Rev. Dan’s Writing
From the Associate Minister of RE – Rev. Dan Harper
Midweek meditation
There are lots of hymns that express my religion. And there are lots of popular-genre songs that express my thoughts on various and sundry secular matters. But what’s rare is a song that sings like a pop song while also getting right to the heart of religious questions. Jessica Martin, with what she calls “an ...Susan Owicki
We come to UUCPA to transform ourselves, each other, and the world. What I love most about this church right now is that all of you are helping me work on transforming myself. It’s all because of the election. In recent years, I’ve pretty much avoided news, especially political news. It’s a mental health choice. After the ...Weaving the Web
Where did our benediction come from? Dan and I were talking one day about different ways to end the service. For a long time it has ended with applause, which feels like a strange sound to have ringing in our ears as we leave—as if we have been to a performance. I wanted something that ...CYRE Podcast #11: Accommodating Differences
https://episodes.castos.com/uucpa/11-accomodating-differences.mp3Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:08:00 | Recorded on April 18, 2010What do we do when we have children in our Sunday school classes who don’t fit neatly into the common patterns of development? How do we accommodate and embrace children with different language and social skills? In this podcast, Rev. ...CYRE Podcast #10: Faith development and chronological age
https://episodes.castos.com/uucpa/10-chronological-age.mp3Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:08:47 | Recorded on April 11, 2010In this podcast, Rev. Dan Harper and Joe Chee talk about faith development and chronological age, and addresses questions like: what happens when someone who grew up with no religious upbringing decides to join a Unitarian Universalist congregation?; and how ...