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.

    If your group has an e-mailing list,
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.)

    Or, since these are short discussion-starters,
the text could be read at the meeting,
pausing between sections for discussion.

    Or you might decide to print-out the text
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

Becoming More Free .  D

Pursuing Intrinsic Values:
Am I Spending this Hour Well?   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 .

A New Name for Unitarian Universalism?    D

Does God Keep Up with Modern Science?    D

Creating New Commandments    D

Asking the Ultimate Questions .  D

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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 Answer . D

Fifteen Safeguards for Life-Ending Decisions .

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

Nine Ways to Reduce Health-Care Costs .  D N

Voluntary Rationing of Health-Care .  D N

Consumer Control of Health-Care Costs:
Eliminating Unnecessary Medical Procedures  .   D N

No More Million Dollar Babies .   D

Medical Futility Monitor:
Avoiding the Million-Dollar Death .  D N

The Living Cadaver:
Medical Uses of Brain-Dead 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

Will this Death be an "Irrational Suicide" or a "Voluntary Death"? . D N

Will this Death be a "Mercy-Killing" and "Merciful Death"? . D N

Four Legal Methods of Choosing 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

Voluntary Death by Dehydration:
Why Giving Up Water is Better than other Means of Voluntary Death .  D N

Voluntary Death by Dehydration:
Safeguards to Make Sure it is a Wise Choice  .  D N

Voluntary Execution:
Better than Capital Punishment?   D N

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8. TERRORISM, WAR, & PEACE 

Holy War Against Terrorism . D

Peaceful Muslims & Violent Muslims . D N

Deprogramming Former Members of Al-Qaeda . D

WORLD PEACE FORCE

       World Without War .  D

       The Meaning of Complete Disarmament .  D

       Blessed Are the Peacemakers .  D

       World Peace Force—100 Years for Transition

       Enlightened Presidents of the United States
       Could Use the U.S. Military Forces
       as an Interim World Peace Force .  D N

       Could the World Peace Force Go Bad?  D

       Structure and Funding of the World Peace Force 

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9. PUBLIC POLICY

Using Electric Bills to Make Everyone More Green . D N

Sex-Balanced Senate . D N

Replace the Electoral College
with One Presidential Vote for each Congressional District  .   D N

The Social Security Tax:
Reforming the Most Unfair Federal Tax  .    D N

Million Dollar Cap:
No One Should Get More than One Million Dollars Per Year from the U.S. Taxpayers  .   D N

The Underground Economy:
Bring all Economic Activity into the Open  .   D N

Media Science, Advocacy Science, & Real Science .   D N

Expanding the DREAM Act:
New Pathways to Citizenship  .   D

End Deportation of Persons Likely to Qualify for
a Pathway to Citizenship under Immigration Reform  .   D

Registration without Deportation:
Bringing Millions of Foreign Nationals out of the Shadows  .   D N

Register all Foreign Nationals:
Carrots and Sticks  .    D

Earning American Citizenship:
Be Above Average  .   D

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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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