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Awe and Wonder: Look Around You

In his 2014 sermon on “Parables of Miracles” Rev. Douglas Taylor from the Unitarian Universalist congregation of Binghamton starts with this story. “A mother asked her son what he learned in Sunday School. He said he learned about the time … Continue reading

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Science and Reason: The Science of Generosity

I like to think of the world as a warm and friendly place in which to live.  I like to think that people are kind and generous and, on a good day, compassionate. I found a study done by the … Continue reading

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Science and Reason: Being Human, Staying Human

In a recent podcast of On Being, Krista Tippet interviewed internationally known psycho-linguist Jean Berko Gleason, “Unfolding Language, Unfolding Life.” Gleason explains that among linguists as among many academics across the field of psychology, there are long standing debates about whether … Continue reading

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The Muses: Whose Story?

In the United States, we have a number of difficult conversations going on right now.  I hear these conversations as stories.  They are the stories we tell, the stories we are trying to tell, the stories we are trying not … Continue reading

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The Muses and the Human Condition

On January 15, 1929, a baby boy was born.  This baby boy was African American born in the Deep South.  He suffered much from depression through his whole life, and as a 12 year old, when his grandmother died, he … Continue reading

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The Muses: Awake

Martin Luther King, Jr. closed his letter from the Birmingham jail with the words of a man who is fully awake.  To the religious leaders of Birmingham who had tried to keep him quiet, orderly and sedate in the face … Continue reading

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The Muses: Disturbing

From Martin Luther King, Jr’s “Letter from the Birmingham Jail” written to the religious leaders of Birmingham who had published an editorial in the newspaper about his protests in the City. “I MUST make two honest confessions to you, my Christian … Continue reading

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