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A Shout-Out to Growing Congregations
What does a growing congregation look like? What are they doing the grow when most congregations are either stagnant or are declining? Several days ago I shared that one third of UU congregations have...
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If You Build What?
In a scene from the movie, Field of Dreams, the protagonist Ray Kinsella, played by Kevin Costner and the fictional writer and social activist, Thomas Mann, played by James Earl Jones, are at Fenway...
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The Path Taken
“Conflict”, philosopher John Dewey wrote, “is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheep like passivity, and sets us at noting...
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You Talkin’ to Me?
As leaders of a congregation, it may be tempting to assume everyone else has (or should have) the same level of commitment to the institution of the church as we have. This can have unfortunate results...
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Blessings in the New Year
John W.V. Cordice, M.D. died recently, four days after Christmas to be precise. A native of Durham, North Carolina, he earned his medical degree at New York University in 1942. Formally an attending...
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Going With the Flow
In my travels around the region, I sometimes hear members of congregations say something like, “Church shouldn’t be like work. It should be fun.” Several current research studies support this...
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If the Buddha Was “In Search…”
It’s the beginning of the year, and Ministerial Search Committees have just received a list of names of ministers who are interested in learning more about their congregation. Savvy Search Committees...
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Covenantal Faith in a Transactional World
Photo credit:https://www.flickr.com/photos/zizzy/89696604/ Because our congregations run on money, it’s tempting to bring–along with it–assumptions about how money operates in other parts of our lives....
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Congregational Fitness for Ministry
Today’s post was written by the Rev. Dr. Matthew Johnson, Senior Minister of the UU Church in Rockford, IL. Given the increasing shortage of UU ministers, congregations might wish for a simple Rev....
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People Get Ready, Part 2
Abridged Excerpt from “The Future of Justice Ministries” by Rev. David Pyle The Keynote for the UU Pennsylvania Legislative Advocacy Network Annual Meeting 2016 I always default to hope. It is the most...
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