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Music Notes – Sunday, November 30th: This Sunday’s musician is UUCC Pianist Karin Tooley Centering Music: The Butterfly Lovers (Gang and Zhanhao, transcribed by Karin Tooley) Based … Continue reading Musical Musings 11-30: Music of contemplative beauty with Karin Tooley
Share this post:To pass through the first gate Inanna encounters in her descent to the underworld, she must give up her crown. There are lots of mythologies around descent and ascent. The … Continue reading Bonus Track: Being Seen
Share this post:Music Notes – Sunday, Nov. 23rd: This Sunday’s musicians are The Chancel Choir and UUCC Music Director Mike Carney Centering Music: Adagio molto (II) from The Four Seasons: … Continue reading Musical Musings 11-23: Music of gratitude and truth with Mike and our Chancel Choir
Share this post:I’ve mentioned a few times that my plans for sabbatical are influenced by the Mesopotamian story of Inanna, one of the oldest recorded bits of human mythology. Maybe there is … Continue reading Bonus Track: The Characters in Our Stories
Share this post:Come join me in Lakewood this Sunday, November 16th for a special concert from Good Company: A Vocal Ensemble, who will be welcoming guest composer and conductor Marques L. A. … Continue reading Musical Musings 11-16: Classic and contemporary piano music from Mendelssohn and Hiromi with Karin Tooley, plus Good Company this Sunday afternoon in Lakewood
Share this post:Music Notes – Sunday, Nov. 9th: This Sunday’s musicians are Nick McNally, The Treble Ensemble, and UUCC Music Director Mike Carney About this Sunday’s special guest musician: Nick McNally, … Continue reading Musical Musings 11-09: Songs of praise and joy from Nick McNally and UUCC’s Treble Ensemble
Share this post:On Sunday, we explored different places in our lives that guiding principles might emerge. For instance, we said that some of our guiding principles might directly address a lie we’ve … Continue reading Bonus Track: Guiding Principles and Challenging Conversations
Share this post:It’s been said that No is a one-word boundary. This is true. We don’t owe other people an explanation or rationale for our boundaries. Our boundaries are enough by themselves … Continue reading Bonus Track: No
Share this post:Music Notes – Sunday, Nov. 2nd: This Sunday’s musicians are Aaron Burkle, Andria Hoy, The Chancel Choir and UUCC Music Director Mike Carney Centering Music: Words of Amber – … Continue reading Musical Musings 11-02: From contemplative to celebratory with Mike, our Chancel Choir and special guests Aaron Burkle and Andria Hoy
Share this post:On Sunday, we read words from the 15th chapter of the Gospel of John. Although it had some compelling imagery about vines and branches, there were some other bits in … Continue reading Bonus Track: The Bible Says What?
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