Photo by Kaushik Panchal on Unsplash Today’s sermon is a topic few UU ministers are willing to talk about. What happens when you die? But – I think it’s a really important topic even though, of course, we can’t be completely certain of the answer. Let me cut to the chase: After a lifetime of study, I have no doubt that in some way, the essence that is each person continues after death. This essence is a person’s consciousness, and I believe it continues. I’ll explain my reaso

Photo by Fuu J on Unsplash Last week I began the fall semester at Nichols College where I teach Leadership in the fall to two freshmen sections. This is a required course for all freshmen regardless of what major they decide to take. I applaud Nichols for requiring this course because there are too few good leaders in the world. I generally follow the mandatory syllabus, but I add some modifications along the way. One of the first topics we tackled last week was the characte

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