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Listening for Your Own Truth

Listening for Your Own Truth

RUMInations on Ageing and Dying

RUMInations on Ageing and Dying

The Age of the Machine —What Kind of Society do we Want?

The Age of the Machine —What Kind of Society do we Want?

Annie Jane Schnackenberg (nee Allen) New Zealand fighter for women’s rights

Annie Jane Schnackenberg (nee Allen) New Zealand fighter for women’s rights

A Year And A Day

A Year And A Day

Death Café Comes to the Unitarian Church

Death Café Comes to the Unitarian Church

The Answer I Wish I’d Given

The Answer I Wish I’d Given

The Chalice Flame

The Chalice Flame

Unitarians and New Zealand’s Choice to Die

Unitarians and New Zealand’s Choice to Die

The Macky family – a longtime thread woven into our whakapapa

The Macky family – a longtime thread woven into our whakapapa

Spirit Intelligence: The whole person

Spirit Intelligence: The whole person

Humanizing Christianity

Humanizing Christianity

A More Beautiful Question

A More Beautiful Question

Celebrating Freedom

Celebrating Freedom

Matariki and New Member Sunday

Matariki and New Member Sunday

Hell is other people

Hell is other people

Pledge Drive Kick-off

Pledge Drive Kick-off

Reflections on Higher values for Living a Moral Life

Reflections on Higher values for Living a Moral Life

Musings on Stewardship – What does good look like?

Musings on Stewardship – What does good look like?

Spiritual Intelligence

Spiritual Intelligence

Unitarian Universalism Through the Lens of Three Generations

Unitarian Universalism Through the Lens of Three Generations

It’s all Greek to me

It’s all Greek to me

The American Transcendentalists

The American Transcendentalists

Remembering Anzac Day

Remembering Anzac Day

Roots hold me close, wings set me free

Roots hold me close, wings set me free

Charles Darwin’s religious life journey

Charles Darwin’s religious life journey

The empty tomb: holding lament in one hand and joy in the other

The empty tomb: holding lament in one hand and joy in the other

Breathing the Spirit of Life – what does it mean and why does it matter?

Breathing the Spirit of Life – what does it mean and why does it matter?

Part of Nature, or separate from Nature? Charles Darwin and Evolutionary Biology.

Part of Nature, or separate from Nature? Charles Darwin and Evolutionary Biology.

Constrained and sustained and still we rise

Constrained and sustained and still we rise

The liberal church finding its mission: It’s not all about you

The liberal church finding its mission: It’s not all about you

Why Should We Learn Another Language?

Why Should We Learn Another Language?

Peacemakers Unite for a World Beyond War

Peacemakers Unite for a World Beyond War

Water Communion 2024

Water Communion 2024

The Threats To Our Community

The Threats To Our Community

Bending The Arc Of The Universe

Bending The Arc Of The Universe

Reflections And Resolutions

Reflections And Resolutions

Luke’s Christmas Story

Luke’s Christmas Story

Jesus The Messiah

Jesus The Messiah

Our Rich History and Where to from Here?

Our Rich History and Where to from Here?

Rabbi Jesus the Teacher

Rabbi Jesus the Teacher

The Healing Power Of Self Compassion

The Healing Power Of Self Compassion

Curiosity may be harmful to cats, but how about to Unitarians?

Curiosity may be harmful to cats, but how about to Unitarians?

Welcome to Limbo. Please leave your certainties at the door.

Welcome to Limbo. Please leave your certainties at the door.

Christmas Eve Candlelight Service

Christmas Eve Candlelight Service

World Polio Day

World Polio Day

A wharfie’s story

A wharfie’s story

Flower Communion

Flower Communion

Funeral Service for Clay Nelson

Funeral Service for Clay Nelson

No person is an island unto themselves

No person is an island unto themselves

Finding Your Home in the Church Community

Finding Your Home in the Church Community

Cornucopia — a tribute to Clay Nelson

Cornucopia — a tribute to Clay Nelson

Pomp And Circumstance: A Valedictory

Pomp And Circumstance: A Valedictory

A new way of being: Men being real

A new way of being: Men being real

A rose by any other name is not a rose, part 2

A rose by any other name is not a rose, part 2

Mystery

Mystery

Nah / Yeah

Nah / Yeah

We’re gonna sit at the welcome table

We’re gonna sit at the welcome table

Organic Generosity

Organic Generosity

Whiteness, the gift that keeps on giving

Whiteness, the gift that keeps on giving

Coming to a Sense of Belonging: Matariki in our Time and Place

Coming to a Sense of Belonging: Matariki in our Time and Place

Samoa’s Nonviolent Struggle for Independence from New Zealand Colonial Rule

Samoa’s Nonviolent Struggle for Independence from New Zealand Colonial Rule

Are you living the life you chose, or are you living the life that chose you?

Are you living the life you chose, or are you living the life that chose you?

