Surprising Evolution. April 21, 2012
Flowers changed the world. Before flowers, everything was green...endless, monotonous green. Pine cones were the only kinds of seeds and they just dropped to the ground where they started the same tree. When flowering plants developed during the Dinosaur age, a different kind of seed developed: angiosperm,
April 8 – Easter From the Balcony
Isn't it something that we wake up every morning? Isn't it something that we love and fight and love again? We wake and life starts again. We forgive and apologize, and love starts again. Life moves from rest to activity and back; couples and friends move from connection to
March 25 – Seeing from the Balcony
Recently, I called my friend and colleague Michael and asked him to be my balcony... The night before I had attended a meeting of the Salina Equality Coalition and its UU allies. Tere had been a lot of negative energy in the room: we felt the urgent need for
Dec. 4 – Peacemaking Theologies
Peacemaking Theologies Rev. Thea Nietfeld Last month, at a gathering of the Kansas Nonviolence Network, Dorothy, a Mennonite clergy and Duane, a Mennonite history professor, were feeling discouraged about the pervasiveness of evil, as one of them called it, and suggested that we need clarity about when to take a major form
Imagine Faith – January 8 Sermon
Imagine Faith Talk from Rev. Thea Nietfeld Being in this new and reliable fathering place comes from the faith of ancient religious forebears – who dared to challenge conventional Christianity...it comes from those who first brought liberal religion to Kansas and Hutchinson and then those who kept the chalice flame alive
Generosity and Gratitude
READING (excerpts from John Rawls - A Theory of Justice) Introduction: John Rawls lived from 1921 to 2001; he was a professor of philosophy at Harvard. His most famous challenge to political assumptions was in his 1971 book, A Theory of Justice. “...the
Hope from this Arab Spring – May 1 Service
“Hope from this Arab Spring”, given by Rev. Thea Nietfeld May 1, 2011 Description: Hope lives when we act on our principles with friends and allies. Consciousness, empathy, and discipline enable us to link principles to nonviolent justice action. Using Gandhian principles, we will consider how the Arab Spring can inspire us
Earth Day Message – YouTube link
YouTube Link to April 17 Earth Day Service with Sharon Scott: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U97ouIjAofU
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