Sunday Talks / Random Musings Share this page... July 14, 2024 - Ted Zorn - A More Beautiful Question July 7, 2024 - John DiLeo - Celebrating Freedom June 30, 2024 - Rachel Mackintosh - Matariki and New Member Sunday June 23, 2024 - Barbara Thomborson - What Yule traditions can teach us June 16, 2024 - Rachel Mackintosh - Hell is other people June 9, 2024 - Jonathan Mason - Pledge Drive Kick-off June 2, 2024 - Guest Post - Reflections on Higher values for Living a Moral Life May 26, 2024 - John DiLeo - Musings on Stewardship – What does good look like? May 19, 2024 - Barbara Thomborson - Spiritual Intelligence May 12, 2024 - Guest Post - Unitarian Universalism Through the Lens of Three Generations May 5, 2024 - Rachel Mackintosh - It’s all Greek to me April 28, 2024 - Guest Post - The American Transcendentalists April 21, 2024 - Karn Cleary - Remembering Anzac Day April 14, 2024 - Rachel Mackintosh - Roots hold me close, wings set me free April 7, 2024 - John Maindonald - Charles Darwin’s religious life journey March 31, 2024 - Rachel Mackintosh - The empty tomb: holding lament in one handand joy in the other March 24, 2024 - Sally Mabelle - Breathing the Spirit of Life – what does it mean and why does it matter? March 17, 2024 - John Maindonald - Part of Nature, or separate from Nature?Charles Darwin and Evolutionary Biology. March 10, 2024 - Rachel Mackintosh - Constrained and sustained and still we rise March 3, 2024 - Karn Cleary - The liberal church finding its mission: It’s not all about you February 25, 2024 - Vivienne Allen - Why should we learn another language? February 18, 2024 - Guest Post - Peacemakers Unite for a World Beyond War February 11, 2024 - Rachel Mackintosh - Water Communion February 4, 2024 - John DiLeo - The Threats to Our Community January 28, 2024 - Guest Post - Jesus as Son of Man January 14, 2024 - Rachel Mackintosh - Bending the arc of the universe December 31, 2023 - Alix Geard - Reflections and Resolutions December 17, 2023 - Jonathan Mason - Luke’s Christmas Story December 10, 2023 - Guest Post - Jesus the Messiah December 3, 2023 - Betsy Marshall - Our Rich History and Where to from Here? November 26, 2023 - Guest Post - Rabbi Jesus the Teacher November 19, 2023 - Kate Lewis - The Healing Power of Self-Compassion November 12, 2023 - Vivienne Allen - Curiosity may be harmful to cats, but how about to Unitarians? November 5, 2023 - Rachel Mackintosh - Welcome to Limbo. Please leave your certainties at the door October 29, 2023 - Mary Ellen Warren - World Polio Day October 22, 2023 - Guest Post - A wharfie’s story October 15, 2023 - Karn Cleary - Flower Communion October 8, 2023 - John Maindonald - No person is an island unto themselves October 1, 2023 - Guest Post - Finding Your Home in the Church Community September 24, 2023 - Rachel Mackintosh - Cornucopia — a tribute to Clay Nelson September 17, 2023 - Clay Nelson - Pomp and circumstance:a valedictory September 10, 2023 - Guest Post - A new way of being: Men being real September 3, 2023 - Ruby Johnson - Made In His Image: What is a Father in 2023? August 27, 2023 - Ted Zorn - A rose by any other name is not a rose, part 2 August 20, 2023 - John DiLeo - Mystery August 13, 2023 - Clay Nelson - Nah/Yeah August 6, 2023 - Rachel Mackintosh - We’re gonna sit at the welcome table July 30, 2023 - Clay Nelson - Organic Generosity July 23, 2023 - Clay Nelson - Whiteness:the gift that keeps on giving July 16, 2023 - Kate Lewis - Coming to a Sense of Belonging: Matariki in our Time and Place July 2, 2023 - Paul Henriques - Samoa’s Nonviolent Struggle for Independence from New Zealand Colonial Rule June 25, 2023 - Clay Nelson - Are you living the life you chose, or are you living the life that chose you? June 18, 2023 - Clay Nelson - Special music for the rededication of the organ June 12, 2023 - Clay Nelson - A minister’s work is never done, and neither is yours June 4, 2023 - Alix Geard - Beyond Growth May 28, 2023 - Guest Post - Pentecost Sunday May 21, 2023 - Clay Nelson - New Member Sunday May 16, 2023 - Guest Post - The thrill of participatory social justice May 8, 2023 - Clay Nelson - The thrill of participatory theology April 30, 2023 - Clay Nelson - Will Unitarian Universalism remain a living tradition? April 23, 2023 - Clay Nelson - Have the Seven Principles passed their use-by date? April 16, 2023 - Clay Nelson - It isn’t easy being a “Living Tradition” April 9, 2023 - Rachel Mackintosh - A wrinkle in time: the Easter miracle? April 2, 2023 - Martin Lewis - Unlocking the Power of Gratitude March 26, 2023 - John DiLeo - Dealing with grief March 19, 2023 - Guest Post - Walking together in relationship: A personal journey of integrating Te Tiriti values March 12, 2023 - Rachel Mackintosh - Making the invisible visible March 5, 2023 - Vivienne Allen - My passionate journey from naivety to despair