***August 8, 2010 "The Almost Unitarian Rabbi"
Rev. Leah Hart Landsberg

Unitarian Universalism has always included multi-religious people. In the 1800s, Rabbi Sonneschein said that Unitarianism and Reform Judaism varied "only in the shading." How does this story help us be together now, in a world and religious movement with so many wonderful and complicated identities?　

The Rev. Leah Hart-Landsberg is president of UUs for Jewish Awareness (www.uuja.org), and is a lifelong UU-Jew.

***August 15, 2010 "Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People? — An Evolutionary Approach to Theodicy"
Fr. Richard Kropf
Coordinator: Jozef Bicerano

Theodicy is the branch of theology that defends God's goodness and justice in the face of the existence of evil in our world. The emergence of evolutionary scientific perspectives, both for our entire physical universe and for life on our planet, has led to major advances in our understanding of this perplexing problem.　 Dr. Kropf, who is a specialist in theology and science, will discuss evil from this new perspective. He will also suggest its implications, both for the future of humanity and for our concept of God.

August 22, 2010 "Hear Me"

We will explore poetry as a form of expression in this service, which will be based upon poetry from various sources.

August 29, 2010 "First Principle Discussion"
Prad Mathur

The first principle of UU religious faith "Individual Worth and Dignity" will be the subject of discourse to be presented by Prad Mathur. He will trace the origin and development of this concept in History, Literature, Political Theory and Law. He will discuss various French, English, Irish, Russian, and American authors and publicists whose treatment of the subject moved human imagination in the Western world. Their writings shaped the norms, mores, and ethos that permeate American political, legal and constitutional systems to our enduring benefit.

*** (August 8 and 15) following the service, we will take our guest speaker out to lunch. Everyone is invited to join us.

The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Midland is recognized by the Unitarian Universalist Association as a Welcoming Congregation. We welcome, affirm, promote and celebrate the full participation of all persons in all of our activities without regard to age, gender, sexual orientation, race or any other such category of exclusion.

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