{"id":19180,"date":"2018-04-09T14:12:03","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T21:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/?p=19180"},"modified":"2018-04-09T14:14:05","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T21:14:05","slug":"what-is-unitarian-universalism-a-catholic-high-school-student-interviews-a-unitarian-universalist-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2018\/04\/what-is-unitarian-universalism-a-catholic-high-school-student-interviews-a-unitarian-universalist-minister.html","title":{"rendered":"What is Unitarian Universalism: A Catholic High School Student Interviews a Unitarian Universalist Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

An interview conducted with me by a Catholic High School student a couple of years ago when I was serving as senior minister of the First Unitarian Church of Providence<\/a>, before my retirement and before I had my cataract surgery, when I was still wearing glasses\u2026<\/p>\n

<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OHlY0QHQCAI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And, from Providence. I dream of Providence, my home congregation until the day I die\u2026<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0uq3Ik2-DGk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 What is Unitarian Universalism? 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