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Progress Quad Cities: April 2008
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Progressive faith and progressive politics in the Quad Cities, (Davenport, IA). Faith, politics, theology, social justice, peace, Davenport election issues. Sunday, April 6, 2008. From April 6, 2008 service at the Unitarian Church. It was a service entitled This I Believe, based on the NPR program. I shared my statement, at least my statement for today! I believe in jazz. Structure and improv. Call and response. I believe in healing. I have seen it so often among many of you, in my own life. I believe, m...
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Progress Quad Cities: March 2008
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Progressive faith and progressive politics in the Quad Cities, (Davenport, IA). Faith, politics, theology, social justice, peace, Davenport election issues. Sunday, March 30, 2008. SPRING SEMESTER, 2008 SERVICES, Roger Butts. Sunday, March 30, 2008. Feb 3- -Centering Prayer, Lay Leader Joe Maciejko. Where did this practice come from? What does it seek to accomplish? I don’t know how to pray, Mary Oliver says, but I know how to pay attention. Let’s talk. Feb 17 MULTI GEN. Linda G is with us for one year f...
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Progress Quad Cities: December 2008
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Progressive faith and progressive politics in the Quad Cities, (Davenport, IA). Faith, politics, theology, social justice, peace, Davenport election issues. Wednesday, December 31, 2008. My latest newsletter column. I’ve often said that, for me, music is akin to church. Music is exhilarating. Music is renewing. Music can make me weep. Music gives me hope. Music hits a place deep in my bones. Life in community, with its blessings and its speed bumps. They were vessels of powerful grace, each in the sanctu...
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Progress Quad Cities: October 2008
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Progressive faith and progressive politics in the Quad Cities, (Davenport, IA). Faith, politics, theology, social justice, peace, Davenport election issues. Monday, October 13, 2008. RSC, October Meeting. Unitarian Church, Davenport. First, thanks for all you do. It is good to work with you. Your commitment is a model for this church. I hope you enjoy the rest of the calendar year and the coming winter and find lots of good meaning and beauty all around you. October 19: What is your costume? As you can t...
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Progress Quad Cities: July 2008
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Progressive faith and progressive politics in the Quad Cities, (Davenport, IA). Faith, politics, theology, social justice, peace, Davenport election issues. Thursday, July 31, 2008. QC Times editorial on Unitarian Universalism. American terrorists strike again. QC Times editorial, July 31, 2008. Posted by Roger Butts @ 7:43 AM. Colorado Springs, CO, United States. Called Minister: High Plains Church Unitarian Universalist, Member, Progressive Action for the Common Good, Member: North Scott Rotary. Someon...
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Progress Quad Cities: September 2008
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Progressive faith and progressive politics in the Quad Cities, (Davenport, IA). Faith, politics, theology, social justice, peace, Davenport election issues. Monday, September 22, 2008. This is an outstanding piece about David Foster Wallace. At least Jonathan Lethem, Rick Moody, Michael Chabon, Bret Easton Ellis, Donna Tartt continue on. The Best Mind of His Generation. By A O. SCOTT. Reviewing a biography of Jorge Luis Borges. In The New York Times Book Review a few years back, David Foster Wallace.
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Progress Quad Cities: October 2007
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Progressive faith and progressive politics in the Quad Cities, (Davenport, IA). Faith, politics, theology, social justice, peace, Davenport election issues. Saturday, October 6, 2007. An imagined conversation where someone is asking me. Some questions about the nature of my faith. What does it mean for you to say I am a person of faith? What is the nature of your faith? Upon what does it depend? You call yourself a UU Christian. You serve on the UUCF national board. Why? Posted by Roger Butts @ 7:03 PM.
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Progress Quad Cities: December 2007
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Progressive faith and progressive politics in the Quad Cities, (Davenport, IA). Faith, politics, theology, social justice, peace, Davenport election issues. Friday, December 28, 2007. I was asked by Mary Louise Spears of the QC Times to write thoughts about the coming of 2008 and the Quad Cities faith community. This is what I wrote. Dear Mary Louise,. Is it too much to ask for a serious and deep reflection from the religious. Community on sustainable development? In the coming book from the Human. On th...
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Progress Quad Cities: November 2008
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Progressive faith and progressive politics in the Quad Cities, (Davenport, IA). Faith, politics, theology, social justice, peace, Davenport election issues. Sunday, November 30, 2008. November 30 Take Home Reflections. Take Home Reflections: November 23-Christmas Eve, 2008. Unitarian Church, Davenport, Rev. Roger Butts. Sunday, November 30, 2008. First Sunday of Advent. Perhaps you are a bit like me at this time of year. Great love, grant that I might find a stillness, hold a stillness, love a stillness,...