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Think Social Change: How the Enneagram's Thinking Triad Metabolizes Fear as Visionaries, Builders, and Storytellers by Eric Hepburn
The third sermon in The Pulpiteer's four-part series reading Deepa Iyer's social change ecosystem — from her book Social Change Now, the 2025–26 Unitarian Universalist Association common read — through a developmental lens drawn from the Enneagram's centers: gut, heart, head, and spirit. This week: the thinking triad, whose underlying feeling is fear, and the three ecosystem roles where head energy finds its work — Visionaries, Builders, and Storytellers. Along the way: Frank
7 days ago15 min read


Feel Social Change: Caregivers, Healers, and the Enneagram's Feeling Triad by Eric Hepburn
July 12, 2026 - The second sermon in a four-part series reading Deepa Iyer's social change ecosystem — from her book Social Change Now, the 2025–26 Unitarian Universalist Association common read — through a developmental lens drawn from the Enneagram's centers: gut, heart, and head; plus spirit. This episode turns from gut to heart: the feeling triad, whose underlying struggle is shame, and the two ecosystem roles where heart energy finds its work — Caregivers and Healers. Al
Jul 818 min read


Simplicity, Complexity, Simplicity Again: Values, Calling, and the Crucible of the Hot Mess by Eric Hepburn
"For the simplicity on this side of complexity, I wouldn't give you a fig. But for the simplicity on the other side of complexity, for that I would give you anything I have." - Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.. What is the simplicity on the far shore of complexity? Why brave the treacherous seas of complexity to get there?
May 2613 min read


Cultivating Wisdom Workshop Sessions by Eric Hepburn
This workshop will explore a sequence of skills to develop and deepen your living wisdom practices. Session 1: Responding to Change. You can also download the Session 1 Worksheet. Session 2: Identity. You can also download the Session 2 Worksheet. Session 3: Head, Hand, Heart. You can also download the Session 3 Worksheet. Session 4: Spirit, Presence, and Practices. You can also download the Session 4 Worksheet.
May 121 min read


Set Them Free: Religious Education Without Indoctrination, Paulo Freire, and the Sacred Freedom to Walk Away by Eric Hepburn
"If you love someone, set them free." - Sting How can this way of putting Love at the Center, inform how we approach Religion as modern UU's? Not just in how we serve the adults in our community, but in how and what we teach our youth? This service takes Sting's line as its heart anthem and asks what it demands of a congregation — in the religious education of children, and in the welcome of adults. The sermon argues that mainstream religious education — in Christian denomin
Apr 1415 min read
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