Rev. Stefanie Etzbach-Dale
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Question: What’s up with UU’s and all those they claim as ancestors?
Ancestry is a tricky thing. Via the Genome Project I’ve traced mine back thousands of years to Mongolia and Africa. But when asked to identify my ancestry I tend to speak of those elements that I recognize as core to … Continue reading
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Tagged ancestry, history
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Question: To whom does one pray if one doesn’t believe in God?
Typically, prayer is thought of as “communicating with God”: articulating your fears and concerns; your desires, fervent wishes or vows; relief, gratitude, joy or devotion. In a nutshell: your reality. This articulation can take the form of prescribed prayers spoken from … Continue reading
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Tagged god, healing, prayer
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Question: Why do bad things happen?
If God is Omnipotent and Omniscient than how or why do bad things happen? Omnipotence means all-powerful, and omniscient means all-knowing. So if there is a God, and if God is “that”, why do bad things happen? In the book … Continue reading
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Tagged destiny, fate, god, suffering
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Question: Can UU’s believe whatever they want?
Absolutely not. Sorry. It’s not about believing what you “want”! If it were, I would choose to believe that ice cream has no calories, and maybe even that someday I’ll be sitting on a fluffy white cloud playing a saxophone, … Continue reading
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Tagged religion lite, religious responsibility, Unitarian Universalist belief
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The Great Turning
Excerpt from sermon entitled “The Great Turning”, Sunday, May 20th, 2012 (inspired by the work of Joana Macy) Many of our most beloved stories were constructed around misunderstandings, misinterpretations or “wishful thinking” at best – if not conscious, strategized manipulations … Continue reading
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What Cannot Be Taken Away
“Extinguish my eyes, I’ll go on seeing you. Seal my ears, I’ll go on hearing you. And without feet I can make my way to you, without a mouth I can swear your name…” – Rainer Maria Rilke
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The Great Turning
Sunday, May 20th @ 10:30 am – The Unitarian Universalist Church of Santa Clarita Valley Pain and fear are natural responses to the “unraveling” of our world. Compassion and insight are what will encourage the ability to transcend the inclination to … Continue reading
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“Transcending Thoughts” (05/06/12 Sermon Excerpt)
This service is entitled “Transcending Thoughts”. Which caused at least one Facebook friend to ask me if that meant I’d be sharing thoughts ABOUT transcending (something you might expect from “mainstream” clergy). Or, if thoughts themselves would be transcended during … Continue reading
Tagged concord, transcendence, transcendentalism, unitarian universalism
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Imagination + Generosity = Transformation
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Tagged imagination, stewardship, transformation
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A Transformation Story
A long time ago, there was a young woman, who woke up to find that she could not “wake up”! She slept and slept, for months, for years, shrouded in a cocoon of fevered dreams. Her hair fell out, her … Continue reading
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Tagged community, stewardship, transformation, wholeness
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