This set of programs was created by James Park,
retired staff member for the Minnesota Unitarian Universalist Campus Ministiries.
They may be freely adapted for any interested group.

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you might send the complete text by e-mail before the meeting.
(This could also be accomplished by sending just the URL for the selected subject.)

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you could even decide to read the text at the meeting,
pausing between sections for discussion.

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and distribute it before the meeting or at the meeting.

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1. LOVE

Romantic Love is a Hoax!
Emotional Programming to 'Fall in Love' . D

Loving in Freedom .

Romantic Jealousy:
Cause & Prevention . D

Separating Lust and Love .

The Future of Love and Marriage . D

Four Ways to Achieve Same-Sex Marriage . D N

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2. SEXOLOGY

Sources of Sexual Fantasies .

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3. EXISTENTIALISM

Becoming More Authentic:
The Positive Side of Existentialism .

Your Unique Contribution to the World . D

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4. UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISM

WHICH GODS DO NOT EXIST?

        No Gods Created the Universe . C

        No Gods Wrote Holy Books . C

        No Gods are All-Powerful . C

        No Gods Are Watching Our Behavior . C

        No Gods Can Save Us from Death . C

The Next 1,000 Years of Spiritual Progress:
The Future of Unitarian Universalism .

Why I Am a Unitarian Universalist . D O

Sex-and-Gender Minorities, Sexology,
& the Unitarian Universalist Movement .

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5. EXISTENTIAL SPIRITUALITY

Introducing Existential Spirituality .

Spirituality for Humanists:
Six Capacities of our Human Spirits .


WHAT IS SPIRITUALITY?

        1. Beyond the Life of the Body, the Heart, & the Mind .

        2. Ways to Expand Our Spirits .

        3. Self-Transcendence, Self-Criticism, & Altruism .

        4. Freedom:Transcending Enculturation and Choosing for Ourselves .

        5. Creativity: Making Something Genuinely New .

        6. Love: The I-Thou Encounter, Discovering Other Persons of Spirit .

        7. The Disclosure of Existential Anxiety
        and other Manifestations of Our Existential Predicament .

        8. Glimpses of Joy and Fulfillment .

OUR EXISTENTIAL PREDICAMENT

        Loneliness of Spirit:
        Deeper than the Reach of Love .

        Being Depressed in Spirit:
        Deeper than Psychological Depression . D

        Existential Anxiety:
        Angst .

        Sinking into the River of Existential Despair .

        Existential Guilt:
        Deeper than the Pangs of Conscience . C

        Looking for the Meaning of Life . D O

Depressed?
Don't Kill Yourself! . D

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6. MEDICAL ETHICS

When Is A Person?
Pre-Persons & Former Persons . D

Advance Directives for Medical Care:
24 Important Questions to Ask . D

Fifteen Safeguards for Life-Ending Decisions .

Do I Lose the Right to Die When I Lose Consciousness?

The Living Cadaver:
Medical Uses of Permanently Unconscious Bodies . D N

Depressed?
Don't Kill Yourself! .

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7. DEATH

The One-Month-less Club:
Live Well Now, Omit the Last Month . D N

Four Differences between Irrational Suicide and Voluntary Death . D N

Four Differences between Mercy Killing and Merciful Death . D N

Four Legal Means to Choose a Voluntary Death or a Merciful Death . D N

Pulling the Plug:
A Paradigm for Life-Ending Decisions .

A New Way to Secure the Right to Die:
Laws Against Causing Premature Death .

Two Approaches to Right-to-Die Laws:
Granting Permission and Banning Harms .

Voluntary Death by Dehydration . D N

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8. TERRORISM, WAR, & PEACE 

Holy War Against Terrorism . D

Peaceful Muslims & Violent Muslims . D N

Deprogramming Osama Bin Laden . D

World Without War . D

How a World Peace Force
Would Handle Situations like Iraq
Better than the United States As Policemen . D N

Exit Strategy for Iraq:
Arabic-Speaking Peace-Keepers . D N

Policing Mutual Genocide: Not a War on Terrorism, Not a Civil War. D N

Lessons from Iraq . D N

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9. PUBLIC POLICY

Using Electric Bills to Make Everyone More Green . D N

How to Tread More Lightly on the Earth

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Code (the green letters after some titles)

C.  Christian. Subjects for people from Christian backgrounds,
helping them to make the transition from Christian roots to UUism.

D.  Discussion. Subjects appropriate for group discussion, panels, etc.
We all have experiences, thoughts, questions, & stories on these themes.  

N.  Newsworthy. These subjects are so current and perhaps controversial
that the campus news media might be invited to cover the event. 

O.  Outreach. Subjects especially appropriate for a gathering
which you intend to advertise for visitors from the general public,
people who have never before attended a UU event.
These talks presuppose no previous knowledge of UU thinking or traditions.
And they address subjects already alive in the minds
of people on the verge of becoming Unitarian Universalists.

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