to hope February 26, 2023 - Ruby Johnson - A Still Small Voice: Listening for the divine, when you’re certain the no-one is speaking February 19, 2023 - Alix Geard - Socks and songs: making and mending in the face of despair February 12, 2023 - Jonathan Mason - Is there Other Life in the Universe? Implications for Unitarians February 5, 2023 - Guest Post - Decolonising Decolonisation January 29, 2023 - John DiLeo - Getting Through the Night January 22, 2023 - David Hines - Election Wishlist 2023 January 15, 2023 - Rachel Mackintosh - That’s how the light gets in January 8, 2023 - Ted Zorn - Finding our humanity in a technologized world January 1, 2023 - Alix Geard - The shape of the year: meanings we find and meanings we make December 18, 2022 - Clay Nelson - It’s a Wonderful Life, a UU Christmas Carol December 11, 2022 - David Hines - Panel Discussion:-Religious Education in Schools December 4, 2022 - Clay Nelson - A rose by any other name is not a rose November 27, 2022 - Guest Post - The why, what and how of gratitude November 20, 2022 - Guest Post - The Rise — and Rise — of Hate Speech in an Online World November 13, 2022 - Lyn Farhi - Art, Healing and Universalism November 6, 2022 - David Hines - Global warming: an ambulance at the bottom of the cliff? November 2, 2022 - John DiLeo - Whose holiday is it, anyway? October 23, 2022 - Rachel Mackintosh - Forging new pathways October 16, 2022 - David Hines - It’s scary when your GP has bad news October 9, 2022 - David Hines - Religious education in state schools is coming but … key questions are still unanswered October 2, 2022 - John DiLeo - Why Do Birthdays? September 25, 2022 - Nina Khouri - COVID Whiplash (Again?) September 18, 2022 - Ted Zorn, Kate Lewis - FOMO, Imagined Lives and Reclaiming Joy September 11, 2022 - Dr Max Moss - A Dead Soldier Looks at the War September 4, 2022 - John DiLeo - Because We Can! August 28, 2022 - David Hines - The global warming crisis:what can one church do? August 21, 2022 - Rachel Mackintosh - Burning down the house August 14, 2022 - John DiLeo - Am I Doing This Right? August 7, 2022 - Nina Khouri - That I might know my mind August 1, 2022 - Derek Handley - I am the first: and the last July 24, 2022 - Clay Nelson - The idiot flight of butterflies July 17, 2022 - Clay Nelson - Unconstrained Imagination July 3, 2022 - David Hines - Christian karakia: do you think they are appropriate for state schools? June 26, 2022 - Clay Nelson - It’s written in the stars June 19, 2022 - Climate Team - Climate Change: Issues and Challenges June 12, 2022 - Clay Nelson - Keeping your balance in an unbalanced world June 5, 2022 - Clay Nelson - Forgive us our debts May 29, 2022 - Clay Nelson - Outed as a Unitarian May 21, 2022 - Clay Nelson - Stewardship is more about magic than money May 15, 2022 - Clay Nelson - The importance of napping to spiritual health May 8, 2022 - Clay Nelson - Fifth UU principle versus creeping authoritarianism May 1, 2022 - Clay Nelson - The Magic of Play April 24, 2022 - Clay Nelson - Why?…Because! April 17, 2022 - Clay Nelson - Easter on trial April 10, 2022 - Clay Nelson - Are we the better plan? April 3, 2022 - Clay Nelson - Stop hitting my friend March 27, 2022 - Clay Nelson - Teetering without tottering March 20, 2022 - Clay Nelson - A failure of nerve March 13, 2022 - Rachel Mackintosh - Transform a scream into a song March 6, 2022 - Clay Nelson - Come dream a dream with me February 27, 2022 - Clay Nelson - “It is impossible to step in the same river twice” February 20, 2022 - Clay Nelson - Uncivil civil disobedience February 13, 2022 - Clay Nelson - Predicting the future…Yeah right February 6, 2022 - Clay Nelson - Water within, between and beyond us January 30, 2022 - John DiLeo - Freedom from what, exactly? January 23, 2022 - Sally Mabelle - Unitarian Mysticism as Activism January 16, 2022 - David Hines - Let’s stop apologising for God January 9, 2022 - Guest Post - What kind of religion in school Muslims are hoping for January 2, 2022 - John DiLeo - The ills of fearing “the ills of socialism” December 19, 2021 - Clay Nelson - Seeing is not believing; believing is seeing December 12, 2021 - Clay Nelson - Privilege fuelled anger December 5, 2021 - Clay Nelson - Welcome to Limbo. Please leave your certainties at the door November 28, 2021 - Clay Nelson - What does freedom mean to you? November 21, 2021 - Clay Nelson - Be the pebble in the pond November 14, 2021 - Clay Nelson - I doubt Henny Penny was a Unitarian Universalist November 7, 2021 - Clay Nelson - COP26 Blah, blah, blah October 31, 2021 - Clay Nelson - The art of scapegoating October 24, 2021 - Derek Handley - Messengers of Division October 17, 2021 - John DiLeo - Livin’ La Vida Lockdown October 10, 2021 - David Hines - Be kind, most of the time October 3, 2021 - David Hines - The Government’s Hate Speech Bill: What