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May You Live in Interesting Times

May You Live in Interesting Times
Byron Miller, leading

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Of his discourse, Byson writes …

It’s been said “May you live in interesting times” is an old Chinese curse.  Most probably not.  But such times tend to be those of major change and challenge.  They can be demanding, full of surprises and sometimes containing risk and peril, unexpectedly changing the course of
life as we’ve known it. Decades later the mere mention of such events conjures memories of where we were when we lived through them.  Today we are living in “interesting times” … and we can see them coming.

Byron Miller’s Bio

Byron has spent half his adult life in the mid-west and half on the west coast.  He took his BA specializing in religious studies, the Greek language and Philosophy, his M.Div. with an emphasis in Hebrew bible studies and three and one half years of graduate studies toward a PhD in Ancient Near Eastern Studies at Claremont Graduate School and University Center in Claremont, California. A decade later he was advanced to candidacy for a PhD in History of Religions in America at the University of Chicago.

He has also been active in the Unitarian Universalist Congregations in Long Beach, California, Grand Junction and Colorado Springs, Colorado, Houston, and Waco Texas.  He has spoken in Unitarian Universalist congregations in Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan, and Iowa and served in numerous capacities at the Meadville Lombard Theological School in Chicago. and taught at Pasadena College in Pasadena, California, California State University in Northridge, California and Butte County Community College in Chico, California.  He has been a guest lecturer for classes in California, Colorado, Illinois, and Texas.  He also served in leadership capacities in the Central Mid-west District and the Mountain-Desert District of the UUA in Colorado and New Mexico.

He is currently active in research and writing projects and developing a private library and research center as part of that endeavor.

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