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Weaving Together the Threads and Pieces of Our Lives

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<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="V8wNLy3g3z"><a href="https://tpuuf.org/services/weaving-together-the-threads-and-pieces-of-our-lives/">Weaving Together the Threads and Pieces of Our Lives</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://tpuuf.org/services/weaving-together-the-threads-and-pieces-of-our-lives/embed/#?secret=V8wNLy3g3z" width="500" height="350" title="&#8220;Weaving Together the Threads and Pieces of Our Lives&#8221; &#8212; Thomas Paine UU Fellowship" data-secret="V8wNLy3g3z" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://tpuuf.org/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>

Bring a Quilt to Church Sunday One of the women featured in Mary Catherine Bateson’s book, Composing a Life, proclaims about her life: “Even if on the surface it looks like some goofy quilt, it really does make sense.” Our lives can sometimes feel like grand and crazy quilts. The odd pieces of our lives … Continue reading Weaving Together the Threads and Pieces of Our Lives

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Our Lives as Improvisational Jazz

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We know that as we compose our lives we hardly ever follow a linear, logical path. Perhaps our lives are more like improvisational jazz. We take bits and pieces of familiar music, and we rearrange them to create the life that we are. Often, we only see the patterns of our life retrospectively. Mary Catherine … Continue reading Our Lives as Improvisational Jazz

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Anchored in the Current: The Continuing Legacy of Howard Thurman

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<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="8KgkMDP633"><a href="https://tpuuf.org/services/anchored-in-the-current-the-continuing-legacy-of-howard-thurman/">Anchored in the Current: The Continuing Legacy of Howard Thurman</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://tpuuf.org/services/anchored-in-the-current-the-continuing-legacy-of-howard-thurman/embed/#?secret=8KgkMDP633" width="500" height="350" title="&#8220;Anchored in the Current: The Continuing Legacy of Howard Thurman&#8221; &#8212; Thomas Paine UU Fellowship" data-secret="8KgkMDP633" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://tpuuf.org/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>

In all the currents of our own lives and our present-day world, we seek an anchor. We can never steady the inevitable currents of change, but we can find ways to anchor ourselves. In this service, I’ll draw upon the deep and enduring wisdom of the African American preacher, prophet, and mystic, Howard Thurman. You, … Continue reading Anchored in the Current: The Continuing Legacy of Howard Thurman

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Black Trailblazers within Universalism

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In this year in which we celebrate the 250th  anniversary of Universalism in America, we can trace the influence of this religious movement within our own UU story, but also the story of religion in America. On this Sunday, we’ll look at some of the Black Universalists and how their stories can inform and challenge … Continue reading Black Trailblazers within Universalism

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We Rise to Play a Greater Part

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As World War II was winding down, people started to come to terms with all the real pain and emotional damage that had been done. Frank Scott (1899-1985), a Canadian poet and political activist, wrote a poem, “Villanelle for Our Time,” which contains these lines: From bitter searching of the heart Quickened with passion and … Continue reading We Rise to Play a Greater Part