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What Makes Something Spiritual or Not-Spiritual?

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<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="5XvCBxjxMh"><a href="https://tpuuf.org/services/what-makes-something-spiritual-or-not-spiritual/">What Makes Something Spiritual or Not-Spiritual?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://tpuuf.org/services/what-makes-something-spiritual-or-not-spiritual/embed/#?secret=5XvCBxjxMh" width="500" height="350" title="&#8220;What Makes Something Spiritual or Not-Spiritual?&#8221; &#8212; Thomas Paine UU Fellowship" data-secret="5XvCBxjxMh" 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>

What do some actually mean when they say, “I’m spiritual but not religious?”or “I’m not spiritual?” And what do others mean when they say,”I identify as a mystic?” Can humanists also be “spiritual?” Are these descriptions mutually exclusive?  Could it be that labels we may or may not use misrepresent our own experiences? In the … Continue reading What Makes Something Spiritual or Not-Spiritual?

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Keeping Body and Soul Together

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Walt Whitman wrote in Leaves of Grass, “I swear to you that body of yours gives proportions to your soul…(391).” How do we keep our body and our soul together in a culture that tends to prioritize the “head,” while discounting the body and its wisdom? Our spiritual life and our aspirations for social change … Continue reading Keeping Body and Soul Together

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Holding Our Center in a Time of 'Overwhelm'

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Merely having the “right” ideas will not get us through. Unless we can translate our ideas into practices, we will not be able to transform everyday stresses and the uncertainties and “overwhelm” of our time. Cultivating practices that will nurture and sustain us and our congregations and other communities is a necessity. In her book, The … Continue reading Holding Our Center in a Time of ‘Overwhelm’