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My First Day Of Class
I checked out of my hotel early this morning after making sure there would be a room for me if I didn't find a place. It is much cheaper to rent a studio apartment than a hotel for the length of time...
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Settled In
A lot has happened since my last post. Since it is a lot cheaper to rent a furnished studio than stay at even the cheapest acceptable hotel, I've been spending a lot of time looking for a place and...
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My first week of class
Yesterday I finished my first week of class and I am happy with the experience. We spent two hours a day on grammer and 2 hours in conversation with a different teacher. We covered a lot this...
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A Cooking Lesson
One of my fellow students and I arranged through the language school for a cooking lesson to learn how to make red mole. When most people think of mole, they think of mole negro, the black mole made...
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cultural diversity in Oaxaca
There are 73 languages commonly spoken in Mexico. Of those 68 are spoken in Oaxaca. Oaxaca is the state of Mexico that has the most indigenous groups. Many of these have essentially retained their...
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Ex-pats
In the weeks I've been here in Oaxaca, Mexico, I've had the pleasure of getting to know some U.S. citizens who call Oaxaca home. They are a very interesting bunch, from people of some means who live...
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My Journey To Ixtlan
Those of you who were in college in the early seventies will remember the books by Carlos Casteneda where this anthropologist describes his experiences with a Yaqui Indian socerer named don Juan...
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An Indigenous Healer
If you followed my last post, you know that I had arranged to see an internationally acclaimed indigenous healer recommended by some European ex pats who have an interest in indigenous medicine. Dona...
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Days Of The Dead Part 1
My Mexican friends are all excited because the most important festival of the year in Oaxaca is coming up. And they are excited for me that Sonya and I will both be able to experience the Days Of The...
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Day Of The Dead 2
Last night Sonya and I went with a tour from my school to the cemetary of Xoxocotlan, outside Oaxaca, the all night vigil for the dead is celebrated on the night of October 31. Technical problems with...
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A Familiar Prayer For A Hard Day
As I took all my feelings, hopes and prayers into my prayer time today, this favorite prayer of mine, attributed to St. Francis of Assisi, has again expressed my hopes and intentions better than any...
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Farewell To Oaxaca
Yesterday Sonya and I left Oaxaca and arrived in Mexico City by bus. The six weeks I spent there studying Spanish, making friends from Mexico, Australia, Brazil, the UK, Switzerland and Canada and...
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Mexico Ciy
Sonya and I have been in Mexico City now for almost a week. We've been seeing the sights, at perhaps too hectic a pace. The cathedral, the Diego Rivera murals at the National Palace, the floating...
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Unitarians In Mexico City
Sonya and I have been in San Miguel for 2 days and there is a lot to write about here. This hotel's wireless has been down until now so I'm playing catchup. I want to tell you about an important...
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Comments On Comments
Please see the comments under my last post from Francisco and from Lee Veal, ex-president of the San Miguel UU Fellowship. Lee points out the difference between an ex-patriot and an expatriot. I've...
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UUs In Mexico II
This morning Sonya and I visited the UU Fellowship of San Miguel for their worship service. It meets in the ballroom of a nice hotel and has a fabulous view of the famous pink stone church. The...
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A Link On Having A Civil Conversation About Politics
Here is the link to the information that the interfaith group Faithful Democracy put out on having civil conversations with people you disagree with politically. I referred to it in the sermon on...
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Arvid's Sabbatical Part 2
Yesterday, I began the second half of my 5 month sabbatical, which will be from January 15 to April 1. As most of you know the first 2 1/2 months of my sabbatical were spent in Mexico, traveling and...
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UU Theologies, Take One
During this second half of my sabbatical, I have been working to turn a series of sermons I did in 2007 and 2008 on the major theological strands within Unitarian Universalism into a book. I'm...
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A Complete Chapter
Here is the complete summary chapter of my book on the theologies of Unitarian Universalism. What the book is finished, it will be the final chapter. PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER In Henry Fielding’s novel...
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