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Archive for November, 2018

November 18: Frederike Keating M.D., Doubt and Ignorance – Lessons from Medicine:

Posted by Tim on November 19, 2018

The experience of illness and healing is central to our humanity. In modern medicine, the path to healing is often frustratingly obscured by uncertainty and doubt. There’s diagnostic uncertainty, doubt in our ability to heal, and skepticism toward medicine as a whole. This contributes greatly to the suffering that comes with illness. I will investigate the theme of doubt in medicine with contributions from ancient Greece, Native American spirituality, and my own clinical practice.

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November 4th: Joe Kraus “Project Vision: One Town’s Innovative Response to Decline and Addiction”

Posted by Tim on November 6, 2018

November 4th: Joe Kraus: “Project Vision: One Town’s Innovative Response to Decline and Addiction” This will be a brief overview of how Project Vision came to be, what it has achieved and the challenges that remain.

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October 7th: Barnaby Feder – “Go Tell Mary: a Reflection on Service, Sacrifice, and Burn-Out”

Posted by Tim on November 6, 2018

“Go Tell Mary: a Reflection on Service, Sacrifice, and Burn-Out”
As UU’s, our calling is to make love effective in the world through service to others and opposition to injustice. It can be fulfilling, but it can also wear us out. Rev. Barnaby Feder reflects on some ways to embrace that reality.

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