Tom Owen-Towle

WomanSpirit

Tom Owen-Towle — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 05:13:56 +0000

Voices of Change: The Women Ministers Who Revitalized a Tradition “A thoughtful work about hopeful realism in the face of adversity. These twenty-first-century women helped transform our denomination into the multicultural, multiracial denomination that it is today.”—The Rev. Addae A. Kraba, Minister Unitarian Universalists of New Braunfels At Union Theological School in 1970, a professor stepped up to the podium ... Read more

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Making Peace With Our Own Death

Tom Owen-Towle — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 20:13:41 +0000

“Owen-Towle’s text is a prayer to push away the fear we often associate with the end of life.” —from the Foreword by Rev. Nancy McDonald Ladd Plainly, I’m neither a scientific investigator nor a professional thanatologist. I’m a pastor, and my advice is straightforward: whatever the manner or date of our extinction might be, it behooves us to reflect deeply ... Read more

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Growing All the Way to Our Grave

Tom Owen-Towle — Sat, 07 Apr 2018 06:40:45 +0000

My previous books have essentially been comprised of concise essays; but why not, as my own life-span shortens, turn to a pithier mode of composition? Therefore, I’ve decided to communicate my wizened, mottled wisdom through the vehicle of poetic reflections. The vast majority of the 300+ poems will derive from the Zen heritage. You may recall the critique, “stinking of ... Read more

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Self

Tom Owen-Towle — Sat, 07 Apr 2018 06:37:31 +0000

And so, my fellow-earthlings, I implore you: Is your life expressing a rock-solid yes to hope or have you capitulated to despair? Are you saying yes to love more deeply those near and dear to you? Are you saying yes to greater kindness and justice where you work, play, and worship? Are you saying yes to a one-world family, to ... Read more

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Unwrapping

Tom Owen-Towle — Sat, 07 Apr 2018 06:38:43 +0000

During Christmas time, I urge us to embrace all of its various and sundry emotions and experiences. Be willing to celebrate this season holistically rather than partially: soaking in sentimentality, facing sadness, being of service, and entering times of silence. Don’t sell either yourself or the season short. For if you do Christmas well—that is, full-bore—you will most assuredly do ... Read more

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Wake Up!

Tom Owen-Towle — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 03:36:55 +0000

Millions of “wellness” advocates across America are currently outdoors, bright and early, revving up their cardiovascular engines for life’s speedway. Yet we’re overlooking the fact that our minds need limbering up every bit as much as our bodies. We need to shape our moral muscles and tone our consciences too. Our psyches hunger to be fortified daily with ample spiritual ... Read more

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Theology Ablaze

Tom Owen-Towle — Sun, 08 Apr 2018 01:09:47 +0000

The goal of Theology Ablaze is to salute our governing virtues, recognizing that virtue in Latin connotes “power.” If we honorably explicate, then embody, our major ideals, Unitarian Universalism will become an empowered and empowering presence in the 21st century orb of religious conversation. In truth, these chosen theological topics are familiar to all world religions. While we harbor our ... Read more

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Homestretch

Tom Owen-Towle — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 17:59:18 +0000

The primary mission of Homestretch is to assist seniors in reaping a measure of fulfillment during our final laps. Naturally, none of our lives will ever be entirely settled or neatly wrapped up. Everyone will go to the grave with some portion of our existence conspicuous with an “incomplete”. That’s just the way it’ll be. “Nevertheless,” which, by the way, ... Read more

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