Gary Kowalski

Gary Kowalski serves the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Taos, New Mexico, and is author of Science and the Search for God.

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Also available as a Cine-Book. An alphabet book that celebrates life on earth.

Book | By Gary Kowalski | For Children | From inSpirit: The UU Book and Gift Shop
Tagged as: Animals, Children, Earth, Earth Day, Nature
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Five Unitarian Universalist scientists thoughtfully reflect on science and religion. Pack of 25 pamphlets.To read this pamphlet click here. Pack of 25 pamphlets.

Pamphlet or Card | By Gary Kowalski | From inSpirit: The UU Book and Gift Shop
Tagged as: Earth, Faith, Humanism, Religion, Science
A small turtle sits in the palm of a person's hand

In his autobiography, Theodore Parker relates that as a child, four or five years old, living on a farm in Roxbury, he was walking through the fields one day absent-mindedly swinging a stick through the tall grass. This was many years ago, in the days before the Civil War. It was summertime. He...

Time for All Ages | By Gary Kowalski | September 8, 2016 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Animals, Children, Compassion, Conscience, History, Parents, Unitarianism
A brown paper grocery bag, standing upright and open

[We suggest that the Worship Leader act out the relevant parts of this message: e.g clutch a bag tightly; let the contents spill; hold it like a "club" for bopping congregants over the head.] Babies don’t believe anything. Babies aren’t born Buddhists or Baptists or believers of any sort. But...

Time for All Ages | By Gary Kowalski | September 8, 2016 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Acceptance, Belief, Credo, Faith, Freedom, Identity, Integrity, Living Our Faith, Reason, Unitarian Universalism
The silhouette of geese against a full moon

Night has its own kind of beauty, different than the beauty of day. Night is a time of sleep and dreams and inward visions, A time of pause within activity. Darkness is an invitation to imagining and storytelling, And to using ears instead of eyes to listen to the world in its stillness....

Meditation | By Gary Kowalski | June 3, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Balance, Beauty, Death, Earth-Centered, Imagination, Listening, Mystery, Searching, Silence, Solitude, Summer Solstice, Vision, Winter Solstice / Yule
A young man studies at his desk

Ever since I graduated from college, I have had a recurring dream. My wife has had it, too, as well as a lot of other people I know. In my dream, it is time to take an exam and I am unprepared. I have not gone to classes all semester. I failed to do the reading....

Meditation | By Gary Kowalski | June 3, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Calling, Choice, Commitment, Fear, Freedom, Identity, Purpose, Responsibility, Stewardship, Worry

It is the day before the election as I write these lines, and whatever the outcome, I will be glad when it’s over. Some will be elated by the results, and others will feel dejected, but regardless of who wins or loses, our world will still be broken and suffering from ills that government is...

Meditation | By Gary Kowalski | June 3, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: 5th Principle (Conscience & Democracy), Brokenness, Character, Freedom, Generations, Governance, Living Our Faith, Politics, Power, Responsibility, Suffering

We are all interrelated participants in the big picture that is the universe. Process philosophers call that big picture 'God.'

By Gary Kowalski | March 17, 2015 | From UU World
Tagged as: Nature, UU Theology, Personal Inspiration

The reason we have seasons.

By Gary Kowalski | March 17, 2015 | From UU World

Gracious Mother Matrix of Creation Womb of Mystery We thank you on this day for the miracle of birth, For the holiness of sex, For the power of eros and passionate love To regenerate the world. Mother Nature, Earth Mother, We lift our hearts in song For all forms green and fragrant Glad with the...

Meditation | By Gary Kowalski | February 23, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Birth, Earth-Centered, Goddess, Love, Mother's Day, Mothers, Mystery, Paganism, Pain, Sexuality

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