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Good Habits: Cultivating Virtue

Sun Apr 11 - 11:15 am The Rev. Dr. Mark Y. A. Davies

“Good Habits: Cultivating Virtue” with the rev. Dr. Mark Y.A. Davies The Morning Program https://redriveruu.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/TMP-04-11-v2-DMS-study.pdf Sneak Peek: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QC5Mft4gY8 Of his remarks Dr. Davies writes, “Aristotle believed that possessing good character is about cultivating moral and intellectual virtue, and this requires practicing good habits for the sake of human flourishing. What might we learn from Aristotle in … Continue reading Good Habits: Cultivating Virtue

The Truth About Easter, Part Part II: Women Change the World In Secret

Sun Apr 4 - 11:15 am The Rev. Dr. Christine Tata

The Truth About Easter, Part Part II: Women Change the World In Secret The Morning Program Sneak Peek about Easter Sunday’s discourse: the rev. Dr. Christine Tata “The Real Truth About Easter (Part Two): Women Change the World in Secret” Last week, Dr. Tata ended her Palm Sunday sermon with a mystery to solve: what … Continue reading The Truth About Easter, Part Part II: Women Change the World In Secret

The Truth About Easter, Part One: Undercover in Jerusalem”

Mar 28 - 11:15 am The Rev. Dr. Christine Tata

Sneak Peek: Coming soon The morning program – Apart from faith or theology, the question of the empty tomb of Jesus is still open: What did happen to Jesus’s body? It’s as much a mystery as why we love Peeps. Well, the Rev. Dr. Christine can’t claim to know the literal truth of what happened … Continue reading The Truth About Easter, Part One: Undercover in Jerusalem”

“Blistering Hope”

Mar 21 - 11:15 am Rev. Dr. Aija Duelm

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

Sun Mar 14 - 11:15 am the rev. Arthur Severance

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”

Sun Mar 7 - 11:15 am The Rev. Dr. Christine Tata

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”

Sun Feb 28 - 11:15 am Daniel Polk

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”

“First, There Was Eve in Africa”

Sun Feb 21 - 11:15 am The Rev. Dr. Christine Tata

DOWNLOAD: The Morning Program “First, There Was Eve in Africa“: If you’re ever feeling lonely, just remember that every stranger you meet is actually your distant kin. We are all descendants of the first human: Mitochondrial Eve, the original homo sapiens, who emerged in Africa as the ancestral mother of the whole race. Moreover, Africa’s … Continue reading “First, There Was Eve in Africa”

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

Sun Feb 14 - 11:15 am Dick Powell

“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

Sun Feb 7 - 11:15 am The Rev. Dr. Christine Tata

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

Red River Unitarian Universalists

Red River Unitarian Universalist Church

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