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Kiitsu—Returning-to-One

Andrew James Brown/Caute

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 rather than blueprints. 

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  • S12 · E3
    Saturday · 10 min

    S12 #03 - From flirting with god to bowing to the mystery - A thought for the day

    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/2026/09/from-flirting-with-god-to-bowing-to.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 (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (drums) and Andrew J. Brown (double bass) Thanks for listening. Just a reminder that the texts of all these podcasts are available on my blog. You'll also find there a brief biography, info about my career as a musician, & some photography. Feel free to drop by & say hello. Email: caute.brown[at]gmail.com

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  • S12 · E2
    September 12 · 12 min

    S12 #02 - We cannot help being alive: Reflections on one Tuesday in September 2001 - A thought for the day

    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/2026/09/we-cannot-help-being-alive-reflections.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 (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (drums) and Andrew J. Brown (double bass) Thanks for listening. Just a reminder that the texts of all these podcasts are available on my blog. You'll also find there a brief biography, info about my career as a musician, & some photography. Feel free to drop by & say hello. Email: caute.brown[at]gmail.com

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  • S12 · E1
    September 3 · 9 min

    S12 #01 - From Pedestal to Partnership, a few free-religious thoughts about nature - 03/09/2026

    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/2026/09/from-pedestal-to-partnership-few-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 (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (drums) and Andrew J. Brown (double bass) Thanks for listening. Just a reminder that the texts of all these podcasts are available on my blog. You'll also find there a brief biography, info about my career as a musician, & some photography. Feel free to drop by & say hello. Email: caute.brown[at]gmail.com

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  • S11 · E32
    July 25 · 11 min

    S11 #32 - Beyond the Feather Bed - A Haven for the Modern “Somethingist”? - A thought for the day

    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/beyond-feather-bed-haven-for-modern.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 (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (drums) and Andrew J. Brown (double bass) Thanks for listening. Just a reminder that the texts of all these podcasts are available on my blog. You'll also find there a brief biography, info about my career as a musician, & some photography. Feel free to drop by & say hello. Email: caute.brown[at]gmail.com

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  • S11 · E31
    July 10 · 13 min

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

    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 Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (drums) and Andrew J. Brown (double bass) Thanks for listening. Just a reminder that the texts of all these podcasts are available on my blog. You'll also find there a brief biography, info about my career as a musician, & some photography. Feel free to drop by & say hello. Email: caute.brown[at]gmail.com

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  • S11 · E30
    July 9 · 13 min

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

    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 Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (drums) and Andrew J. Brown (double bass) Thanks for listening. Just a reminder that the texts of all these podcasts are available on my blog. You'll also find there a brief biography, info about my career as a musician, & some photography. Feel free to drop by & say hello. Email: caute.brown[at]gmail.com

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  • S11 · E29
    June 27 · 13 min

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

    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 (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (drums) and Andrew J. Brown (double bass) Thanks for listening. Just a reminder that the texts of all these podcasts are available on my blog. You'll also find there a brief biography, info about my career as a musician, & some photography. Feel free to drop by & say hello. Email: caute.brown[at]gmail.com

  • S11 · E28
    June 18 · 14 min

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

    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 Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (drums) and Andrew J. Brown (double bass) Thanks for listening. Just a reminder that the texts of all these podcasts are available on my blog. You'll also find there a brief biography, info about my career as a musician, & some photography. Feel free to drop by & say hello. Email: caute.brown[at]gmail.com

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  • S11 · E27
    June 5 · 8 min

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

    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 Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (drums) and Andrew J. Brown (double bass) Thanks for listening. Just a reminder that the texts of all these podcasts are available on my blog. You'll also find there a brief biography, info about my career as a musician, & some photography. Feel free to drop by & say hello. Email: caute.brown[at]gmail.com

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  • S11 · E26
    May 23 · 11 min

    S11 #26 - Dissolving the Closed Horizon - A Free-Religious Pentecost - A thought for the day

    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 (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (drums) and Andrew J. Brown (double bass) Thanks for listening. Just a reminder that the texts of all these podcasts are available on my blog. You'll also find there a brief biography, info about my career as a musician, & some photography. Feel free to drop by & say hello. Email: caute.brown[at]gmail.com

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  • S11 · E25
    May 16 · 12 min

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

    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 Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (drums) and Andrew J. Brown (double bass) Thanks for listening. Just a reminder that the texts of all these podcasts are available on my blog. You'll also find there a brief biography, info about my career as a musician, & some photography. Feel free to drop by & say hello. Email: caute.brown[at]gmail.com

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  • S11 · E24
    May 8 · 11 min

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

    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 Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (drums) and Andrew J. Brown (double bass) Thanks for listening. Just a reminder that the texts of all these podcasts are available on my blog. You'll also find there a brief biography, info about my career as a musician, & some photography. Feel free to drop by & say hello. Email: caute.brown[at]gmail.com

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  • S11 · E23
    May 2 · 11 min

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

    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 Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (drums) and Andrew J. Brown (double bass) Thanks for listening. Just a reminder that the texts of all these podcasts are available on my blog. You'll also find there a brief biography, info about my career as a musician, & some photography. Feel free to drop by & say hello. Email: caute.brown[at]gmail.com

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  • S11 · E22
    April 15 · 13 min

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

    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 Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (drums) and Andrew J. Brown (double bass) Thanks for listening. Just a reminder that the texts of all these podcasts are available on my blog. You'll also find there a brief biography, info about my career as a musician, & some photography. Feel free to drop by & say hello. Email: caute.brown[at]gmail.com

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  • S11 · E21
    April 3 · 11 min

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

    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 Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (drums) and Andrew J. Brown (double bass) Thanks for listening. Just a reminder that the texts of all these podcasts are available on my blog. You'll also find there a brief biography, info about my career as a musician, & some photography. Feel free to drop by & say hello. Email: caute.brown[at]gmail.com

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  • S11 · E20
    March 20 · 11 min

    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

    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 Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (drums) and Andrew J. Brown (double bass) Thanks for listening. Just a reminder that the texts of all these podcasts are available on my blog. You'll also find there a brief biography, info about my career as a musician, & some photography. Feel free to drop by & say hello. Email: caute.brown[at]gmail.com

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  • S11 · E19
    March 13 · 9 min

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

    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 Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (drums) and Andrew J. Brown (double bass) Thanks for listening. Just a reminder that the texts of all these podcasts are available on my blog. You'll also find there a brief biography, info about my career as a musician, & some photography. Feel free to drop by & say hello. Email: caute.brown[at]gmail.com

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  • S11 · E18
    March 7 · 10 min

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

    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 (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (drums) and Andrew J. Brown (double bass) Thanks for listening. Just a reminder that the texts of all these podcasts are available on my blog. You'll also find there a brief biography, info about my career as a musician, & some photography. Feel free to drop by & say hello. Email: caute.brown[at]gmail.com

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  • S11 · E17
    February 28 · 9 min

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

    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 Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (drums) and Andrew J. Brown (double bass) Thanks for listening. Just a reminder that the texts of all these podcasts are available on my blog. You'll also find there a brief biography, info about my career as a musician, & some photography. Feel free to drop by & say hello. Email: caute.brown[at]gmail.com

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  • S11 · E16
    February 14 · 10 min

    S11 #16 - The Meaning-full-ness of Fragments - A thought for the day

    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 Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (drums) and Andrew J. Brown (double bass) Thanks for listening. Just a reminder that the texts of all these podcasts are available on my blog. You'll also find there a brief biography, info about my career as a musician, & some photography. Feel free to drop by & say hello. Email: caute.brown[at]gmail.com

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