by SA Unitarians
Pluralism, Generosity, and Imagination. The podcast of the Unitarian Church of South Australia.
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June 30, 2024
<p>Through the medium of Boris Pasternak's novel, Dr Zhivago, Peter takes us on a nostalgic journey through the political upheavals that occurred within Russian society a little over a century ago, as Communists wrestled power from Czarist Russia. Peter's address focuses on the despair caused when ideals for a better, fairer, more equitable society fall short of expectations. Peter uses the plots and sub-plots within Dr Zhivago, and the life of its author, Nobel Laureate - Boris Pasternak, to dramatise how Czarist hegemony was replaced with one under the guise of "Communism" - but falling well short of the Marxist ideal. Alas, poor Russia! The nightmare of Zhivago continues, much to Russia's, its neighbours' - and the rest of the World's cost. Perhaps Russia's greatest fear has always been its fear of itself: our greatest enemy is always the "enemy within". The exercise of power must also come with liberties: checks and balances that allow dissent to be heard and injustices resolved peacefully and fairly. Peter's address closes with Janet's reading of Pasternak's hope that "The Power of the darkness, will - in time - be crushed by the Spirit of Light". And today we are bathed in the light of Barry and Brendan's playing of three of Dvorak's short romantic sonatas for violin and piano. And Boris smiled!</p>
June 23, 2024
<p>Kris's address is the sequel to an earlier address he gave on the seven sins: - focusing today on seven virtues. Kris draws inspiration from an affirmation by the Roman Stoic Philosopher, Seneca, - of the joy that comes with living the virtuous life. Kris poses the question Seneca posed 2000 years ago: "- for what prevents us from saying that the happy life is to have a mind that is free, lofty, fearless and steadfast - a mind that is placed beyond the reach of fear, beyond the reach of desire, that counts virtue the only good, baseness the only evil, and all else but a worthless mass of things...” Kris then asks: "What are these virtues?" Listen on to discover which virtues Kris unfolds for us.</p>
June 16, 2024
<p>Today, Zainab tells the story of her family's escape from Iraq when she was a 10 year old:-</p> <ul><li>her family's perilous journey at the hands of people smugglers on an overcrowded Indonesian fishing boat;</li> <li>abandoned by the crew;</li> <li>discovered by the Australian Navy;</li> <li>her family's arrival in Darwin;</li> <li>confined to the Woomera Detention Centre -</li> </ul> <p>before Zainab and her family were released to flourish here in Adelaide.</p> <p>(My apologies to Zainab and our listeners for the poorer quality of the sound-recording of today's service. Our old computer failed and and I was forced to rely on my back-up recorder.)</p>
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