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An address delivered at the Spirit of Life Unitarian Fellowship, Kirribilli, New South Wales, on Sunday, 23 June 2013 by The Rev. Dr Ian Ellis-Jones.
” Recently I spent a week or so in Japan, meeting up again with some very dear Japanese friends of mine with whom I have been associated in a certain Buddhist denomination. As was the case on my trip to Japan the year before, I was the constant recipient of much love and great kindness. On this trip—as well as on this previous occasion—I met up with a remarkable 86-year old Japanese man, Isao, and his lovely wife Takeko. Isao, a former school teacher, said this to me on my most recent trip to Japan…”.  To read the full text, click  here.

Talk given on 12 May, 2013, by Helen Whatmough. To read the complete talk click here.

By Rev. Eric Stephenson on the 31st March, 2013.

Finding meaning in this weekend presents an unbeliever with a number of problems. I have already suggested that we dispense with an examination of the pagan ones. They are mostly grounded in various forms of nature worship; you can still decide whether you will enjoy an “Easter” sunrise observance even if it did originate with the pagan god, Baal. And like some modern pagans, you can still choose to deny yourself goodies during Lent even though there is no historically Christian reason to support its observance. And by all means let us do a pagan Anglo-Saxon Spring Festival but not till September. The real problem arises from the fact that according to Tacitus and Josephus there is only one historical event in the life of Jesus of Nazareth which we can be sure of,. It is that he died.
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By Rev. Dr Ian Ellis-Jones

Using empiricism and Buddhist teachings, Ian will show why there is no such thing as the “universe.”
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Unitarians and Unitarian Universalists have had a reputation throughout their history as people who do things. However, as human population soars to the 9 billion mark and climate change, if unchecked, makes life under the equator intolerable (with consequent millions fleeing to more liveable places) is there anything anybody can do? Which NGOs are most useful at this time? What policies should we be asking our governments to pursue? As a small group, could we specialise in letter-writing to fulfil our Unitarian mission?

The complete talk given by Jan Tendys, 7 October, 2012, can be read here.