A minister’s work is never done, and neither is yours

A minister’s work is never done, and neither is yours

Beyond Growth

Beyond Growth

Pentecost Sunday

Pentecost Sunday

The thrill of participatory social justice

The thrill of participatory social justice

The thrill of participatory theology

The thrill of participatory theology

Will Unitarian Universalism remain a living tradition?

Will Unitarian Universalism remain a living tradition?

Have the Seven Principles passed their use-by date?

Have the Seven Principles passed their use-by date?

It isn’t easy being a “Living Tradition”

It isn’t easy being a “Living Tradition”

A wrinkle in time: the Easter miracle?

A wrinkle in time: the Easter miracle?

Unlocking the Power of Gratitude

Unlocking the Power of Gratitude

Dealing With Grief

Dealing With Grief

Walking together in relationship: A personal journey of integrating Te Tiriti values

Walking together in relationship: A personal journey of integrating Te Tiriti values

Making the invisible visible

Making the invisible visible

My passionate journey from naivety to despair to hope

My passionate journey from naivety to despair to hope

A Still Small Voice: Listening for the divine, when you’re certain the no-one is speaking

A Still Small Voice: Listening for the divine, when you’re certain the no-one is speaking

Socks and songs: making and mending in the face of despair

Socks and songs: making and mending in the face of despair

Is there Other Life in the Universe? Implications for Unitarians

Is there Other Life in the Universe? Implications for Unitarians

Decolonising Decolonisation

Decolonising Decolonisation

Getting Through the Night

Getting Through the Night

Election Wishlist 2023

Election Wishlist 2023

That’s how the light gets in

That’s how the light gets in

Panel Discussion:- Religious Education in Schools

Panel Discussion:- Religious Education in Schools

Finding our humanity in a technologized world

Finding our humanity in a technologized world

The shape of the year: meanings we find and meanings we make

The shape of the year: meanings we find and meanings we make

Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 2022

Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 2022

It’s a Wonderful Life, a UU Christmas Carol

It’s a Wonderful Life, a UU Christmas Carol

A rose by any other name is not a rose

A rose by any other name is not a rose

The why, what and how of gratitude

The why, what and how of gratitude

The Rise — and Rise — of Hate Speech in an Online World

The Rise — and Rise — of Hate Speech in an Online World

Art, Healing and Universalism

Art, Healing and Universalism

Global warming: an ambulance at the bottom of the cliff?

Global warming: an ambulance at the bottom of the cliff?

Whose holiday is it, anyway?

Whose holiday is it, anyway?

Forging new pathways

Forging new pathways

It's scary when your GP has bad news

It's scary when your GP has bad news

Religious education in state schools is coming but … key questions are still unanswered

Religious education in state schools is coming but … key questions are still unanswered

Why Do Birthdays?

Why Do Birthdays?

COVID whiplash (Again?)

COVID whiplash (Again?)

FOMO, Imagined Lives and Reclaiming Joy

FOMO, Imagined Lives and Reclaiming Joy

A Dead Soldier Looks at the War

A Dead Soldier Looks at the War

Because We Can!

Because We Can!

Burning Down the House

Burning Down the House

Am I Doing This Right?

Am I Doing This Right?

That I might know my mind

That I might know my mind

I am the first: and the last

I am the first: and the last

The idiot flight of butterflies

The idiot flight of butterflies

Unconstrained Imagination

Unconstrained Imagination

Christian karakia: do you think they are appropriate for state schools?

Christian karakia: do you think they are appropriate for state schools?

It’s written in the stars

It’s written in the stars

Climate Change: Issues and Challenges

Climate Change: Issues and Challenges

Keeping your balance in an unbalanced world

Keeping your balance in an unbalanced world

Forgive us our debts

Forgive us our debts

Outed as a Unitarian

Outed as a Unitarian

Stewardship is more about magic than money

Stewardship is more about magic than money

The importance of napping to spiritual health

The importance of napping to spiritual health

Fifth UU principle versus creeping authoritarianism

Fifth UU principle versus creeping authoritarianism

The Magic of Play

The Magic of Play

Speak Up Sunday

Speak Up Sunday

Why?…Because!

Why?…Because!

Easter on trial

Easter on trial

Are we the better plan?

Are we the better plan?

Stop hitting my friend

Stop hitting my friend

Teetering without tottering

Teetering without tottering

A failure of nerve

A failure of nerve

Transform a scream into a song

Transform a scream into a song

Come dream a dream with me

Come dream a dream with me

“It is impossible to step in the same river twice”

“It is impossible to step in the same river twice”

Uncivil Civil Disobedience

Uncivil Civil Disobedience

Predicting the future…Yeah right

Predicting the future…Yeah right

Water within, between and beyond us

Water within, between and beyond us

Freedom from what, exactly?

Freedom from what, exactly?

