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[3 Mar 2010 | No Comment | ]

By Ian Lawton, February 28, 2010 | text

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[28 Feb 2010 | 4 Comments | ]

Transcript for February 28, 2010 by Ian Lawton
Why do you come to this progressive spiritual community on a Sunday morning? Some of you have traveled distances, past many mainstream churches, to be here. So what is the draw? You have a denominational smorgasbord to choose from, not to mention the Episcopal church have just installed vibrating pews. So why are you here?

I imagine among other things it’s because you want to feel that you are part of something larger than yourself, that you are not alone in your spiritual journey …

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[12 Jul 2009 | No Comment | ]

Transcript for July 12, 2009 by Ian Lawton
Traditional Russian nested dolls stack doll inside doll inside doll. Now you can get Democratic nested dolls. Obama on the outside, then Clinton inside him, then Carter, Johnson and Kennedy in the centre.
I saw a nice nested doll comic. It had a rotund Russian doll lying on a therapist’s couch, saying to her counselor, “I get the feeling there are lots of little “mes” inside me just trying to bust out. Am I going crazy doc?”
The nested doll is a profound metaphor …