Monthly Archives: January 2015

(Sermon) “How to Do UU”

Posted on January 30, 2015 by bobjanisdillon

(While I wrote this sermon explicitly for my fellow Unitarian Universalists, I think it may speak equally well to all people who try to join with others to seek meaning and make a better world.) “How to Do UU” I … Continue reading →

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Hamlet in Haiku – nifty new cover!

Posted on January 30, 2015 by bobjanisdillon

My book, “Hamlet in Haiku: the Bard’s Masterpiece Retold in five-seven-five”, now has a cool new cover. The art is by the great Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849).

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Your Monday blessing: snow day!

Posted on January 26, 2015 by bobjanisdillon

May blessings come into your life like snow, Drawing eyes to wonder, Melting on various tongues, Urging warmth and comfort to turn inward, to the heart. May the drops of heaven connect you to the living and the dead, Burying … Continue reading →

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Your Monday blessing: for Martin Luther King day

Posted on January 19, 2015 by bobjanisdillon

It is easy to see a threat or a statistic or a shadow or a foreigner or a project or a failure or the help or a demon we see these things as easily as breathing we can see them … Continue reading →

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Your Monday blessing: The Pact

Posted on January 12, 2015 by bobjanisdillon

I’ll make a pact with you: Today we make the world more beautiful. Let us compose epics from the diner straws, And draw breath as our gang sign. The sky is full of pictures that can teach us Monday afternoon. … Continue reading →

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Deal with God

Posted on January 8, 2015 by bobjanisdillon

Deal with God Sometimes I offer to make a deal with God. “I’ll tell you about my resistance to prayer,” I say, “If you’ll explain the Holocaust.” God declines to comment, and the lawyers make their prepared statements on his … Continue reading →

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How to Be Spiritual

Posted on January 6, 2015 by bobjanisdillon

A link to another essay of mine…a simple essay with the rather grandiose title “How to be Spiritual”… https://medium.com/@bobjanisdillon/how-to-be-spiritual-ebd8686ecffb

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Moderation is so Sexy Right Now

Posted on January 6, 2015 by bobjanisdillon

I posted this essay on moderation several months ago, but it’s a great one to re-post around the new year, when we reflect on how to live a good life. I wish each of you a (moderately) wonderful year! https://medium.com/@bobjanisdillon/moderation-is-so-sexy-right-now-3377f07ad279

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(Sermon) “Parenting as a Spiritual Discipline”

Posted on January 6, 2015 by bobjanisdillon

A sermon about the spirituality involved in being a parent – but also about where we find spirituality in general. The poem is excerpted from Mary Oliver’s “In Blackwater Woods”. “Parenting as a Spiritual Discipline” People will go to great lengths in … Continue reading →

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(Sermon) The New Jersey Resurrection

Posted on January 6, 2015 by bobjanisdillon

A fun sermon about extraterrestrials and wonderful New Jersey… “The New Jersey Resurrection” Rev. Bob Janis-Dillon The First Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Hunterdon County May 17, 2009 Good news, friends, good news: it turns out we are not alone. There … Continue reading →

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