The exquisite poetry and lush musical stylings of mother-daughter duo Barbara Crow and Sarah Morrau will sing in the New Year at FMUU. Barbara Crow will read from her new chapbook of poems, Going On, just published by Dacotah Territory Press, and Sarah Morrau will perform songs from her two CDs, To Hold You, and Storm Warning, and other favorites.
We are fortunate to live in exciting times. While the volume and intensity is escalating, the basic disagreements are nothing new. For Unitarian Universalists and all people who believe in social and economic justice, now is a wonderful opportunity to make a difference in the future of our local community and the world. Don Morrison is Executive Director of the North Dakota Progressive Coalition and a member of the Bismarck Mandan Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.
The nature of science is a central concern: how do we identify what is science and what is pseudoscience and what is neither, especially when the topics are highly controversial or on the boundary of accepted knowledge? And why should we bother with such distinctions? Our good friend, freethinker Davis Cope returns to ponder these and other quandaries with us.
What are the odds of a religious tradition that grows only 1% annually being around in another 50 years? Who knows? More importantly, who cares? Pastor Phil Lund visits us from Prairie Star District offices where he directs the Lifespan Program.
It is sometimes claimed that war is a necessary evil. But this begs a few questions. Is war ever truly necessary? To defend a country? To protect others? And if it is necessary, could it really be evil? Is pacifism, then, just a view held by well-meaning, but naive, idealists? Too many questions, perhaps, to consider in half an hour, but we will begin to explore them together, guided by FMUU board member Phil Mouch.