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Kate Lovelady
St. Louis Smut
I've never posted to ESWoW's blog before as myself. But today there's an article about my local community, the Ethical Society of St. Louis. You see, this past Sunday, Leader Kate Lovelady presented her platform, titled "In Defense of Smut". A head-turning title for sure, it caught the attenion of one local writer, Thomas Crone. He seemd to get the positive first impression that we hope we present, as described in his blog, "A Sunday at the Ethical Society of St. Louis".
I encourage you to read the article, and listen to the platfrom when it appears on the podcast page. Lotta good stuff there, let me tell you.
Tags: ESWoW Newsletter - December 15, 2011
- From the Leader - Ethical Inventories - Loving the Questions
- Community Call - Winter Solstice Celebration Sunday, December 18, 2011 8pm ET
- American Ethical Union - Ethical Action Report
- Around the Ethical Movement - Kate Lovelady - Ethical Heroes - Santa
- Supporting ESWoW - With your time and your money
From the Leader - Ethical Inventories - Loving the Questions
The end of one year, the beginning of the next, is a time when many people reflect on the closing year and make plans for the one ahead. Susan shares her thoughts and questions and invites you to share yours.
Community Call - Winter Solstice Celebration
Sunday, December 18, 2011 8pm ET, 7pm CT, 6pm MT, and 5pm PT.
The number to join the calls is 866-740-1260 and the access code is 5766842#.
In preparation for the winter solstice celebration we will share, I invite you to consider if there is poetry or some other reading you would like to share with the group. If you plan on participating, it would be helpful to me to know that in advance susan.rose at eswow.org. I welcome your ideas on how we celebrate the solstice together.
We welcome you to join the call and please invite anyone you know who might be interested in the topic to participate. For safety reasons, we request that people participating in our calls are not driving.
Pastoral Support Read more »
ESWoW Newsletter - June 16, 2011
- From the Leader – Father's Day
- Community Call – Remembering Our Fathers
- Dialogue Group Call
- From Around the Movement – Kate Lovelady on Infinite Interconnectedness
From the Leader – Father's Day is Sunday, June 19, 2011. Susan shares some thoughts about her father and invites your thoughts about your father, or your experiences as a father.
Community Call - Father's Day – celebrating for the fathers in our group, sharing thoughts and memories for everyone. Hear the voices of others who are interested in Ethical Culture, connect and share your ideas. Sunday, June 19, 2011 – 12 m PT, 1pm MT, 2pm CT and 3pm ET. Contact Info: 1-866-740-1260, access code 5766842#. Please join us. For safety's sake, we ask that you not be driving while on ESWoW calls.
Dialogue Group Invitation from Sally Leete
'Tis soon to be another lovely Sunday that we are alive on Planet Earth together. There is an ESWoW Community Call, a Dialogue Call, and an Ethical Society Convention lined up, if I've got my information straight. I expect interesting things to be in store for us -- we, who are interested in Ethical Culture and all its implications. Read more »
Guest Platforms
Philosophical Foundations of Ethical Culture
David Sprintzen's address to the Ethical Culture Society of Westchester on Sunday Jan. 17, 2010
Foundations of Ethical Culture: Ethical Culture History
Dr. Howard Radest
http://www.nysec.org/2009/10/22/radest-foundations-ec-history/
Sustainable Living and Ethical Culture
Bart Worden
New York Society for Ethical Culture Sunday Address
January 24, 2010
http://www.nysec.org/2010/01/24/worden-sustainable-living-and-ethical-cu...
Reclaiming Ethical Culture Spirituality
Anne Klaeysen, Leader, NY Society for Ethical Culture.
Anne gives us a guided meditation for the opening words of this Platform. She shares on the distinctive niche Ethical Culture fills in the world. You can find her talk on the website of the Ethical Society of Northern Westchester (in NY) (http://www.esnw.org/Main.html). You can then select Listen to ESNW Lectures in the left-hand column and find Anne's talk on that page.
Bertrand Russell Conquers Happiness, Kate Lovelady
Kate Lovelady, Leader of the St. Louis Ethical Society, spoke in August about Bertrand Russell's approach to happiness in our lives.She includes some thoughts about adding small practices to have a more zestful life and even shares some of Russell's thoughts about women:
http://www.ethicalstl.org/platforms/ESSTLPlatform2009-06-28.mp3
The World Where We Live - Part 1 (Kate Lovelady - April 19, 2008)
Platform Address Part 1 of 3 by Kate Lovelady
Co-presented by Kate Lovelady, Randy Best, and Tony Hileman
American Ethical Union Assembly, Austin, TX, April 19, 2008
For the platform address today you'll be hearing from three leaders: me, Randy Best, and Tony Hileman, and then the National Leaders Council will be welcoming Tony officially into Leadership with a certification ceremony. First Randy, Tony, and I will each be sharing our unique thoughts on the theme of this Assembly, "Where We Live."
I’m going to speak from a personal and environmental point of view, primarily because I am a dreadfully literal-minded person. When I think about Where I Live, I see the big blue marble, the earth as seen from space, and I see my yellow house with its front porch and daffodils in St. Louis. And I think how those two images are related: how my practical, mundane choices of where and how I live, affect that big blue marble.
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The World Where We Live - Part 2 (Randy Best - April 19, 2008)
latform Address Part 2 of 3 by Randy Best
Co-presented by Kate Lovelady, Randy Best, and Tony Hileman
American Ethical Union Assembly, Austin, TX, April 19, 2008
In addressing the theme of this Assembly, I am going to follow the example of Barack Obama's minister, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright.
It’s not my job to make you comfortable.
As you know, this year's theme is:
Where We Live... An exploration of issues and ideas that affect where and how we live.
Our experience of the world creates our values which influence our decisions about where and how we live.
As a humanist, I experience the world as lacking inherent meaning -- it is therefore up to me to discover values through my life experience and make meaning.
Jennifer Michael Hecht wrote in her book Doubt: Read more »
The World Where We Live - Part 3 (Tony Hileman - April 19, 2008)
Platform Address Part 3 of 3 by Tony Hileman
Co-presented by Tony Hileman, Kate Lovelady, and Randy Best
American Ethical Union Assembly, Austin, TX, April 19, 2008
As Humanists, we all value and appreciate courage, we try to do brave things and avoid doing foolish things. This morning I'm realizing a bit late that to follow either of the previous speakers, Kate Lovelady or Randy Best, might be considered brave. But to try to follow both of them is downright foolish. But, as I said, it's too late now so I'm gong to try.
The theme of this year's Assembly is "Where We Live." And there's been no shortage of talk about that, mostly from Texans who want to make sure you know they're from Texas. I want to thank our hosts from Austin. But in doing so I feel a need to rise in defense of the great state of Indiana.
Now unlike Texans we Hoosiers don't usually brag about our home state. In fact we seldom mention it at all. We figure if the other person is from Indiana we'll recognize it soon enough. And if they aren't, well, there's just no need to embarrass them.
Now I know it riles a Texan to hear that, and a riled Texan is not something you want to come near. But those of you so riled should just settle down and settle back because I'm going to keep talking until I feel it's safe to quit. I figure as long as I'm up here I'm out of harm's way, though that could be a false sense of security. Read more »
