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Adapted by Les Grady from Active Hope by J. Macy and C. Johnstone Sunday, April 21, 2013 What Aileth Thee Adapted by Les Grady from Active Hope by J. Macy and C. Johnstone In their book Active Hope authors Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone use the story of “Parsifal and the Fisher King to illustrate a situation of great suffering not being acknowledged and of people carrying on as if nothing were wrong.  Today we are experiencing a similar situation in climate change.  Clima

by Keo Cavalcanti March 24, 2013 Every time I read W. H. Auden’s “The Unknown Citizen poem I am reminded of the unenviable task that befalls us sociologists. We are a funny bunch ¦ We spend a lot of time looking for stable and predictable patterns of behavior in society. We do so by comparing certain groups to other groups, by identifying what members of each group share in common, and how those characteristics influence the way they act and live. The main character in

by Laura Dent February 24, 2013 ="Right</a>"> So, who is that still small voice, anyway? As Bill Cosby as Noah says to the Lord, “Who is this really? Much closer to my experience, there’s a passage from Elizabeth Gilbert in Eat, Pray, Love where she says: “I DO NOT EVEN BELIEVE IN YOU! (that’s actually slightly sanitized for church!) and the voice very calmly responds:  “Who are you talking to, then? So, who are you talking to, then?  Who is this really?  Who is that still,

January 27, 2013 by J. Barkley Rosser, Jr. 1. In 1971 scientific opinion was evenly split between whether the world would cool due to rising particulate and sulfate emissions from burning coal or warm due to carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels. World temperatures had been gradually declining since around 1940 and would only turn around to rise in an approximately straight line in the mid-1970s. By 1975 it had come to be realized by most scientists that inde

January 13, 2013 by Rev. Emma Chattin Lighting the Chalice ~ Reading Ralph Waldo Emmerson once said: “Nobody can bring you peace but yourself." In that spirit, may the spark of life that gives peace within you become a flame to illuminate your mind, warm your soul, and guide your feet to places of peace. First Reading Matthew 25: 31-40 ~ from The Inclusive Bible At the appointed time the Promised One will come in glory, escorted by all the angels of heaven, and will sit