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I, Carol Kapaun Ratchenski am a writer, a mom, a sister, a partner, a friend, a counselor and a Unitarian Universalist. I am a Unitarian because the principles of our faith reflect what matters most...
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“Sexual Health Education in North Dakota: Just say NO or Just say KNOW” Katie Christensen explaining the demographics of North Dakota vs. the rest of the country in her talk on Sunday. Unitarian...
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Growing an Engaged Church – Chapter 4
Join the People Committee on Wednesdays at 7pm while they explore ‘Growing an Engaged Church’ Last night, members of the people committee met to discuss chapter 4 in the book we are currently studying,...
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In Praise of Conversation
Table of Thanksgiving Several Thanksgivings ago, my family gathered around a table for 22 and passed dish after dish, ate and laughed through dessert and coffee and simultaneous conversations, some...
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Growing an Engaged Church: Chapter Five
Chapter five and the discussion this evening were highly productive. We answered the twelve questions listed in the synopsis and then we discussed our answers. If anyone takes the time to work...
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Read With Me
Read With Me It’s nearly summer on the calendar. My toenails are painted, and my longing for lighter reading is coming alive. Before we look forward to all that joy, just in case you missed any of...
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Growing an Engaged Church: Chapter 7
This chapter focused on finding the strengths of your congregation. Our group decided to take the Gallup StrengthsFinder assessment. Our group will discover their top five (5) dominant strengths and...
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Who Said That?
Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. ― Oscar Wilde So who are you, really? The self at work, the face you present to your lover, the person you mutter to when troubled, the human...
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Hope and Guacamole
When my son was four years old he looked up from his breakfast cereal and asked me, “Hey mom, what does a therapy machine look like anyway?” Clearly his dad’s world of work was clearer to him,...
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A ‘Strengths – Based’ Congregation
Join the People Committee on Tuesday, July 2nd at 7pm while they explore ‘Growing an Engaged Church’ Recently, members of the People Committee have been meeting to discuss ‘Growing an Engaged Church.’...
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God Says Yes to Me
Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say yes. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt God Says Yes to Me By Kaylin Haught I asked God if it was okay to be melodramatic and she said “yes” I...
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Sarah Mayo: The Rhetoric of Terrorism Political elites have done the public a disservice by adopting a number of Arabic words into the English discussion of al-Qaida and violent Islamic extremism, as...
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5 Small Things: Poems about Summer
1. Let me enjoy this late-summer day of my heart while the leaves are still green and I won’t look so close as to see that first tint of pale yellow slowly creep in. I will cease endless running and...
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Arland Jacobson: The Use of the Bible in Debates about Marriage and Sexuality The Bible has been, and is being, used by those supporting a variety of positions on marriage and sexuality. Arland...
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Eric Daeuber: Point of View You cannot see around a corner. And the person around the corner cannot either. Did you ever wonder what the blind spot that you’re standing in looks like to someone...
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Read With Me..
Read With Me Fall doesn’t have to mean more serious reading, following as it does the summer tradition of beach reads, still I do find more non-fiction choices on my bed stand. I read Mary Pipher’s The...
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Growing an Engaged Church What would a church look like if members of its congregation were 13 times more likely to have invited someone to participate in the church in the past month? Or if they were...
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I, Carol Kapaun Ratchenski am a writer, a mom, a sister, a partner, a friend, a counselor and a Unitarian Universalist. I am a Unitarian because the principles of our faith reflect what matters most...
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In Praise of Conversation
Table of Thanksgiving Several Thanksgivings ago, my family gathered around a table for 22 and passed dish after dish, ate and laughed through dessert and coffee and simultaneous conversations, some...
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Read With Me
Read With Me It’s nearly summer on the calendar. My toenails are painted, and my longing for lighter reading is coming alive. Before we look forward to all that joy, just in case you missed any of...
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