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This sermon was delivered April 15 at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. https://youtu.be/ZbGnuxwOEUg Copyright 2018 © Kate Braestrup
Category: Unitarian Universalism
Sermon: I Think It’s Gonna Rain Today
…as I’ve researched, thought, and jogged my memory about 1968, I’ve realized that maybe what we’re going through today isn’t so different, and maybe there is ground for hope. So come with me as I re-live some of 1968.
What’s Wrong with the American Dream
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By Mel Harkrader Pine At the age of 30, I got my first ride on a corporate jet. My companions were the Vice Chairman of the Mobil Corporation Board and our wives. Since we were four passengers on a short flight — New York to Washington —…
Social Justice and Dry Bones
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By Rev. Kate Braestrup From the prophet Jeremiah: O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live: And I will lay sinews upon you, and…
Be Careful What You Resolve To Do…you just might do it
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By Rev. Kate Braestrup As a rule, my New Year’s resolutions are notable neither for originality nor for their chances of being fulfilled. Year after year, along with so many of my fellow Americans, I resolve to– -surprise!– – exercise and lose weight. Year after year, my…
Despair, Anger, Hope, and Faith
I despair that Unitarian Universalism seems to have plunged into the same us-and-them-ness as our culture at large
Injustice Anywhere…
Oppression and injustice are not competitive sports with winners and losers and a need to take sides.
What It Means to Be Human — Sermon, August 6, 2017
Only beings with stories and myths can weave a cultural tapestry, and it’s through that cultural tapestry that we can bind larger groups together.
My Life
My spiritual life takes two interconnected (aren’t they all?) paths. I’ll discuss the Buddhist one, the Unitarian Universalist one, and how they connect.
Good Grief
Memoirs by Kate Braestrup and Bryan Stevenson come as close as possible, for us earthlings, to putting religious truths, love and grief into words.
Let’s Dismantle Supremacy
Greed, mismanagement, and cronyism probably existed before the mutation that resulted in white skin.
The Illusion of Group
As liberal religions seek more honest dialogue about race, they bury themselves deeper into racial and ethnic groupings.
Melting-Pot Dharma 