Do You Think? September 26, 2021 - Clay Nelson - Why are you here? Going to church is so 20th century September 19, 2021 - Clay Nelson - In memoriam of my mentor John Shelby Spong September 12, 2021 - Clay Nelson - Trigger happy: What sets me off September 5, 2021 - Clay Nelson - Faith, reason and conspiracy theories August 29, 2021 - Clay Nelson - Don’t blow a fuse August 22, 2021 - Clay Nelson - Dayenu: It would be enough August 15, 2021 - Clay Nelson - Reclaiming our rabble-rouser roots August 8, 2021 - Clay Nelson - Religion and Middle-earth August 1, 2021 - Clay Nelson - Landing in the Cuckoo’s Nest July 25, 2021 - Clay Nelson - Religion: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly July 18, 2021 - Clay Nelson - The wages of trust is life July 11, 2021 - Clay Nelson - Down to earth: the overview Effect July 4, 2021 - Clay Nelson - Evasive Manœuvres: the art of invulnerability June 27, 2021 - Clay Nelson - A “Letting-go” people June 20, 2021 - Sally Mabelle - Yule / Winter Solstice / Mataariki Musings June 6, 2021 - Clay Nelson - Change is inevitable, growth is optional May 30, 2021 - Clay Nelson - Make your own life glad May 23, 2021 - Clay Nelson - Quiz Night Redux: Hamlet edition May 16, 2021 - Rachel Mackintosh - The art of the impossible May 9, 2021 - Clay Nelson - How to address Mystery May 2, 2021 - Clay Nelson - Maybe: Outgrowing our past April 25, 2021 - Clay Nelson - Keeping the Peace April 18, 2021 - Clay Nelson - What Good are Pupfish? - Tess Brothersen - School Strike for Climate – Learning from our Children April 11, 2021 - Clay Nelson - Time travel 101: Does the past and the future reside only in the now? April 4, 2021 - Clay Nelson - The Emptiness of Easter March 28, 2021 - Clay Nelson - The Walking Dead: Are we all infected? March 21, 2021 - Clay Nelson - Unitarians live in a parallel universe March 14, 2021 - Clay Nelson - The Carbon Footprint of Faith March 7, 2021 - Clay Nelson - The road to hothouse hell is paved with good intentions February 28, 2021 - Clay Nelson - Don’t believe everything you think February 21, 2021 - Shirin Caldwell - From Gujarat to West Bengal February 14, 2021 - Rachel Mackintosh - The art of walking upright here January 31, 2021 - Sally Mabelle - Exploring the elephant(s) in the room January 24, 2021 - Derek Handley - Living in season January 17, 2021 - John DiLeo - On Being a UU Sceptic January 10, 2021 - David Hines - The American Nightmare January 3, 2021 - David Hines - Which do you prefer – the Jewish Garden of Eden? Or the Christian One? December 27, 2020 - John DiLeo - How do we want the world to see us as a community? December 20, 2020 - Clay Nelson - A Christmas Miracle: Why Unitarians still celebrate Christmas December 13, 2020 - Martin Lewis - Freedom December 6, 2020 - Clay Nelson - Are individuality and religion oil and water? November 29, 2020 - Clay Nelson - Keeping up with generational change November 22, 2020 - Nina Khouri - Hold your own November 15, 2020 - Clay Nelson - It’s hard to be a humble Unitarian November 8, 2020 - Clay Nelson - The elections are over. Phew! Now what? November 1, 2020 - Clay Nelson - Leaving a Mark October 25, 2020 - Clay Nelson - Plaguing Interruptions Redux October 18, 2020 - Clay Nelson - Plaguing Interruptions October 11, 2020 - Clay Nelson - Choosing life or dying with dignity October 4, 2020 - Clay Nelson - To toke or not to toke September 27, 2020 - Sally Mabelle - Building Bridges: Interfaith Connections from a Unitarian perspective September 20, 2020 - Clay Nelson - Why should we learn a second language? September 13, 2020 - Clay Nelson - Are we still in Texas? September 6, 2020 - Clay Nelson - Why don’t we talk about class in church? August 29, 2020 - Clay Nelson - Tearing down, building up: two sides of one door August 23, 2020 - Clay Nelson - ANZUUA Service – Connection and disconnection: the story of our lives August 22, 2020 - David Hines - Don’t blame the politicians; blame the people who voted for them August 16, 2020 - Clay Nelson - I can’t breathe August 8, 2020 - Clay Nelson - Mixing spirituality and politics: A recipe for heartburn August 2, 2020 - Clay Nelson - Do I have to believe in the inherent worth and dignity of everyone? July 26, 2020 - Clay Nelson - Outgrowing the past — a test of character July 19, 2020 - Clay Nelson - Is hoping just another name for magical thinking? July 12, 2020 - Clay Nelson - Some things bear repeating July 5, 2020 - Clay Nelson - Not so fast. Think slow. June 28, 2020 - Clay Nelson - Passing the torch June 21, 2020 - Clay Nelson - A Chrysalis Opens June 14, 2020 - Clay Nelson - Racism—a tree in the forest June 7, 2020 - Clay Nelson - How should we do church at Level 1? May 31, 2020 - Clay Nelson - Pale, Stale and Male May 24, 2020 - Clay Nelson - Rebuilding better May 17, 2020 - Guest Post - Glen Taylor School May 10, 