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TEDxWaldenPond: Connecting Worlds

Blog, Promotions for Friends and Colleagues

We are delighted to share the news that Jessica Cooper-Morgan and Nick Morgan have launched a new chapter of TEDxWaldenPond! They have a powerful line up of storytellers whose ideas spark meaningful transformation across every layer of life —from the deeply personal to the globally systemic.

October 30, 2025 

Lincoln, MA

 5–9 PM

Speakers include:

Maretta Morovitz, Brent J. Freeman, Karen Kelly, Alden E. Stoner, Bryant McBride, Kate O’Neill, David Muñiz Supple, Farah Nasser, and Morgan Englund.

This year’s TEDxWaldenPond Emcee is Tim Washer!

For more information and to purchase Your Tickets today for TEDx Walden Pond 2025: Connecting Worlds:

→ tedxwaldenpond.com

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tedx-walden-pond-2025-tickets-1292644848539?aff=oddtdtcreator

#TEDxWaldenPond #TEDx #TEDxConnectingWorlds

https://www.facebook.com/TEDxWaldenPond

Friends will recall that Twinkle and Cynthia created this event in Concord 2012. They are grateful the legacy continues!! Be sure to reminisce on the Facebook page and view all the videos of speakers through the years! As well as our photos:

https://twinklesplace.org/remembering-our-amazing-tedxwaldenpond-event/

Emma’s Revolution Concert in Auburn, Maine

Blog, Music for the Soul, Promotions for Friends and Colleagues

Emma’s Revolution Concert 

Thursday, October 23rd

First Universalist Church of Auburn

169 Pleasant Street, Auburn, ME

7:00pm-10:00pm

Emma’s Revolution “We Are The Power” concert with special guest, Portland Women’s Chorus, Women in Harmony!

Tickets: $25 advance/$30 door/ No one turned away

https://emmasrevolution.com/event/6269120/736682060/we-are-the-power-concert-with-special-guest-women-in-harmony-7pm

Join Us at the North American Unitarian Summit

Blog, Ministry, Promotions for Friends and Colleagues

We are so excited Rev. “Twinkle” Marie Manning is presenting a spiritual message at next week’s NAUA Summit!! Her theme is “Arguing for the Sake of Heaven.” 

It is one of many presentations this wonderful conference will offer. 

Please join NAUA for all or part of the Summit! 

It is entirely online this year and begins on 9/30/2025 and continues through 10/5/2025. 

The overarching theme is “Building Bridges.” 

Such a timely message! 

CLICK THIS LINK FOR DETAILS AND TO RSVP:

Summit

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Rev. “Twinkle” Marie Manning’s Presentation:

“Arguing for the Sake of Heaven”

What do our disagreements look like? What, if any, are our ulterior motives when we engage in conversations with those we disagree with? Are they battles for the sake of winning? Or are they rooted in the search for truth and meaning? This service explores what it means to Argue for the Sake of Heaven as a practical and spiritual practice for Building Bridges.

#LivingLifeAsAPrayer

#PiecesOfPeaceOnEarth

#PulpitOfPeace

#NAUA

Fire – Mädchenchor Hamburg

Empowering Women, Grief, Music for the Soul, Women's Spirituality

I’ve heard this many times over the years, yet this version with only young women participating really hit home for me!

Katerina Gimon (*1993, Canada) – Fire (from: Elements) Performed by Mädchenchor Hamburg (Hamburg Girls Choir) Elbphilharmonie, Januar 2025 The “Elements” cycle is a four-movement work in which each movement sets one of the four classical elements to music: earth, air, fire and water. “Fire” describes the energetic, explosive and sometimes horrific power of this elemental force.

When lights get brighter

Blog, Promotions for Friends and Colleagues, Readings Recorded

This poet will be ever-present in my life. Andrea Gibson’s work has been seeded through my own for years, and will be for years to come. Andrea transitioned just over a week ago. I, along with a world of lovers-of-her-spirit, wept. Still weep. Her writing delivered raw truth painted in buttercups upon fields of beauty. Ushered forth by a voice that, with technology and memory, will linger for as long as humans have access to them. Here is one of Andrea’s departing gifts:

“When Death Came to Visit” by Andrea Gibson

https://www.andreagibson.org

#EarthAngel

#AndreaGibson

#PiecesOfPeaceOnEarth

#LivingLifeAsAPrayer

#SpokenWord

Summertime Update

Blog

Hoping your summertime has been unfolding in beautiful fashion, that you have taken time for reflection and rejuvenation, that you are experiencing the perfect balance of time in solitude and in social spheres, and that you have connected frequently with Nature (ie: bare feet on ground!) Here is a glimpse at Twinkle’s new location. It is filled with wildflowers, delightful aromas and magical groves! Details to come soon.

#LivingLifeAsAPrayer

#PiecesOfPeaceOnEarth

#RSODTE

Thought for Contemplation + JOIN Twinkle on Martha’s Vineyard!!

Blog, Ministry, Promotions for Friends and Colleagues

THOUGHT FOR CONTEMPLATION

“The ultimate touchstone of friendship is witness” 

– David Whyte 

Theme: “Anam Ċara and The Divine Echo”

by: Rev. “Twinkle” Marie Manning

JOIN US!

Sunday, June 29th, 2025

Unitarian Universalist Society of Martha’s Vineyard

10:00am Eastern

https://calendar.vineyardgazette.com/event/anam-cara-the-divine-echo-with-rev-twinkle-marie-manning