gfvail
gfvail.bsky.social
gfvail
@gfvail.bsky.social
Unitarian Universalist religious educator, storyteller, amateur historian. Mostly retired, but still a colleague, teacher, volunteer. Spouse, daughter, parent, grandparent, sister, aunt. Love knitting, sewing clothes, our pup Beau.
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All I ask is that you watch and listen for 2 mins.

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Amazing Grace
YouTube video by Save America Movement
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October 5, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
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April 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Join us for service this Sunday at 10AM with Rev. Lee Bluemel preaching Trusting Our Call.

After the service, stop by the whiteboards in Freeman Hall to share how you feel called to support, protect, or nurture yourself and others.
March 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Carney: "The old relationship we had with the United States based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperation is over."
March 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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My latest essay is up. “Selma is Stronger than MAGA: On Loving Your Country.” Inspired by the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday…and, ironically Justice Kennedy. READ AND SHARE.
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Selma is Stronger than MAGA
On Loving Your Country
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March 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Grateful for this piece.
Selma is Stronger than MAGA
On Loving Your Country
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March 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Join us Sunday, March 2 at 3PM in the Sanctuary at North Parish for Stories of Hope – Acts of Faith; Featuring Higher Praise Gospel Choir from Boston.
This Black History Month Performance tells the untold stories of four people living in eastern Massachusetts in the late 19th and early 20th century.
February 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The Gift of Anger
Anger is not at all what people think it is.
www.uua.org
January 16, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Two surgeries this year, lots of knitting while healing. This year's contributions to the Red Bow Fair at North Parish, North Andover, MA, UU.
December 2, 2024 at 3:13 PM