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I’ve Unitarian Universalism is a both/and faith. Both/and can be hard. It’s difficult to feel two emotions at once, to hold two positions at once, to affirm multiple realities at once. But if anyone can do it, I believe that UUs can. Friday June 26th 2015 was surely a both/and day. It was both...
By Annie Gonzalez Milliken | July 9, 2015 | From Issues and TrendsTagged as: Activism, Beliefs & Principles, Discernment, Faith, Homecoming / Ingathering, Interdependence, Leadership, Prayer Practices, Purpose, Secular, Spirituality, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, Anti-Oppression, Faith Development, News, UUA Headquarters, Worship -
This week: General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association pas… an Action of Immediate Witness in support of the Black Lives Matter movement calling for “police reform and prison abolition, which seeks to replace the current prison system with a system that is more just and...
By Elizabeth Nguyen | July 3, 2015 | From Youth and Young Adults of ColorTagged as: Activism, Community, Equity, Homecoming / Ingathering, Identity, Multigenerational Faith Development, Secular, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, Unity, Anti-Oppression, Multiculturalism, News, Social Justice -
Charl…;, South Carolina. These people, part of an historical African-American church in a historic African-American denomination gathered to worship an embodied God who knew suffering. Gathered to worship a divine human who is said to have called out in his anguish “My God, my God, why have you...
By Annie Gonzalez Milliken | June 18, 2015 | From Issues and TrendsTagged as: Activism, Beliefs & Principles, Community, Discernment, Faith, Interdependence, Leadership, Prayer Practices, Purpose, Secular, Spirituality, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, Multiculturalism, Faith Development, News, UUA Headquarters, Worship -
This your vision for how our Unitarian Universalist movement can be more aligned, strategic and loving in our racial justice work, do it now! The Unitarian Universalist Association Racial Justice Vision Survey closes at midnight on June 15th....
By Elizabeth Nguyen | June 15, 2015 | From Youth and Young Adults of ColorTagged as: Activism, Awards, Scholarships, & Grants, Business Meetings, Commitment, Community, Education, Faith, Growth, Inclusion, Justice Sunday, Leadership, Secular, Teaching Methods, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, Faith Development, General Assembly, News -
Your one stop guide to all YA@GA programming This post is brought to you by your senior YA@GA co-facilitator Rev. Jonathan Rogers - ed. GA is coming! “It won’t be long now…” said the monkey as he backed into the fan. Let’s make a list of what precisely is going on at General Assembly for...
By Annie Gonzalez Milliken | June 12, 2015 | From General Assembly for Youth & Young AdultsTagged as: Activism, Awards, Scholarships, & Grants, Business Meetings, Commitment, Community, Growth, Interdependence, Leadership, Purpose, Secular, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35), General Assembly, News, UUA Headquarters -
Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry of California's Walking the Walk Leadership Retreat is Saturday, August 8 to Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at beautiful Camp DeBenneville Pines in Southern California. YOU CAN ATTEND FOR FREE!...
By Bart Frost | May 26, 2015 | From Social JusticeTagged as: Activism, Awards, Scholarships, & Grants, Connections, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Homecoming / Ingathering, Leadership, Secular, Unitarian Universalism, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35), Youth Sunday, Anti-Oppression, Congregational Action, Faith Development -
Where Do Unitarian Universalists Fit In? Unitarian Universalism? It means we need to look at the ways our congregations minister to Millennials. 44% of Millennials go to church to feel closer to God and 39% find God elsewhere. What would the Millennials in your congregation say? Do they find god...
By Bart Frost | May 12, 2015 | From Future of FaithTagged as: Activism, Beliefs & Principles, Education, Faith, Growth, Secular, Spirituality, Teaching Methods, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35), Faith Development, News -
Cause and Effect #BaltimoreUprising.http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/04/the-brutality-of-po… Brutality of Police Culture in Baltimore What's crucial to understand, as Baltimore residents take to the streets in long-simmering frustration, is that their general grievances are valid...
By Ted Resnikoff | May 5, 2015 | From Issues and TrendsTagged as: Activism, Homecoming / Ingathering, Secular, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, Anti-Oppression, News -
A Presidential Call for Religion to Support Equality Unitarian Universalism and the Unitarian Universalist Association fights for equality. An excerpt of the Religion News Service (RNS) story: NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter can still command people’s attention. His 2009...
By Ted Resnikoff | May 5, 2015 | From Future of FaithTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Beliefs & Principles, Education, Faith, Growth, Homecoming / Ingathering, Secular, Spirituality, Teaching Methods, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, Anti-Oppression, Faith Development, News, Social Justice -
Prayer Because the world cracks open and here we are: For the 900 lives lost to the migration injustice - mothers, fathers, parents, children, trying to reach Europe by boat. For the over 4,000 lives lost to earthquakes in Nepal and South Asia....
By Elizabeth Nguyen | April 30, 2015 | From Youth and Young Adults of ColorTagged as: Activism, Connections, Discernment, Faith, Meaning, Prayer Practices, Secular, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, Anti-Oppression, Racial Justice, Faith Development, News, Personal Inspiration, Vision for UUism, Worship