Rev. Stefanie Etzbach-Dale
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Breakfast
Blessed food! Come to us from the living earth, The movement of stars and seasons, Human labor and love, Fill us and strengthen us For the day ahead!
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On Being Broken Into
As I took the dogs for a walk this morning, reflecting on what I might write in the newsletter about next month’s theme of “brokenness”, I noticed some papers in the gutter next to my car. Moving closer, I discovered … Continue reading
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Tagged brokenness, crime, criminal acts, first aid kit, identity theft, personal emergency
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Sunday September 25th at the UU Church of Santa Clarita Valley
This Sunday’s Ingathering worship service (“Wade In The Water”) will highlight a Water Communion Ceremony. Bring along a few drops representing a time or place special to you!
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The Graves of Children: Bullying & the Christian Right
This morning I read about an initiative of the Christian Right against the FAIR Education Act – intended to provide students with accurate information about GLBT history, and to protect GLBT students from discrimination. Apparently right-wing Christians in California are … Continue reading
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NIMBY?
Someone brought to my attention this week news of a plan to build a rehab center just blocks from my home. Apparently it will include 86 beds, and some locals are deeply disturbed by this plan – insisting that the … Continue reading
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Talking About UU
There are those who reject all religion because of “the problems it has created in the world” – and clearly there are many such problems to point to. But it is simplistic to say that “religion causes all people to … Continue reading
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After Doomsday 05/21/11
I spent last Saturday, what could have been my last afternoon on earth (had I led a blameless life and believed in the Apocalypse), leading a workshop geared toward those who are painfully aware of the world’s wounds and of … Continue reading
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Tagged apocalypse, doomsday
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Owning Mardi Gras
I am not a saint. And yet I go marching, joining the ranks of those skipping and swaying amidst feathers, beads and glistening limbs down streets, slick with dreams, tattered and torn. I am not a saint. And yet, each … Continue reading
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My Books Due Spring 2011!
My first book, From Headlines to Heartlines, contains a series of reflections on current events, from a Unitarian Universalist perspective – everything from clergy sexual abuse to immigration reform, the presidential inauguration to “don’t ask don’t tell”… The intent is … Continue reading
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