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July 2009

July 26, 2009
Last night was our CUUPS Lughnasadh Circle. We kept the same basic format as we've...
July 22, 2009
I don’t rate a BlackBerry at work – for which I am thankful. When I...
July 19, 2009
Back in January, I wrote about a prophetic dream I had, and how I was...
July 18, 2009
Soda CanyonI went to Mesa Verde hoping – expecting – to have a spiritual experience...
July 18, 2009
This trip was conceived when I asked Cynthia for a recommendation for an ancient site...
July 17, 2009
There could be nothing remotely spiritual about a mining town, right? Or about a coal-fired...
July 17, 2009
We're back from vacation, a trip to Durango, Colorado and the Four Corners region. It...
July 10, 2009
A DMN blogger posted a link to an event titled "WHAT YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED...
July 08, 2009
My favorite UU blogger is Rev. Victoria Weinstein, aka PeaceBang. Yesterday she posted a long...
July 06, 2009
I have rabbits, or at least, a rabbit, living in my back yard... most likely...
July 05, 2009
From this morning's President's welcome:Rev. Diana told us that Easter is the most difficult day...

June 2009

June 28, 2009
Jeff Weiss from the Dallas Morning News was on hand for yesterday's Summer SolstiCelebration and...
June 27, 2009
Pictures from today's Egyptian Summer Solstice ritual at White Rock Lake. Denton CUUPS was the...
June 22, 2009
photo from The Daily Mail The Times reports that there were 36,500 people at Stonehenge...
June 22, 2009
From yesterday's President's Welcome:Happy Summer Solstice! Summer officially began this morning at 12:45. Last night...
June 19, 2009
CUUPS will be repeating our Egyptian Summer Solstice Ritual as the opening ceremony of the...
June 16, 2009
Here’s a piece from yesterday’s USA Today that explores more of the biology of religion....
June 14, 2009
I'm not going to post everything I say as part of my President's Welcome and...
June 12, 2009
June 12, 2009
Our power went out Wednesday evening about 7:00 and didn't come back on till a...
June 07, 2009
Here’s another quote from A History of God:When the Greeks looked back to the golden...
June 02, 2009
I finally finished reading Karen Armstrong’s A History of God last weekend. This book is...

May 2009

May 31, 2009
Some photos from the CUUPS Camping Weekend at James Stevens' place north of Decatur: Summerlin,...
May 25, 2009
Here's the piece I did for yesterday's "Story for All Ages": Ralph Waldo Emerson was...
May 22, 2009
This week’s “Texas Faith” question from the Dallas Morning News asks “What don’t most people...
May 20, 2009
No, I’m not moving. At least I don’t think I am – if I’ve learned...
May 17, 2009
At today's Spring Congregational meeting, I was elected Board President for a second time (I...
May 12, 2009
I filled up last night for $2.099 a gallon – the first time I’ve paid...
May 12, 2009
Yesterday I came across this essay titled “Stop Asking God to Make a Better World.”...
May 10, 2009
Via the DMN Religion Blog, here's a story about a Methodist church that went from...
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