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“Blistering Hope”

Sneak Peek: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrCoStqZ70E Download The morning program https://redriveruu.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/TMP-03-21-DMS-study.pdf A stonemason would tell us that the rock is not easy to shape, it takes time and leaves blisters on our hands. Many other things in life are like that- where the results are not visible right away. How do we engage the work where the only sign of … Continue reading “Blistering Hope”

Beyond a Stained Glass Jesus

Sneak Peek https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga4Bg4PvRos The Morning Program (appears here Saturday afternoon/evening) As we approach Spring, we also approach Easter, that Christian holiday so important to tradition and so difficult to translate without resorting to metaphor and myth, but it is at it’s heart a natural holiday of the changing of the seasons while reprocessing the hope of … Continue reading Beyond a Stained Glass Jesus

“Renegotiating the Four Agreements: Reading The Fine Print”

Sneak Peek:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16U14LwUSpU The Morning Program (appears here on Saturday afternoon/evening) Don Miguel Ruiz’s little book, The Four Agreements, spent a decade on the NY Times bestseller list, offering Toltec wisdom to help North Americans see that humans are actually dreaming all the time, and what we think is “reality” is only a set of agreements … Continue reading “Renegotiating the Four Agreements: Reading The Fine Print”

“Building a Better World Might Take Some Work”

Building a Better World Might Take Some Work The Morning Program   Sneak Peek: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_M1itnuLNk We all have to be part of dismantling white supremacy; those of us who enjoy power and privilege need to use it for good. Daniel Polk is originally from Iowa, but has lived Texas for a few decades and has learned the … Continue reading “Building a Better World Might Take Some Work”

“Why I Won’t Play Backyard Soccer in Chile”

“Why I Won’t Play Backyard Soccer in Chile” Download the morning program:  https://redriveruu.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/TMP-02-14-DMS-study-.pdf Dick Powell, speaking Sneak Peek promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqMhB9vTALk The Morning Program (appears here on Saturday afternoon/evening) I know that some of you have experienced living in another country. I lived 7 years in South America, first as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Chile and later … Continue reading “Why I Won’t Play Backyard Soccer in Chile”

“New Prophets for the Church of the Real World” the rev Dr. Christine Tata, speaking

THE MORNING PROGRAM: https://redriveruu.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/TMP-02-07-DMS-study-.pdf New Prophets for the Church of the Real World Here’s a glimpse of Christine’s thinking: The Morning Program (will appear here on Saturday afternoon/evening) Since the middle of the twentieth century, this country has struggled to throw off its beginnings as an apartheid state and live up to its promise. The post-World … Continue reading “New Prophets for the Church of the Real World” the rev Dr. Christine Tata, speaking

All Music Sunday with singers Tom Neilson and Lynn Waldron

Tom Neilson and Lynn Waldron: “Who Is Our Neighbor” With singer/storyteller Tom Neilson and Lynn Waldron THE MORNING PROGRAM:  PLEASE NOTE:  Because we support Tom’s music and his membership in the American Federation of Musicians, Tom’s video program with us will be on our YouTube channel for only 24 hours.  Normally concerts must be ‘live’ … Continue reading All Music Sunday with singers Tom Neilson and Lynn Waldron

“How I’d Fix the Whole Shebang in My First 100 Days As President”

THE MORNING PROGRAM (coming Saturday afternoon/evening) SNEAK PEAK (coming soon) January 24, 2021: “How I’d Fix the Whole Shebang in My First 100 Days As President” Come on, admit it—deep down, we all believe that if they’d just put us in charge, for crying out loud, we could cut through the nonsense and fix this mess … Continue reading “How I’d Fix the Whole Shebang in My First 100 Days As President”