Sweetness Everywhere
Rev. Josh M. Pawelek Unitarian Universalist Society: East Manchester, CT September 17, 2023 Our ministry theme for September is welcome,...
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- Jul 23
- 9 min
Emphasis on Covenant
the Rev. Josh Pawelek Unitarian Universalist Society East Manchester, CT July 23, 2023 I’m going to share my reflections on the Unitarian...
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uuseoffice
- May 14
- 8 min
Spiraling
05/14/23 by Joshua Pawelek I call this sermon “Spiraling.” Spirals are common in nature—the DNA double helix, the fiddlehead fern, the...
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uuseoffice
- Apr 30
- 8 min
If All Life is Sacred How Shall We Live
04/30/23 “How precious it is to be together in spiritual community. How precious it is to learn what is on each other’s hearts and minds;...
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uuseoffice
- Apr 16
- 8 min
The Necessary Flames
04/16/23 Rev. Josh Pawelek Our ministry theme for April is resistance. I recognized early on in the planning for this morning’s service...
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uuseoffice
- Mar 26
- 5 min
Our Moral Obligation to Ask for Help
03/26/23 Rev. Josh Pawelek I want to say a few words about something most children do exceedingly well: asking for help. It makes sense....
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uuseoffice
- Mar 19
- 8 min
That's How We Learned to Get Through This
03/19/23 Rev. Josh Pawelek Om Namah Shivaya, shivaya namah om. Salutations benevolent one. Or salutations Lord Shiva. Ancient words....
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uuseoffice
- Feb 19
- 7 min
Towards a Spiritual Discipline of Love
02/19/23 I am slightly embarrassed. My intention this morning was—and still is—to continue reflecting on the proposed changes to Article...
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uuseoffice
- Feb 5
- 10 min
Imbolc Reflections
02/05/23 Calling The Quarters excerpts from “Quarterdance” by Mary Bopp and Josh Pawelek Spirit of the East, we invite your presence....
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uuseoffice
- Jan 22
- 9 min
Have we no principles?
01/22/23 by Joshua Pawelek Note: Rev. Josh offered this sermon in response to UUA Article 2 Commission’s rough draft report released in...
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uuseoffice
- Jan 8
- 9 min
On Shared Ministry
01/08/23 Our ministry theme for this first month of 2023 is Finding Our Center. It has always been abundantly clear to me that the...
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minister957
- Aug 29, 2021
- 8 min
Talkin To Trees Or Lessons From The Overstory And The Understory
08/29/21 by Joshua Pawelek My father spoke to trees, specifically the oaks in his backyard. And he was fairly certain they spoke to him....
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uuseoffice
- Sep 15, 2019
- 13 min
Adventures in Spiritual Plumb-Bobbing
09/15/19 by Joshua Pawelek “If only for once it were still”—words from the late 19th-early 20th-century Bohemian-Austrian poet, Rainer...
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uuseoffice
- Jun 3, 2019
- 9 min
Living Your Faith: Finding and Walking Your Path as a Unitarian Universalist
06/03/19 by UUSEadmin On May 26, 2019, the service was titled “Living Your Faith: Finding and Walking Your Path as a Unitarian...
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uuseoffice
- Apr 23, 2015
- 10 min
From Radical Transcendence to Radical Immanence
04/13/15 Because I’m in the middle of teaching our Building Your Own Theology class and inviting the participants to look deeply into...
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uuseoffice
- Jun 2, 2013
- 14 min
The Welcoming Congregation: Welcome as Spiritual Practice
06/02/13 by UUSEadmin Alex Kapitan, LGBTQ and Multicultural Programs Administrator, Unitarian Universalist Association. Hello! And...
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minister957
- Apr 1, 2012
- 10 min
Creation Out of Nothing?
04/01/12 The Rev. Josh Pawelek Video here In his new book, A Universe From Nothing,[1] cosmologist Lawrence M. Krauss attempts to...
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uuseoffice
- Nov 6, 2011
- 10 min
Call Me By My True Names
11/06/11 “Please call me by my true names, / so I can wake up, / and so the door of my heart can be left open, / the door of...
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