2020 - Derek Handley - Self-Reliance May 3, 2020 - Clay Nelson - Dead People’s Goals April 26, 2020 - Clay Nelson - So much to muse on, so little time April 19, 2020 - Clay Nelson - Two Realities April 12, 2020 - Clay Nelson - A Unitarian Easter April 5, 2020 - Clay Nelson - Virtual Random Musings March 29, 2020 - Auckland Unitarian - Virtual Morning Tea – 29th March 2020 – Shared Links March 22, 2020 - Guest Post - Covid-19 Special March 15, 2020 - Clay Nelson - “Everything you think is wrong” day… March 8, 2020 - Rachel Mackintosh - What are we waiting for? — the pitfalls of respectability March 1, 2020 - Clay Nelson - What is the appeal of Fascism? February 23, 2020 - Clay Nelson - Curiosity may be harmful to cats, but how about to Unitarians? February 16, 2020 - Clay Nelson - Discomfort is our teacher February 9, 2020 - Clay Nelson - Water Communion February 2, 2020 - Sally Mabelle - Hui-Tanguru / Lammas; Celebrating Summer’s Harvest January 19, 2020 - Nina Khouri - New Year’s Unresolutions January 12, 2020 - Derek Handley - Bridging the Gaps between Reality and Hope January 5, 2020 - Auckland Unitarian - Choral Treat December 29, 2019 - Auckland Unitarian - What swallows can teach us about global warming December 22, 2019 - Clay Nelson - We are all refugees December 15, 2019 - Clay Nelson - A Subversive Christmas Redux December 8, 2019 - Clay Nelson - “O Karma, Dharma, pudding & pie” December 1, 2019 - Derek Handley - What not to expect when you are expecting November 10, 2019 - Clay Nelson - I am what survives me November 3, 2019 - John DiLeo - Hello, Privilege. It’s me, John October 27, 2019 - Clay Nelson - Here be dragons October 20, 2019 - Nina Khouri - “It must be a cultural thing” October 13, 2019 - Clay Nelson - The Gospel of Doubt October 6, 2019 - Clay Nelson - The Moral Power of Memories September 29, 2019 - Clay Nelson - Where have all the Christians gone? September 22, 2019 - Rachel Mackintosh - I am a man September 15, 2019 - Guest Post - How can awareness of death enrich life? September 8, 2019 - Clay Nelson - Finding beauty in a broken world September 1, 2019 - Clay Nelson - Renovating our lives August 25, 2019 - Kurt Payne - Creative Genius August 18, 2019 - David Hines - Why NZ became a secular nation August 11, 2019 - Clay Nelson - What happened to compassion? July 28, 2019 - John DiLeo - Store up Your Treasures in Heaven July 21, 2019 - Clay Nelson - Living with contradictions June 30, 2019 - Clay Nelson - Roots hold me close June 23, 2019 - Clay Nelson - Plant a tree June 16, 2019 - Clay Nelson - The gift of not knowing June 9, 2019 - Clay Nelson - Courageous Creativity June 2, 2019 - David Hines - My doctor told me to take it easy May 26, 2019 - Clay Nelson - Is racism curable? May 19, 2019 - Clay Nelson - When did immigration become a bad word? May 12, 2019 - Clay Nelson - The need for identity May 5, 2019 - Clay Nelson - Revisiting Ramadan April 28, 2019 - Clay Nelson - ANZAC — the other side of the story April 21, 2019 - Clay Nelson - Can a Unitarian be resurrected? April 14, 2019 - Jonathan Mason - Pledge Sunday April 7, 2019 - Clay Nelson - Being “Othered” March 31, 2019 - Clay Nelson - Maintaining Unitarian principles when we can’t agree on the facts March 24, 2019 - Clay Nelson - Liberal religion in the public square March 17, 2019 - Clay Nelson - Doing the impossible: finding meaning in the senseless March 10, 2019 - Clay Nelson - And still they persist March 3, 2019 - Clay Nelson - A Brief History of Tomorrow February 24, 2019 - Clay Nelson - We would be one February 17, 2019 - Clay Nelson - Pride is a deadly sin…or not February 3, 2019 - David Hines - Sometimes, we need to have a Plan B January 27, 2019 - David Rohe - Swan Song January 20, 2019 - Sally Mabelle - Dances of Universal Peace January 13, 2019 - Vivienne Allen - Pick and Mix Religion January 6, 2019 - Sharon Robinson - When the Truth becomes your enemy December 30, 2018 - David Hines - Marching for love? or marching for hate? December 25, 2018 - Auckland Unitarian - Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 2018 December 23, 2018 - Clay Nelson - Christmas Memories December 16, 2018 - Clay Nelson - Christmas: A Subversive Holiday December 9, 2018 - David Hines - Three things I didn’t realise about global warming December 2, 2018 - Clay Nelson - Keep it simple November 25, 2018 - Clay Nelson - What defines a Unitarian? November 18, 2018 - Clay Nelson - When hope is hard to find November 11, 2018 - David Hines - How NZ celebrated the armistice in 1918 - David Hines - You can have too much religion; but you can also have too little November 4, 2018 - Clay Nelson - Jukebox Sunday 2018 October 28, 2018 - Clay Nelson - Finding the Common Good in Multiculturalism October 21, 2018 - Rachel Mackintosh - From Samuel Parnell to the future: working in union October 14, 2018 - Clay