Okay, okay, so “You Light My Chalice” (from UU Media Collaborative Works) isn’t exactly setting the world on fire with its message of social justice… But artwork — a song, a drawing, a video, even a work of prose — can resonate in deeper ways that any other form of protest can….

1Valentinushttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/17/gay-military-benefits-sldn_n_1…;). (Ironic given that http://www.stripes.com/pentagon-extends-new-benefits-to-same-sex-milita… partners of http://www.stripes.com/pentagon-extends-new-benefits-to-same-sex-milita… military personnel are only…

federal tipped minimum wage, and has been since 1991. Anything else they make during the course of their shifts comes from tips. Until I worked in a restaurant over a summer break, I really didn’t realize this. My assumption had been that tips were thanks for above and beyond service. But in…

Two years ago, I attended a workshop at General Assembly with a panel people who had ancestors that had owned slaves. It was a moving experience to hear these folks grapple with the notion of the terrible deeds of their kin from centuries past. The moment that most sticks in my memory is when…

The following statement was issued by Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) President Rev. Peter Morales following the Boy Scouts of America decision during their board meeting last week to put off consideration of ending their ban on LGBTQ membership. — Ed. “The Unitarian Universalist…

Write your own prayer, mantra or meditation. They can take many forms. Some may be addressed to a deity or to an idea. Others may be requests for guidance, expressions of gratitude, or an expression of your thoughts, offered not to anyone in particular, but put out into the world….

Let’s face it: NOBODY likes Valentine’s Day. It really sucks. It’s so commercial and that’s hard if you’re broke. It’s forced affection — what if you’ve just started dating someone new? Or are in a relationship that isn’t going well – do you break up before and be the evil ex who…

First Parish in Cambridge, in Cambridge, MA, to hear Intern Minister Kenny Wiley preach a sermon titled “Two Black Kids: A Unitarian Universalist Story.” I went primarily because I know both of the “Black Kids” in the sermon….

Uncommon Community: One Congregation’s Work With Prisoners” by John Speer can help you envision what that work might look like. Black and Pink, an organization whose Church of the Larger Fellowship offers a le… ministry that uses CLF as the “pass-through” for letters to prisoner-members, most…

This blog has been reposted from Life’s Too Short To Sing The Melody, with permission from The Rev. Andrew Millard. It describes an exciting UU revival taking place at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, VA. How great would it be if other campus-based revivals started springing up?!