Ipswich Unitarian Meeting House
Founded in 1699 – Still active
Tag: Justice
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V.E. DAY AND THE AMBIGUITY OF CELEBRATION
I. We have just had a week of celebrations for V.E. Day, marking the 80th Anniversary of Victory in Europe and the end of the war against Nazi Germany. It wasn’t the end of World War II, though. That had to wait until V.J. Day and victory over Japan three months later. There was still
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Dying For Us All
Two thousand years ago, on a Friday morning in Jerusalem, at the season of Passover, a young Jewish rabbi named Jesus was led out to be executed, to be crucified on the orders of the imperial Roman authorities. That is what we commemorate today. In the eyes of the Romans he was a trouble-maker guilty
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What does it mean to be good ancestor?
IUMH Reflection at the service on April 14th, 2024, on the presentation by the GA Keynote Speaker, Roman Krznaric ‘What does it mean to be good ancestor?’ This is the question posed by the keynote speaker, Roman Krznaric, at the GA Conference last week. A question he adopts and adapts from the medical researcher who
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Too Cosy at Christmas
“I suppose that most of us like our Christmas to be a cosy time, and, for most of us it probably is – although we know well enough that this isn’t so for all too many today.”
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‘Future of the Past’ by Ali Mercer
The Future of the Past Part One We are the living products of our past; walking, talking bits of history. Our bodies contain the elements blasted into being at The Big Bang; they carry the signatures of all the food we’ve eaten and the water water we’ve drunk. We have been shaped by our environment
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Gentle, Angry People by Ali Mercer
On righteous anger – its benefits and limits – and the interconnectedness of people.
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