Bohm Dialogue … is a freely-flowing group conversation in which participants attempt to reach a common understanding, experiencing everyone’s point of view fully, equally and nonjudgementally. This can lead to new and deeper understanding. The purpose is to solve the...
photo by pauline loroy As we all know, reality has a liberal bias. Stephen Colbert In April we will talk about 'Bias'. The Religious Exploration Salon is a group that meets 3rd Sundays to discuss various topics in the format called Bohm Dialogue which emphasizes...
The old joke goes: "A Unitarian Universalist dies, and on the way to the after-life encounters a fork in the road. The left path has a sign “To Heaven” and the right has a sign “To a Discussion about Heaven” Without pausing, the UU turns right." In March you will have...
Photo by Tom Hermans on Unsplash Our topic this month is "Books". There are endless quotes about books: I never understood people who don't have bookshelves. - George PlimptonA room without books is like a life without meaning. - Thomas JeffersonWe never tire of the...
Jake Angeli - noted US Capitol invader and QAnon member. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to...
Our December topic is "the Transition movement". Transition is a movement of communities coming together to reimagine and rebuild our world.The international Transition movement began in 2005 in Totnes, England, and has since spread to over 1,200 communities in 50...
At the core of our democracy, there is a basic inequality, not the inequality of wealth, though that is a problem, or the inequality of speech, though some think that a problem too, but the inequality of citizens. – Lawrence Lessig meritocracy - noun1. rule by persons...
From elementary grades to college, cooperative students have higher grade point averages. Personnel directors who work together have fewer job vacancies to fill. And, not surprisingly, cooperation increases creativity. ― Perry BuffingtonInstead of worrying about what...
Dunbar numbers “What tribes are, is a very simple concept that goes back 50 million years. It's about leading and connecting people and ideas. And it's something that people have wanted forever. ― Seth Godin“I think we are at a new evolutionary stage. We evolved in...
“Narrative has been part of human consciousness for a long time. And if it has played a part in all those thousands of years, it will know a trick or two. It will be wise. It will be mischievous. It will be helpful. It will be generous.” - Jim Crace “I'm quite...