Nelson - Dismantling Patriarchy October 7, 2018 - Clay Nelson - It’s time to do the Hokey Tokey September 30, 2018 - Clay Nelson - Telling your story, fact or fiction September 23, 2018 - David Hines - Does New Zealand put too many people into jail? September 16, 2018 - Clay Nelson - Seeking Shalom: An ancient spiritual quest September 9, 2018 - Clay Nelson - Is Free Speech Free? September 2, 2018 - Clay Nelson - Popping the Bubble August 26, 2018 - David Hines - Life-changing events you didn’t ask for August 19, 2018 - Clay Nelson - Passing the Flame 2.0 August 12, 2018 - Clay Nelson - Down the Rabbit Hole August 5, 2018 - Clay Nelson - The Ditch grows wider. How should we respond? July 29, 2018 - Clay Nelson - Beware of adiaphora — it is lethal to churches July 22, 2018 - Clay Nelson - Are you living the life you chose or the life that chose you? July 15, 2018 - Clay Nelson - Creativity—A Human Right July 8, 2018 - Clay Nelson - Does New Zealand need Unitarianism? July 1, 2018 - Rachel Mackintosh - Human rights. Whose rights? Our rights! June 24, 2018 - Clay Nelson - Life is too valuable to be taken so seriously June 17, 2018 - Clay Nelson - Seeing through new lenses June 10, 2018 - Sally Mabelle - Dances of Universal Peace June 3, 2018 - David Hines - Blasphemy and the right to hate religion May 27, 2018 - David Rohe - We’re at church, so what?! May 20, 2018 - David Hines - The Transgender Bookworm May 13, 2018 - Clay Nelson - Grief is the canvas upon which we paint our lives May 6, 2018 - Clay Nelson - Once upon a time: The Power of Story April 29, 2018 - Clay Nelson - A World Without Scarcity April 22, 2018 - Kurt Payne - Reflections on ANZAC Day April 15, 2018 - Clay Nelson - Reflections on Earth Day April 8, 2018 - Clay Nelson - A Doubtful Faith April 1, 2018 - Clay Nelson - April Fools Arise! March 25, 2018 - Clay Nelson - Ode to Joy March 18, 2018 - Clay Nelson - We make the road by walking March 11, 2018 - David Hines - Don’t call me a Pākehā March 4, 2018 - Clay Nelson - #MeToo: a Will-o’-the-wisp or revolution? February 25, 2018 - Guest Post - Why should we care? February 18, 2018 - Guest Post - What “Pride” means to Rainbow Youth February 11, 2018 - Clay Nelson - 2018 Water Communion February 4, 2018 - Sally Mabelle - Dances of Universal Peace January 28, 2018 - David Rohe - Sharon Got Scared when I Said ‘I Don’t Care’ January 21, 2018 - Kurt Payne - Bang! You’re Dead January 14, 2018 - Guest Post - A journey of Faith & Trusting in the Universe January 7, 2018 - David Hines - Jesus meets Halley’s Comet December 31, 2017 - Willem Laman-Trip - Aboriginal Spirituality & Gratitudes for 2017 December 24, 2017 - Clay Nelson - Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 2017 - Clay Nelson - Carols and Shared Reflections December 17, 2017 - Kurt Payne - Celebrating the Summer Solstice December 10, 2017 - Clay Nelson - Seeking refuge in hope December 3, 2017 - Clay Nelson - What are we waiting for? November 26, 2017 - Rachel Mackintosh - Counting for nothing November 19, 2017 - David Hines - How many atheists does it take to change a lightbulb? November 12, 2017 - Clay Nelson - Reclaiming the Common November 5, 2017 - Clay Nelson - Flower Communion October 29, 2017 - Clay Nelson - Día de los muertos October 22, 2017 - David Hines - How many white lies is too many? October 15, 2017 - Clay Nelson - Th’ whole worl’s in a terrible state o’ chassis October 8, 2017 - Guest Post - The Power Of Your Story October 1, 2017 - David Hines - Relentless Positivity September 24, 2017 - Clay Nelson - Compassion: The Doorway to Faith September 10, 2017 - Clay Nelson - Election Reflections. September 3, 2017 - Clay Nelson - Class and Religion August 27, 2017 - Clay Nelson - Putting up resistance August 20, 2017 - David Hines - Good outcomes from broken homes? August 13, 2017 - Clay Nelson - Preaching a Feminist Gospel August 6, 2017 - Clay Nelson - When is breaking the law a moral imperative? July 30, 2017 - Clay Nelson - Passing the Flame July 23, 2017 - Clay Nelson - To whom does a non-theist pray? July 16, 2017 - David Hines - Four reasons not to give up on Politics July 9, 2017 - Clay Nelson - Big Data and the end of Free Will July 2, 2017 - Clay Nelson - Scientists discover atheists may not exist June 25, 2017 - Clay Nelson - Heresy: A Spiritual Value June 18, 2017 - Clay Nelson - The Meaning of Life June 11, 2017 - Clay Nelson - Being non-anxious in an age of anxiety June 4, 2017 - Clay Nelson - A Vision of Our Future May 28, 2017 - Clay Nelson - Appreciating Ramadan: A time of renewal May 21, 2017 - Clay Nelson - Bending the Arc of History May 14, 2017 - Cassie Withey-Rila - Swimming in a White Supreme-a-sea May 7, 2017 - Guest Post - ChristoPaganism April 30, 2017 - Clay Nelson - A Fishy Love April 23, 2017 - Clay Nelson - ANZAC Day…A time to imagine peace April 16, 2017 - Clay Nelson - Ignore Easter? So tempting. April 9, 2017 - Guest Post - A Musical Interlude April 2, 2017 - Clay Nelson - Roots and Wings of a Unitarian Lent March 26, 2017 - Clay Nelson - Loving your political opponent – Creative Conflict March 19, 2017 - Clay Nelson - Reforming the Reformation March 12, 2017 - Clay Nelson - Unitarians Seeking Sanctuary March 5, 2017 - Clay Nelson - Building A Beloved Community February 26, 2017 - Guest Post - Breaking Free February 19, 2017 - Guest Post - Being Gay in a Muslim Culture February 12, 2017 - Clay Nelson - Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot February 5, 2017 - Clay Nelson - Water Communion January 29, 2017 - Kurt Payne - Queer divinity: how do queer people relate to the divine? January 22, 2017 - Vivienne Allen - Only through love can hatred come to an end January 15, 2017 - Guest Post - Dances of Universal Peace January 8, 2017 - Sharon Robinson - The Eleventh Commandment December 25, 2016 - Auckland Unitarian - 2016 Christmas Eve Candlelight Service December 18, 2016 - Kurt Payne - Celebrating the summer solstice December 11, 2016 - Clay Nelson - How Unitarians Saved Christmas December 4, 2016 - David Hines - Celebrating Human Rights: Freedom from Religion November 27, 2016 - Guest Post - What does the Treaty of Waitangi mean for ourselves and our church? November 20, 2016 - Rachel Mackintosh - A Brave and Startling Truth: Solidarity after Helen Kelly November 13, 2016 - Guest Post - Dances of Universal Peace November 6, 2016 - Clay Nelson - The Waiting Place according to the Gospel of Dr Seuss October 30, 2016 - Clay Nelson - El Dia de Los Muertos October 23, 2016 - Clay Nelson - Flower Communion October 16, 2016 - Clay Nelson - Reflections on the Sea of Faith October 9, 2016 - Michael Jones - Kansas to NZ and Living the Dream October 2, 2016 - Clay Nelson - Being Grounded September 25, 2016 - Clay Nelson - Who knew? Unitarians Evolve! September 18, 2016 - David Rohe - Spring Cleaning September 11, 2016 - Clay Nelson - Why Unitarians need to Save Jesus September 4, 2016 - Clay Nelson - Unitarian Values Are Universal August 28, 2016 - Clay Nelson - What Is Beauty? August 21, 2016 - Clay Nelson - Can Love Trump Hate? August 14, 2016 - Guest Post - Mexica Spirituality: honouring the earth, water, fire and wind. July 31, 2016 - Guest Post - A Celebration of Imbolc July 17, 2016 - Steff Werman, Nancy Howie - Little Boxes: Exploring voluntary simplicity. July 10, 2016 - Clay Nelson - New Member Sunday July 3, 2016 - Clay Nelson - The Rise and Fall of Higher Education June 26, 2016 - Clay Nelson - The Paradox of Creating a Community of Individuals June 19, 2016 - Clay Nelson - Making Peace With The War On Drugs June 12, 2016 - Dr Max Moss - Perfectionism from a Religious Perspective June 5, 2016 - Clay Nelson - Loneliness The Silent Killer May 29, 2016 - Clay Nelson - Do Unitarians go to Heaven? May 22, 2016 - Clay Nelson - Being Bodacious: Recreating Ourselves Daily May 15, 2016 - Clay Nelson - Why the Church killed Christ May 8, 2016 - Clay Nelson - What Is At The Root Of Everything That Is Wrong? May 1, 2016 - Clay Nelson - Being The Dream April 24, 2016 - Clay Nelson - War against peace hidden in Panama Papers April 17, 2016 - Clay Nelson - The Trumpocalypse: How did we get here? April 10, 2016 - Rachel Mackintosh - The Future of Work April 3, 2016 - Clay Nelson - Is New Zealand Safe From Trumpism? March 27, 2016 - Clay Nelson - Reality versus Illusion: How do we know which is which? March 20, 2016 - David Rohe - Mark Twain visits Auckland Unitarians March 13, 2016 - Clay Nelson - Are You a Mystic? March 6, 2016 - Clay Nelson - Creeds and Deeds: Mixing Religion and Politics February 28, 2016 - Clay Nelson - From Lisa to Elijah: Transition & Transcendence February 21, 2016 - Clay Nelson - This is your life – Noel Blyth February 14, 2016 - Clay Nelson - Gender Identity and Transgender Issues 1 January 24, 2016 - David Rohe - A Confirmed Rationalist Confronts Magic January 17, 2016 - Guest Post - A Message for Our Times…. The Sufi Path of Love January 10, 2016 - Kurt Payne - Creativity and Spirituality December 24, 2015 - Auckland Unitarian - Christmas Carol Service (without the carols) December 13, 2015 - Clay Nelson - Christmas: A Holiday without Borders December 6, 2015 - Clay Nelson - Keep Calm and Carry On November 29, 2015 - Clay Nelson - Does the Kingdom of God need God? November 22, 2015 - Henri van Roon - Peace and Social Justice : Walking the Talk November 15, 2015 - Henri van Roon - The Wider Unitarian World November 8, 2015 - Clay Nelson - What Would the Goddess Do? November 1, 2015 - Clay Nelson - The Communion of Unitarian Saints October 25, 2015 - Clay Nelson - “You have Stept Out of Your Place” – Challenging Patriarchy October 18, 2015 - Vivienne Allen - How might Unitarians respond to the Syrian