Andrew James Brown/Caute

Kiitsu—Returning-to-One

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Welcome to "Kiitsu—Returning-to-One" the podcast formally known as "Making Footprints Not Blueprints." My name is Andrew James Brown, and I’m the Minister of the Unitarian Church in Cambridge, UK. Knowing that full scope always eludes our grasp, that there is no finality of vision, that we have perceived nothing completely, and that, therefore, tomorrow a new walk is a new walk, I hope that, on occasion, you’ll find here some helpful expressions of a creative, inquiring, free and liberative religion and spirituality that will help and encourage you to journey through life, making footprints r...

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Andrew James Brown/Caute

Episodes

S11 #31 - Consider the lilies and the birds . . . and don’t forget the carpenter and his plumb-line - A thought for the day 10.07.2026 13:12

Send us Fan Mail The full text of this podcast with all the links mentioned in it can be found in the transcript of this edition, or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2026/07/consider-lilies-and-birds-and-dont.html Please feel free to post any comments you have about this episode there. Opening Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ing...

S11 #30 - Looking Closely - The overlooked word in the teaching of the lilies of the field - A thought for the day 09.07.2026 13:09

Send us Fan Mail The full text of this podcast with all the links mentioned in it can be found in the transcript of this edition, or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2026/07/looking-closely-overlooked-word-in.html Please feel free to post any comments you have about this episode there. Opening Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ing...

S11 #29 - The need for a 40°C free-religion - A thought for the day 27.06.2026 13:20

Send us Fan Mail The full text of this podcast with all the links mentioned in it can be found in the transcript of this edition, or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-need-for-40c-free-religion.html Please feel free to post any comments you have about this episode there. Opening Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham...

S11 #28 - Devotion, Reflection, and the Great Life–and a note about ‘Oakeshottian’ Conversation - a thought for the day 18.06.2026 14:01

Send us Fan Mail The full text of this podcast with all the links mentioned in it can be found in the transcript of this edition, or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2026/06/devotion-reflection-and-great-lifeand.html Please feel free to post any comments you have about this episode there. Opening Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris...

S11 #27 - Pas à Pas (Step by Step)- Marriage as the journey of becoming - A thought for the day 05.06.2026 8:07

Send us Fan Mail The full text of this podcast with all the links mentioned in it can be found in the transcript of this edition, or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2026/06/pas-pas-step-by-step-marriage-as.html Please feel free to post any comments you have about this episode there. Opening Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingha...

S11 #26 - Dissolving the Closed Horizon - A Free-Religious Pentecost - A thought for the day 23.05.2026 11:04

Send us Fan Mail The full text of this podcast with all the links mentioned in it can be found in the transcript of this edition, or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2026/05/dissolving-closed-horizon-free.html Please feel free to post any comments you have about this episode there. Opening Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham...

S11 #25 - Free-religion is bowing to each other - A thought for the day 16.05.2026 12:00

Send us Fan Mail The full text of this podcast with all the links mentioned in it can be found in the transcript of this edition, or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2026/05/free-religion-is-bowing-to-each-other.html Please feel free to post any comments you have about this episode there. Opening Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris...

S11 #24 - Seeing and Hearing- A free-religious response to the information crisis - A thought for the day 08.05.2026 11:28

Send us Fan Mail The full text of this podcast with all the links mentioned in it can be found in the transcript of this edition, or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2026/05/seeing-and-hearing-free-religious.html Please feel free to post any comments you have about this episode there. Opening Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingh...

S11 #23 - Demand Destruction as a Free‑Religious Discipline - A thought for the day 02.05.2026 11:55

Send us Fan Mail The full text of this podcast with all the links mentioned in it can be found in the transcript of this edition, or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2026/05/demand-destruction-as-freereligious.html Please feel free to post any comments you have about this episode there. Opening Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris In...

S11 #22 - The Hearth and the Fire - Finding a Supportive Holding, Structure & Truth in Free-Religion - A thought for the day 15.04.2026 13:40

Send us Fan Mail The full text of this podcast with all the links mentioned in it can be found in the transcript of this edition, or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-hearth-and-fire-finding-supportive.html Please feel free to post any comments you have about this episode there. Opening Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris...

S11 #21 - From Negation to Affirmation - Trusting the “Great Life” [大生命, Daiseimei]—An Easter Sunday Thought for the Day 03.04.2026 11:11

Send us Fan Mail The full text of this podcast with all the links mentioned in it can be found in the transcript of this edition, or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2026/04/from-negation-to-affirmation-trusting.html Please feel free to post any comments you have about this episode there. Opening Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris...

S11 #20 - ‘By Superstition we are driven to deeds of such great evil.’—From the sacrifice of Iphigenia to Iran, Israel and the USA - A thought for the day 20.03.2026 11:53

Send us Fan Mail The full text of this podcast with all the links mentioned in it can be found in the transcript of this edition, or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2026/03/by-superstition-we-are-driven-to-deeds.html Please feel free to post any comments you have about this episode there. Opening Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris...

