Normally, we experience our lives from a small-self point of view – focused on personal relationships, household affairs, career, and so forth. It is good sometimes to step back and gaze upon the world from a soul’s eye view.
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Celebrant: Janet Stevens, Anchor: Sara Pickett
Music: Ted Cory and Guy Hallman
The holy day of Easter celebrates the miracle of Jesus rising from the tomb, symbolizing the Christian promise of life eternal. This year Easter coincides closely with Earth Day (April 22). Today we celebrate the stupendous miracle of being part of the life of this unique, beautiful planet – Earth.
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Celebrant: Janet Stevens, Anchor: Becky Harrison
Music: UUCS Choir
This is the first in a six-part series on the interplay of science and theology. In this post-modern age, many fundamental questions about reality are being considered afresh. Science and theology are two important ways of looking at these questions.
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Celebrant: Laura Christian, Anchor: Geoff Hutchinson
Music: Ted Cory
Science & Theology Series [Part 3 of 6]: How big is the Universe? What patterns can be seen in the big picture? How has it developed? Where did it come from and how did it get started? What is the place of planet Earth in the cosmic scheme? Is the known Universe all there is to reality?
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Celebrant: Steve Rosen, Anchor: Becky Harrison
Music: Zane Burger
Since the dawn of self-awareness, humanity has wondered how we came to be and what is our relation to the other animals. Darwin’s theory of evolution provided a scientific answer at odds with traditional theological answers, and the debate has raged ever since. What does ‘evolution’ mean? How strong is the evidence for it? What are the arguments against it?
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Celebrant: Sara Pickett, Anchor: Geoff Hutchinson
Music: UUCS Choir
This classic story helps us understand how an over-sensitive, over-critical attitude can make it impossible to ever be satisfied and happy.
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Celebrant: Janet Stevens, Anchor: Tom Ellis
Music: Laura Christian
Science & Theology Series [Part 5 of 6]: We know that we are experiencing, and we know the brain has something to do with it. But what is the relationship between the physical brain and the intangible realm of experience? Is there any experience apart from a living brain? How can we know if there is or isn’t?
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Celebrant: Laura Christian , Anchor: Geoff Hutchinson
Music: Guy Hallman
Science & Theology Series [Part 6 – Final]: How may we live with depth and integrity in light of what the careful observation of nature reveals about the Universe and humanity? Do these revelations undercut spiritual experience, or deepen it? Do they weaken our moral sense, or strengthen it?
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Celebrant: Sara Pickett, Anchor: Laura Christian
Music: Ryan Amend
One of the deepest, most powerful, and most mysterious dimensions of human life is our sexuality. Although the media bombard us with titillating sexual images, straightforward talk about the meaning of sex remains taboo. Let’s break a taboo.
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Celebrant: Sara Pickett, Anchor: Becky Harrison
Music: Guy Hallman
Science & Theology Series [Part 2 of 6]: What is the fundamental ‘stuff’ of the Universe? How does it work? How do we know? What does this say about how we perceive and how we live?
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Celebrant: Janet Stevens, Anchor: Geoff Hutchinson
Music: UUCS Choir
