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Freedom for Joy
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Musical Jesus
101 Films I Think Everyone Should See (with a...
There’s a lot of talk about freedom and liberty these days, and whenever I...
A survey of stories from recent newspapers, news sites, and news blogs proves what...
I grew up in a musical family – meaning, we loved musicals. We performed...
A few years ago, I began this list – and would update it every...
There’s a lot of talk about freedom and liberty these days, and whenever I hear the word freedom, my mind instantly goes to Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms and the beautiful interpretations by Normal Rockwell. In his 1941 state of the union address, FDR proposed people “everywhere in the world” ought to enjoy: Freedom...
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A survey of stories from recent newspapers, news sites, and news blogs proves what we’ve long thought: the world is going to hell in a handbasket. Evidence includes the following: Man-made climate change is causing massive disasters, unwieldy temperature fluctuations, species extinctions, and a pile of consequences we can’t imagine. And there are loud...
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I grew up in a musical family – meaning, we loved musicals. We performed in them, we watched them, we sang them, we bought the cast albums. I grew up in the country, the youngest by 13 years, only a couple of other children living nearby, with a performer’s spirit. And… a large 6-foot...
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A few years ago, I began this list – and would update it every time people I know and love would say “I never saw .” Off I’d run to add another title to the list. This list isn’t necessarily the BEST films ever made – rather, it’s a...
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One thing I can say about Union Theological Seminary is that it’s never boring. There are always speakers, special chapel services, rallies, and events, amplified these days by Occupy Wall Street and the Protest Chaplains group that sprung out of our student body. There are always tests and papers and books to read. People...
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Every Monday thru Thursday at noon, Union Theological Seminary holds a chapel service – they vary wildly, with many different speakers, themes, styles, music. Thursdays always incorporate communion, however, although the flavor and presentation changes each week. The first communion chapel I attended two weeks ago was uncomfortable for me. As I have talked...
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The following remarks will be delivered at the Time of Remembrance and Renewal at the Round Lake Auditorium on the evening of September 11. We gather here today, in our community, among friends and neighbors, to mark perhaps the most momentous event in our collective memory. We gather to remember those who lost their...
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