Unitarian Mysticism as Activism

Unitarian Mysticism as Activism

Let’s stop apologising for God

Let’s stop apologising for God

Q and A session - What kind of religion in school Muslims are hoping for

Q and A session - What kind of religion in school Muslims are hoping for

What kind of religion in school Muslims are hoping for

What kind of religion in school Muslims are hoping for

Christmas Eve 2021 Part 2

Christmas Eve 2021 Part 2

Christmas Eve 2021 Part 1

Christmas Eve 2021 Part 1

Seeing is not believing; believing is seeing

Seeing is not believing; believing is seeing

Privilege fuelled anger

Privilege fuelled anger

Welcome to Limbo. Please leave your certainties at the door

Welcome to Limbo. Please leave your certainties at the door

What does freedom mean to you?

What does freedom mean to you?

Be the pebble in the pond

Be the pebble in the pond

I doubt Henny Penny was a Unitarian Universalist

I doubt Henny Penny was a Unitarian Universalist

COP26: Blah, Blah, Blah

COP26: Blah, Blah, Blah

UNICEF COVAX Appeal

UNICEF COVAX Appeal

The art of scapegoating

The art of scapegoating

Messengers of Division

Messengers of Division

Livin’ La Vida Lockdown

Livin’ La Vida Lockdown

Be kind, most of the time

Be kind, most of the time

The Government’s Hate Speech Bill: What Do You Think?

The Government’s Hate Speech Bill: What Do You Think?

Why are you here? Going to church is so 20th century

Why are you here? Going to church is so 20th century

In memoriam of my mentor, John Shelby Spong.

In memoriam of my mentor, John Shelby Spong.

Trigger happy: What sets me off

Trigger happy: What sets me off

Faith, reason and conspiracy theories

Faith, reason and conspiracy theories

Don’t blow a fuse

Don’t blow a fuse

Dayenu: It would be enough

Dayenu: It would be enough

Reclaiming our rabble-rouser roots

Reclaiming our rabble-rouser roots

Religion and Middle-earth

Religion and Middle-earth

Auckland Unitarians Respect Asylum Seeker Rights

Auckland Unitarians Respect Asylum Seeker Rights

Landing in the Cuckoo’s Nest

Landing in the Cuckoo’s Nest

Religion: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Religion: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

The wages of trust is life

The wages of trust is life

Down to earth: the overview effect

Down to earth: the overview effect

Evasive manœuvres: the art of invulnerability

Evasive manœuvres: the art of invulnerability

A "Letting-go" People

A "Letting-go" People

Yule / Winter Solstice / Mataariki Musings

Yule / Winter Solstice / Mataariki Musings

Auckland Unitarians 13th June 2021

Auckland Unitarians 13th June 2021

Change is inevitable — growth is optional

Change is inevitable — growth is optional

Make your own life glad

Make your own life glad

Craftivism!

Craftivism!

Quiz night redux: Hamlet edition

Quiz night redux: Hamlet edition

The art of the impossible

The art of the impossible

Christmas Eve 2020 - Children's Play - Edited Clip

Christmas Eve 2020 - Children's Play - Edited Clip

UU Asia Pacific Zoom Service

UU Asia Pacific Zoom Service

How to address Mystery

How to address Mystery

Maybe: Outgrowing our past

Maybe: Outgrowing our past

Christmas Eve 2020 - Children's Play

Christmas Eve 2020 - Children's Play

Keeping the Peace (Edited)

Keeping the Peace (Edited)

Keeping the Peace

Keeping the Peace

What Good are Pupfish?

What Good are Pupfish?

School Strike for Climate – Learning from our Children

School Strike for Climate – Learning from our Children

Time Travel 101: The past and the future reside only in the now

Time Travel 101: The past and the future reside only in the now

The Emptiness Of Easter (Edited)

The Emptiness Of Easter (Edited)

The Emptiness of Easter (Original)

The Emptiness of Easter (Original)

The Walking Dead: Are we all infected?

The Walking Dead: Are we all infected?

The Walking Dead: Are we all infected?

The Walking Dead: Are we all infected?

Unitarians live in a parallel universe - Edited, with the deliberate mistakes removed.

Unitarians live in a parallel universe - Edited, with the deliberate mistakes removed.

Unitarians live in a parallel universe

Unitarians live in a parallel universe

The Carbon Footprint of Faith

The Carbon Footprint of Faith

The road to hothouse hell is paved with good intentions

The road to hothouse hell is paved with good intentions

Don’t Believe Everything You Think

Don’t Believe Everything You Think

From Gujarat To West Bengal

From Gujarat To West Bengal

The art of walking upright here

The art of walking upright here

Exploring The Elephant(s) In The Room

Exploring The Elephant(s) In The Room

Exploring the elephant(s) in the room

Exploring the elephant(s) in the room

Living In Season

Living In Season

Auckland Unitarian Sunday Service 24th Jan 2021

Auckland Unitarian Sunday Service 24th Jan 2021

On Being a UU Sceptic

On Being a UU Sceptic