An Authentic Life 1.1 for pdf - Universalist Radha-Krishnaism

children’s sermon to go to Sunday school downstairs.
Norm was a recent graduate of Pacific School of Religion
in Berkeley, California, and he came from a
family of United Church of Christ (UCC) preachers.
The congregation was a small group of committed,
progressive Christians who took the issues of peace,
justice, and the environment seriously. I organized the
Green Movement in Ashland, and they let me use the
fellowship hall for meetings.
Norm held a class for new enquirers that he
encouraged Asha and I to attend. We explained that
we didn’t believe all the traditional Christian dogma.
He wore a button that said, “Question authority,” and
replied, “We don’t have a dogma or creed. As long as
you believe the general spirit of the Statement of
Faith, you can be a member.” We didn’t have a problem
with that and joined Pentecost Sunday in Lithia
Park.
Norm soon resigned to accept another call. I
became a deacon in charge of pulpit supply. We went
without a pastor for several months. My job was to
find someone to preach on Sundays. Some Sundays, I
preached. Thus, I began Christian preaching.
With three children in a small duplex, it was
hard for me to do devotional practices at home. I attended
morning mass at the Catholic church. The
priests were quite friendly and invited me to breakfast
in the rectory with them. Fr. Jeremiah was a
young guy who wore jeans, T-shirt, and running
shoes under his alb for mass and played pool at
Cook’s Bar downtown.
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