S11 #19 - There is only mother love all the way down—Mothering Sunday 2026 - A thought for the day 13.03.2026 9:24

Send us Fan Mail The full text of this podcast with all the links mentioned in it can be found in the transcript of this edition, or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2026/03/there-is-only-mother-love-all-way.html Please feel free to post any comments you have about this episode there. Opening Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingh...

S11 #18 - Free-Religion—Millpond Practice, Whitewater Living - A thought for the day 07.03.2026 10:01

Send us Fan Mail The full text of this podcast with all the links mentioned in it can be found in the transcript of this edition, or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2026/03/free-religionmillpond-practice.html Please feel free to post any comments you have about this episode there. Opening Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham...

S11 #17 - Let a billion lotuses bloom - a contagious mind-virus of decency - A thought for the day 28.02.2026 9:18

Send us Fan Mail The full text of this podcast with all the links mentioned in it can be found in the transcript of this edition, or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2026/02/let-billion-lotuses-bloom-contagious.html Please feel free to post any comments you have about this episode there. Opening Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris I...

S11 #16 - The Meaning-full-ness of Fragments - A thought for the day 14.02.2026 10:49

Send us Fan Mail The full text of this podcast with all the links mentioned in it can be found in the transcript of this edition, or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-meaning-full-ness-of-fragments.html Please feel free to post any comments you have about this episode there. Opening Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ing...

S11 #15 - Free-Religion, an evolutionary religion for the world of tomorrow - A thought for the day 07.02.2026 11:51

Send us Fan Mail The full text of this podcast with all the links mentioned in it can be found in the transcript of this edition, or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2026/02/free-religion-evolutionary-religion-for.html Please feel free to post any comments you have about this episode there. Opening Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chri...

S11 #14 - Storms get tired too, so hold on - A thought for the day 30.01.2026 9:29

Send us Fan Mail The full text of this podcast with all the links mentioned in it can be found in the transcript of this edition, or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2026/01/storms-get-tired-too-so-hold-on.html Please feel free to post any comments you have about this episode there. Opening Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham...

S11 Bonus Episode - What Kind of Church/Kyōkai is Kiitsu Kyōkai? by Imaoka Shin'ichirō 12.01.2026 11:50

Send us Fan Mail The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition, or at the following link: https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/e/2PACX-1vTgvwLgEa8a258r6GYosYiGzEHL0i-GP5JkDRDylt9cvd86eQtzE6G5Kco8f1AuuhrgLgbydOBYX356/pub?pli=1#h.3fykvwpqs1ew More information about Imaoka Shin-ichirō (1881-1988) can be found at this link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/p/free-reli...

S11 #13 - From Nostalgia to Hüzün - Rethinking Our Free-Religious Path - A thought for the day 09.01.2026 11:28

Send us Fan Mail The full text of this podcast with all the links mentioned in it can be found in the transcript of this edition, or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2026/01/from-nostalgia-to-huzun-rethinking-our.html Please feel free to post any comments you have about this episode there. Opening Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris...

S11 Bonus Episode - Such Largness—The Quiet Opening of Imaoka Shin’ichirō’s Free-Religion 03.01.2026 20:14

Send us Fan Mail The full text of this podcast with all the links mentioned in it can be found in the transcript of this edition, or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2025/12/such-largnessthe-quiet-opening-of.html Please feel free to post any comments you have about this episode there. Opening Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingh...

S11 #12 - TFTD - Reigniting our free-religious tradition - from being to buildings and back again - A thought for the day 02.01.2026 12:15

Send us Fan Mail The full text of this podcast with all the links mentioned in it can be found in the transcript of this edition, or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2026/01/reigniting-our-free-religious-tradition.html Please feel free to post any comments you have about this episode there. Opening Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chri...

S11 #11 - A philosophy of wonder born of an ancient disappointment - A thought for the day 27.12.2025 12:08

Send us Fan Mail The full text of this podcast with all the links mentioned in it can be found in the transcript of this edition, or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-philosophy-of-wonder-born-of-ancient.html Please feel free to post any comments you have about this episode there. Opening Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris...

S11 #10 - Celebrating Christmas Day without a founder - Jesus, Buddha and the Great Life - A thought for the day 24.12.2025 10:12

Send us Fan Mail The full text of this podcast with all the links mentioned in it can be found in the transcript of this edition, or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2025/12/celebrating-christmas-day-without.html Please feel free to post any comments you have about this episode there. Opening Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingh...

S11 Bonus Episode - Who is Christ? (A Christmas Day talk by Imaoka Shin'ichirō) 30.11.2025 6:56

Send us Fan Mail The full text of this podcast with all the links mentioned in it can be found in the transcript of this edition, or at the following link: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-eternal-buddha-is-no-one-else-but.html Please feel free to post any comments you have about this episode there. Opening Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris...