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Just What On Earth Do You DO?

Posted on September 20, 2016 by Erik

Being multifaceted has some drawbacks. People speak about having exactly one lifelong passion (and jobs sometimes demand this from employees), which doesn’t sit well with me. It’s like […]

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Posted in GeneralTagged ministry, programming, uu, writing

Theism and Me (or, On Being a Theistic Buddhist)

Posted on September 2, 2016 by Erik

I’ve been cagey about discussing my religious beliefs on this blog, apart from that religious history I posted a few months ago. I’m a Unitarian Universalist, something which […]

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Posted in GeneralTagged buddhism, christianity, cs lewis, japan, uu, zen

What I’ve Believed: A Personal Religious History

Posted on July 5, 2016 by Erik

2016, besides being the most turbulent year in memory, has heralded a return to my roots. I’ve thought a lot about deep-seated issues: the reasons for what I […]

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Posted in GeneralTagged buddhism, paganism, religion, uu, wicca

The Conflicted Pacifist

Posted on June 29, 2015 by Erik

One of my favorite quotes is by Isaac Asimov, from the first Foundation novel: “Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.” In a single sentence, he encapsulates […]

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A UU Perspective on Utopian Storytelling

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Erik

I had a very startling experience at a church service recently.

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Posted in GeneralTagged socialism, utopian fiction, uu

For Love of Transcendentalism

Posted on March 14, 2011March 22, 2011 by Erik

Nothing is quite beautiful alone; nothing but is beautiful in the whole. –Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature Most of what I read in grade school sucked. It was not […]

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