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Planting Seeds of Soul: The Seed of Clear Thinking1 comment

Anthony David wrote 2 weeks ago: I want to start out this morning by introducing you to a tongue-in-cheek syndrome called Age Activat … more →

Tags: Sermons and Homilies, social issues, Unitarian Universalism, ad hominem fallacy, Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder, appeal to fear, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Barack Obama, Birther Movement

Spending Our Lives

Anthony David wrote 3 weeks ago: “Near the end of March, 1845,” says Henry David Thoreau in Walden, “I borrowed an axe and went down … more →

Tags: Sermons and Homilies, stewardship, Unitarian Universalism, Economy, Emerson, Genius, happiness, healing, Henry David Thoreau

Planting Seeds of Soul: The Seed of Self-Knowledge

Anthony David wrote 1 month ago: How many of you remember the 1984 movie hit The Karate Kid? It’s a story about a high-schooler named … more →

Tags: Sermons and Homilies, Let Your Life Speak, Meaning, mr. miyagi, parker palmer, Raising the Soul, Review-of-the-day, Seven Exercises, soul

Cutting Through Abstractification

Anthony David wrote 2 months ago: I begin with a story about one of my cats, who was originally named Xena (as in “The Warrior Princes … more →

Tags: Sermons and Homilies, healing, animal blessing, animal blessing service, Cats, Xena, University of Chicago, animal experience, animal perception

When the Student is Ready

Anthony David wrote 3 months ago: Charles Dickens—famous author, Unitarian also—once said a curious thing: that “The absence of the so … more →

Tags: Sermons, Stories, Self Esteem, "Gabriel's Horn, Abundance, carl jung, Charles Dickens, democracy, ego identity

Something to Live For, Something to Die For

Anthony David wrote 5 months ago: I love this Jerry Seinfeld quote: “Life is truly a ride,” he says. “As you make each passage from yo … more →

Tags: Stories, Sermons and Homilies, spirituality, Life, Meaning, God, happiness, Ralph Waldo Emerson, jerry seinfeld

Parents Coming of Age

Anthony David wrote 6 months ago: It was Abraham Lincoln who once said, “You have to do your own growing, no matter how tall your gran … more →

Tags: Relationships and Communications, Sermons and Homilies, Sharon Olds, Coming of Age, Alden Nowland, Abraham Lincoln, Growing Up, Parents, Children

Building Our Audacious Future

Anthony David wrote 7 months ago: One day a mother mouse was out taking her babies for a walk, and a cat came out of nowhere to surpri … more →

Tags: social issues, stewardship, Sermons and Homilies, spirituality, Spiritual Community, Sustainable living, interdependence, ecojustice, happiness

Comic Spirituality

Anthony David wrote 8 months ago: Coyote is a key trickster figure in Native American mythology. He’s a shape shifter, part human and … more →

Tags: Creativity, God, Sermons and Homilies, Life Skills, Stories, spirituality, Life, Theology, Meaning

The Uses of Adversity

Anthony David wrote 9 months ago: This morning I want to talk about the uses of adversity, and in doing so, I am mindful of a piece of … more →

Tags: Science and Religion, Sermons and Homilies, spirituality, Meaning, Abundance, jonathan haidt, happiness, The Happiness Hypothesis, spirituality of midlife

Diligent Joy

Anthony David wrote 10 months ago: I want to begin this morning by sharing a personal story that I am not particularly proud of. As wit … more →

Tags: Stories, Science and Religion, Sermons and Homilies, Life Skills, spirituality, Human Nature, jonathan haidt, happiness, The Happiness Hypothesis

CONGREGATION seeks leaders. Must have an earnest desire to save the world. Apply in person.

Anthony David wrote 1 year ago: As I reflect on our world today, and the challenge of leadership in difficult times, a story comes t … more →

Tags: Sermons and Homilies, Abundance, Generosity, stewardship, wall street bailout, Scarcity, Money

Letter to the Editor

Anthony David wrote 1 year ago: I take exception to Lorraine Murray’s article from Saturday, Oct. 4 (in the “Faith and Values” secti … more →

Tags: Unitarian Universalism, Letter to the Editor, Anything Goes, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Pluralism, multiple religious participation

On The Seventh Day: A Meditation on the Sabbath1 comment

Anthony David wrote 1 year ago: In the Hebrew Bible it is said that “In six days God made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day G … more →

Tags: Sermons and Homilies, spirituality, The Sabbath, Wayne Muller, Labor Day, The Creation

Our Inner Ape

Anthony David wrote 1 year ago: As Unitarian Universalists, we rally around a religious vision of people connecting with the Sacred … more →

Tags: Science and Religion, Holidays and Holy Days, Sermons and Homilies, spirituality, Unitarian Universalism, bonobos, Frans de Waal, Human Nature, Killer Ape

Diligent Joy

Anthony David wrote 1 year ago: An excerpt from Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Pray, Love on happiness…. What is “dilige … more →

Tags: Unitarian Universalism, Spiritual Community

The virtue of hyphenated religious identity2 comments

Anthony David wrote 1 year ago: I commend to you an article in The Unitarian Universalist Christian (Volume 58 2003), by Peter Huff, … more →

Tags: Unitarian Universalism, Spiritual Community, World Religions

Notes on "How to Find Your Mission in Life"

Anthony David wrote 1 year ago: Notes on How to Find Your Mission in Life (by Richard Nelson Bolles)   What life is like when people … more →

Tags: Vocation and Calling, God

"Faith" as trust and confidence1 comment

Anthony David wrote 1 year ago: Religious faith, for me, consists in a trust relationship with the universe. Faith is a way of openi … more →

Tags: Unitarian Universalism


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