refugee crisis? October 11, 2015 - Guest Post - Being Allies: Solidarity Work and Te Tiriti o Waitangi October 4, 2015 - Clay Nelson - What’s Wrong with the Living Wage? September 27, 2015 - Clay Nelson - Why Celebrate Sacrifice? September 20, 2015 - Guest Post - A Home for My Spirit When it Was Homeless September 13, 2015 - Clay Nelson - New Beginnings: Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur September 6, 2015 - Clay Nelson - Who is Krishna and Why Should We Care? August 30, 2015 - Clay Nelson - A “Brand New” Testament: What if Jesus got a Do-over? August 23, 2015 - Clay Nelson - Why Who and What We Love Matters August 16, 2015 - Guest Post - The Infinite Game: How to Live Well Together – Part 2 August 9, 2015 - Clay Nelson - The Empathy Paradox August 2, 2015 - Guest Post - Islam and the Problem of Religious Extremism July 26, 2015 - Clay Nelson - Progressive Christianity: Oxymoron or Unitarian? July 19, 2015 - Clay Nelson - Privilege: A Roadblock to Wholeness July 12, 2015 - Clay Nelson - Euthanasia: Is Life Sacred? June 28, 2015 - Guest Post - The Power of Listening June 21, 2015 - Clay Nelson - The Past, Present and Future of Progressive Religion in Aotearoa New Zealand June 14, 2015 - Clay Nelson - The Spirituality Gap June 8, 2015 - Guest Post - The Infinite Game: How to Live Well Together May 31, 2015 - Clay Nelson - Do the American Transcendentalists have Anything to say to Kiwi Unitarians? May 24, 2015 - Guest Post - Solidarity: A case for Unions in a Neoliberal World May 17, 2015 - Clay Nelson - The Battle for God May 10, 2015 - Clay Nelson - Living in the Age of Precarious April 26, 2015 - Clay Nelson - Honouring those who have fought for peace April 19, 2015 - Clay Nelson - Creating Our Own Future April 12, 2015 - Guest Post - The End of the Oil Age Needs a Resilient Community April 5, 2015 - Clay Nelson - Easter? Bah Humbug! March 29, 2015 - Clay Nelson - Inequality and the New Dark Ages March 22, 2015 - Clay Nelson - Rumi-nations on Being Broken March 1, 2015 - Clay Nelson - Freedom from Religion February 22, 2015 - Guest Post - The Gay Experience in Faith Communities – 2 February 15, 2015 - Guest Post - The Gay Experience in Faith Communities – 1 February 8, 2015 - Clay Nelson - It’s All in Our Imagination January 18, 2015 - Barbara Thomborson - Your Divine Spark and Universal Love January 4, 2015 - Sally Mabelle - Surrendering to Wholeness in 2015 December 14, 2014 - Clay Nelson - A Subversive Christmas December 7, 2014 - Clay Nelson - An Auckland Unitarian Church Thanksgiving: Honouring our Past to See our Future November 23, 2014 - Clay Nelson - When is Enough Enough? November 16, 2014 - Clay Nelson - Surviving Being Progressive in a Conservative Era November 9, 2014 - Clay Nelson - Sin of Certainty vs. the Seven Principles November 2, 2014 - Clay Nelson - Life Flows on in Endless Song October 26, 2014 - Barbara Thomborson - Modern Paganism October 19, 2014 - Clay Nelson - The Sins of Scripture Part 2 October 12, 2014 - Clay Nelson - The Sins of Scripture Part 1 October 5, 2014 - Clay Nelson - Rescuing the Bible for UUs. September 28, 2014 - Vivienne Allen - Hidden Shallows September 21, 2014 - Clay Nelson - Re-enchanting the World, Part 3 September 14, 2014 - Clay Nelson - Re-enchanting the World, Part 2 September 7, 2014 - Clay Nelson - Re-enchanting the World, Part 1 August 31, 2014 - Karn Cleary - 2014 Annual Flower Communion August 24, 2014 - Joseph Stewart - The Virtues of Heresy August 17, 2014 - Barbara Thomborson - Improving Mental Health Through Social Spirit August 10, 2014 - Jonathan Mason - Hymns in History August 5, 2014 - - Caldera Forms Preview August 3, 2014 - Guest Post - Inequality: A New Zealand Crisis July 27, 2014 - Guest Post - Great War, Great Peace July 13, 2014 - Guest Post - The Compassion Deficit July 6, 2014 - Corinne Henrikson - What Would You Do When/If a Physical Disability Enters Your Life? June 29, 2014 - Shaun McLaughlin - Finding Meaning to Love and Friendship in 10 Minutes Under Pressure … June 22, 2014 - Guest Post - Compassionate Nonviolent Communication June 15, 2014 - Chris Breeden Childs - Humanist Reverence June 8, 2014 - Craig Wedge - Stepping onto the Path With Heart June 1, 2014 - Eric Stierna - The Goal of World Community with Peace, Liberty, and Justice for all May 25, 2014 - Karn Cleary - The Liberal Church Finding Its Mission May 18, 2014 - Clay Nelson - Why the World Needs Unitarians to Come Out of the Closet May 11, 2014 - Corinne Henrikson - When God Was A Woman May 4, 2014 - Guest Post - Timeless People – Hildegard of Bingen April 27, 2014 - Guest Post - A Samhain Celebration April 13, 2014 - Guest Post - Activate your Human Superpowers April 6, 2014 - Jonathan Mason - Annual Canvass March 30, 2014 - Guest Post - Truth is About Relationship March 23, 2014 - Guest Post - Awakening the Virtues