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by James J. Geary December 7, 2008 Good morning Guess what! I've come to the conclusion that I'm a very old man. And lately I've been feeling my age. I read that the Czech novelist, Franz Kafka, wrote that the meaning of life is that it ends. Well, as I near that end, I've been looking back at the various periods of my life. The period of my grade school years, is one I wish I had the power of memory and of words to describe to you. It was a time you can't imagine, it wa

Presented by Beryl Lawson November 30, 2008 Uncle Murray was a hobo. Well that's not really true. He was a hobo but he wasn't really my uncle. He was my mother's boyfriend and I called him that even after they married and until he became Grandpa Murray when the kids were born. But he was a hobo during the depression. He rode the rails mostly in search of a spiritual home. He said he tried everything in his spiritual journey: Christian science, vegetarianism and who know

Rev. Robert T. Hughes, one of our regular guest ministers presented Beyond Capitalism on November 16th 2008 I appreciate all of our UU Principles. For many years now I've been particularly concerned with economic justice. I see our 2nd Principle - “We the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association covenant to affirm and promote: Justice, equity and compassion in human relations." As I've mentioned before, I think one must have economic justice as well as l

by Julie and Kevin Caran November 9, 2009 Opening Reading: From There is No Me Without You by Melissa Faye Greene Our chalice-lighting reading today is from the book There is No Me Without You, by Melissa Faye Green. Dr. Rick Hodes is a white, Jewish, American medical director who has lived in Ethiopia for more than twenty years, serving the Ethiopian Jews, the Beta Israel. Hodes has five Ethiopian adopted sons and half a dozen foster sons. Dr. Hodes recently had a fa

Presented by Elizabeth Ihle 19 October 2008 Well, Halloween has just about rolled around again, and I've bought Hershey's miniature chocolates to give to my Trick or Treaters; that way I'll have something good to eat if I don't have many callers. It's an appropriate time to talk about witches, and I am going to focus on the Salem witch trials, which caught my interest about a year ago. I'd like to use what little about what I've learned to underscore the need for toleratio