Christian Universalism

The Knoxville Unitarian Universalists Church Shooting In the recent past terrorism has been the greatest challenge to many countries in the world. To be precise religious terrorism has taken its route. Such heinous acts are spearheaded through violent motives. This motive renders the whole nation into a somber mood. It is as a result of tragedies caused by heinous acts of terror. For instance, the USA was subjected to such a mourning scenario. It was that moment when the shooting in Unitarian Universalists

To match beliefs about diversity with practice, it becomes necessary to address the imbalance between uniformity and diversity. Australia is the biggest example of having multiculturalism. In 2011, the Census revealed that over a quarter (26%) of Australia 's population was born overseas and a further one fifth (20%) had at least one overseas-born parent. This pattern of migration is evident in the make up of the richly diverse society that has been recorded in the 2011 Census. This diversity can

I went to the Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Santa Rosa, California. The church is located in the old movie theater in downtown Santa Rosa. I parked in a nearby parking garage, grateful for the free parking on Sunday, and walked down the street toward the church. I knew that I had arrived at the correct place because of the large granite sign with the name Unitarian Universalist Congregation Santa Rosa. There were many people standing outside talking to one another. I was immediately greeted

I would like to believe that each individual reflects upon how they can become a better person the next day. In reality, I understand that not everyone thinks this way. And even those who do will not think like this every day. When examining one’s life decisions, it is important to reflect upon where one has come from and where one aims to go. In my own personal life, I aim to become a clinical social worker to aid in the relief of those who have suffered. More specifically, I would like to work

For my professional speaking event, I attended a guest speaking event at a church. The speaker was Rev. David Jennys and he was a guest speaker at All Souls Unitarian Universalist church on the morning of Sunday, November 19. Rev. Jennys gave his speech about gratefulness and how we can grow and nurture it. He states three important words at the beginning of his speech: Rooted, Built, and Strengthened. Rev. Jennys first mentions how we can let our gratitude for the world take root, how we can build

Una's Search for Religion in Naslund's Novel, Ahab's Wife Herman Melville's Moby Dick is a novel filled with references to the Bible and God. In writing Ahab's Wife, Sena Naslund could not ignore Melville's biblical allusions. Naslund's novel is a reaction to Moby Dick, and therefore Una does not accept Melville's omnipresent religion. She cannot bring herself to belief in the basic tenants of Christianity, and is constantly searching for a new community, or philosophy that will embrace her

Euthanasia The legal status of the practice of euthanasia is very difficult and a highly debatable topic. Unfortunately in life, sometimes there comes a time when you or your loved one's body starts failing, mind starts suffering, and breathe starts halting. Without a choice medical treatment is placed and next thing you know weeks, months, and even years pass by and the person you once knew full of life is instead in the hospital with no purpose other than their tortured presence that is costing

On April 3rd, 2016 I attend a worship service at the Unitarian Church of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; the Clover lane branch. Reverend Michael Walker is the interim minister that led the service. Upon arrival the parking lot was filled with higher class vehicles, along with some hybrid and eco-cars. When entering the sanctuary the congregation was mostly white in race and mostly male in gender. The congregation acted to be of higher class or wealthy. The main colors with in the sanctuary were blue

I love music and I have dedicated a lot of my time to what I love. I have been in the Children’s Chorus of Crane (CCC), played piano, and been in the Clarkson Golden Knotes a cappella group. From all of these musical experiences, I learned to become a better musician. I learned that the benefit of producing music outweighs the time and dedication I must put into it. I have experienced the satisfaction of performing music for other’s enjoyment. These are talents I will be able to take with me forever

The Secularization Debates Early theories of secularization had originated in order to make note of the transfer of religious properties to the state. In this way, secularization was initially conceived as a means of labelling the transfer of things from the religious sphere of the European monastery to the non-monastic saeculum, or, secular sphere. This theory was subsumed into theories of modernization in order to argue that as the social differentiation of societies on the path to modernization