better futures that may be achieved with proper hope and effort. Today we shall be more concerned with the dark side, people imagining things that are simply unreal and are not going t