March 16, 2014 - Rev. Matt - Creating Beloved Community March 9, 2014 - Guest Post - The Religious Society of Friends March 2, 2014 - Guest Post - Authenticity February 16, 2014 - Rev. Matt - Life, The Universe and Everything January 12, 2014 - Sally Mabelle - The Four Areas for Societal Transformation December 15, 2013 - Rev. Matt - The General Religion of America December 8, 2013 - Sally Mabelle - Gratitude December 1, 2013 - Rev. Matt - Buddha and Jesus, 2 Lives and 1 Spirit November 24, 2013 - Rev. Matt - The Future of our Liberal Faith November 17, 2013 - Jellie Group - Beloved Community October 27, 2013 - Guest Post - Sharing Unitarianism – Is it All About Me? October 20, 2013 - Rev. Matt - All Souls October 13, 2013 - Karn Cleary - 2013 Flower Communion October 6, 2013 - Rev. Matt - Castles in the Air September 29, 2013 - Rev. Matt - Beyond Tolerance September 22, 2013 - Guest Post - Creating a World That Works for All Living Beings September 15, 2013 - Rev. Matt - The Road to Nineveh September 8, 2013 - Rev. Matt - What is Unitarian Universalism? September 1, 2013 - Men's Group - Complete Hero August 25, 2013 - Rev. Matt - The Indefinite Article April 28, 2013 - Rev. Matt - Every Jot and Tittle April 21, 2013 - Karn Cleary - Remembering Anzac Day April 14, 2013 - Rev. Matt - Omnipotence, Omniscience and Ominpresence March 24, 2013 - Karn Cleary - The Stories We Tell March 17, 2013 - Rev. Matt - Felling Giants March 10, 2013 - Lini Nyenkamp - Lifelines March 3, 2013 - Rev. Matt - Why Am I Here? December 16, 2012 - Joseph Stewart - Talking about Death November 25, 2012 - John Graves - Ubiquitous Ministry November 18, 2012 - Karn Cleary - Invisible Work November 11, 2012 - Sally Mabelle - Standing Up for Unitarian Principles in Our World October 28, 2012 - Wayne Facer - Remembering Lincoln Gribble October 21, 2012 - Christine Whelan - Who Are You Going To Blame? October 14, 2012 - Karn Cleary - Are Unitarians Radical Thinkers September 30, 2012 - Mary Mason - What Our Principles Don’t Say September 23, 2012 - Sally Mabelle - From Empire to Earth Community Consciousness: The Great Shift, part II September 16, 2012 - Jonathan Mason - Can Unitarians Help to Save Our Planet? September 9, 2012 - Christine Whelan - Power of the Positive? September 2, 2012 - Karn Cleary - Flower Communion August 19, 2012 - David Fougere - Karen Armstrong’s Charter for Compassion July 29, 2012 - Dawn Elvidge - Agnosticism July 15, 2012 - Christine Whelan - Transitive July 8, 2012 - Wayne Facer - Jessie Heywood June 10, 2012 - Auckland Unitarian - Resilience – Bouncing Back from Adversity June 3, 2012 - Eric Stierna - Spiritual Silicon: How has technology impacted our spiritual journey? May 27, 2012 - Dawn Elvidge - God or Godswallop? May 20, 2012 - Craig Wedge - Iron John – A Folk Tale May 13, 2012 - Christine Whelan - Care of the Soul May 6, 2012 - Vivienne Allen - What does Unitarianism have to offer an Atheist? April 29, 2012 - Christine Whelan - Getting Serious About Unitarian Universalism April 22, 2012 - Eric Stierna - Making the Ultimate Sacrifice April 15, 2012 - Marilynn McLachlan - Ethics of Eating April 8, 2012 - John Graves - Bedside Manners April 1, 2012 - Michael Jones - Time and its incarnations March 25, 2012 - Christine Whelan - When I’m 64 – the quandry of an ageing New Zealander March 11, 2012 - Marilynn McLachlan - Chasing Fireflies on a Summer’s Night February 26, 2012 - Michael Jones - In the Absence of Anything, Maybe There’s “0” February 19, 2012 - Christine Whelan - Resistance is Futile, Isn’t It? November 27, 2011 - Bill Darlison - Five Principles of the Spiritual Life November 20, 2011 - Bill Darlison - Scratches on Glass November 13, 2011 - Bill Darlison - I Thou November 6, 2011 - Marilynn McLachlan - Mary Magdalene October 30, 2011 - Bill Darlison - The Best Way to Boil Frogs October 23, 2011 - Bill Darlison - Atheistic Mystics October 16, 2011 - Bill Darlison - Feeding the Devil October 9, 2011 - Bill Darlison - Divine Madness October 2, 2011 - Bill Darlison - Fix Your Own Mask First September 25, 2011 - Bill Darlison - The Strange Case of Anthony Flew September 18, 2011 - Bill Darlison - Rock ‘n’ Roll Religion September 11, 2011 - Bill Darlison - Make Plans and Take Pictures September 4, 2011 - Bill Darlison - The Anaesthetic of Familiarity August 28, 2011 - Diane Winder - In Praise of Home August 21, 2011 - Marty Behrens - Unitarianism – Dead, Boring or Both! August 7, 2011 - Jonathan Mason - Time July 31, 2011 - Rachel Childs - A Teenager’s Guide to Modern Music July 24, 2011 - Marcus and Leslie Hamilton - Living the UU Values in Style July 17, 2011 - Lini Nyenkamp - Thankfulness July 10, 2011 - Karn Cleary - The Stories We Tell July 3, 2011 - Christine Barlow - Personal Growth in an Atmosphere of Wise Freedom June 26, 2011 - Dr Max Moss - We have met the enemy …