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

S06 #01 - Safer than the known way - A thought for the day 26.04.2023 11:32

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://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/04/safer-than-known-way.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (drums) and Andr...

S05 - Bonus Episode - A community standing, perhaps, on the cusp of becoming “freethinking mystics with hands” - Final Episode of Season 5 29.03.2023 11:31

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://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/03/a-community-standing-perhaps-on-cusp-of.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. Paul Wienpahl's (1916-1980) essay mentioned in this podcast called “Spiritual Values in a Scientific Age” can be downloa...

S05 #27 - What happens (to Easter) when we can no longer rely on spring? - A thought for the day 24.03.2023 12:00

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://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/03/what-happens-to-easter-when-we-can-no.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan...

S05 #26 - There is only mother love all the way down—Mothering Sunday - A thought for the day 18.03.2023 9:56

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://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/03/there-is-only-mother-love-all-way.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (dr...

S05 #25 - Spiritual Values and Negative Capability - A thought for the day 11.03.2023 13:01

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://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/03/spiritual-values-and-negative-capability.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. Paul Wienpahl's (1916-1980) essay mentioned in this podcast called “Spiritual Values in a Scientific Age” can be downlo...

S05 #24 - Pragmatism is true, but doesn’t work—a lesson for liberal, free religion to learn - A thought for the day 03.03.2023 13:04

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://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/03/pragmatism-is-true-but-doesnt-worka.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. The interview with Raymond Geuss upon which I draw extensively, and gratefully, can be found at the at this link, 42’30” ff Music...

S05 #23 - The End and the Beginning—On the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine - A thought for the day 25.02.2023 10:13

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://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-end-and-beginningon-first.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (drums)...

S05 #22 - Living lovingly in hypernormal times - A thought for the day 18.02.2023 11:48

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://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/02/living-lovingly-in-hypernormal-times.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan...

S05 #21 - What Mary Oliver’s black bear can tell us about the earthquake in Turkey and Syria - A thought for the day 11.02.2023 10:36

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://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/02/what-mary-olivers-black-bear-can-tell.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan...

S05 #20 - Where is the life in the place in which others are putting us?—A call confidently to express a Free Religion - A thought for the day 04.02.2023 11:00

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://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/02/where-is-life-in-place-in-which-others.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morga...

S05 #19 - Complete spiritual freedom is the great action that follows the clearing of decks - A thought for the day on the meaning and lessons of Unitarian history 28.01.2023 10:39

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://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/01/complete-spiritual-freedom-is-great.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (...

S05 #18 - Liberal, free religion—Catching moving trains or metaphysical hitchhiking? - A thought for the day 20.01.2023 10:10

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://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/01/liberal-free-religioncatching-moving.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan...

S05 #17 - Recovering the courage to do the “vision thing”—a pressing issue facing all modern, liberal, free religious communities - A thought for the day 14.01.2023 9:04

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://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/01/recovering-courage-to-do-vision-thinga.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morga...

S05 #16 - The epiphany of there being no “Epiphany” - A thought for the day 09.01.2023 8:25

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://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2023/01/the-epiphany-of-there-being-no-epiphany.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morg...

S05 #15 - The human solidarity brought by the grace of being cold together—A meditation for New Year’s Day 2023 31.12.2022 5:18

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://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-human-solidarity-brought-by-grace.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan...

S05 #14 - What the doubtful centipede can teach a liberal, free religion - A thought for the day 30.12.2022 9:01

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://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/12/what-doubtful-centipede-can-teach.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (dr...

S05 #13 - “The Eternal Buddha is no one else but the Eternal Christ.” Imaoka sensei’s “Three Christs”—A Christmas Day meditation 24.12.2022 9:29

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://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-eternal-buddha-is-no-one-else-but.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan...

S05 Bonus Episode - Christianity is basically an epic mistake . . . and the time is right to correct it 15.12.2022 16:26

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://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2018/06/what-comes-after-christianity-god-who.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan...

S05 Bonus Episode - A hidden, Hidden Christian, Christmas—An Advent meditation 15.12.2022 12:03

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://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/12/a-hidden-hidden-christian-christmasan.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan...

S05 #12 - Catching sight of the “world bud”—An Advent meditation - A thought for the day 10.12.2022 11:01

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://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/12/catching-sight-of-world-bud-advent.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (d...

S05 #11 - It’s such a surprise because it’s just the beginning—an Advent meditation - A thought for the day 26.11.2022 10:11

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://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/11/its-such-surprise-because-its-just.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (d...

S05 #10 - Seek simplicity and distrust it - A thought for the day 18.11.2022 9:45

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://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/11/seek-simplicity-and-distrust-it.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (drum...

S05 #09 - A nascent form of integral, liberal, free religious worship - A thought for the day 05.11.2022 10:57

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://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/11/a-nascent-form-of-integral-liberal-free.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morg...

S05 #08 - A free religion radiant with a humanising light that the darkness will never overcome - A thought for the day 28.10.2022 9:16

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://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/10/a-free-religion-radiant-with-humanising.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morg...

S05 #07 - Creating a liberal, free religion appropriate for the possible incoming sea of faith - A thought for the day 21.10.2022 12:06

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://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/10/creating-liberal-free-religion.html Please feel to post any comments you have about this episode there. When I gave this thought for the day live in the church I added two, ad-libbed, comments that I should note here. After saying that “...