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?!

www.mcso.org“>”Tent City” detention center, I felt we had found the perfect symbol for what is wrong with our immigration system: a complex that is poorly designed, ad hoc, militarized, dehumanizing and humiliating. The heat was in the triple digits even though it was after sundown, and as our…

Boy Scouts of America Defer Policy Change Decision to May….

General Assembly in 2012 was focused on our commitments to justice and service. It culminated in a protest against the Maricopa County’s “http://blogs.uuworld.org/ga/2012/06/24/thousands-wage-peaceful-protest-… city jail,” and Rev….

First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia. In fact, the entire UUA Board came down to First Church for discussion and an open mic coffeehouse. It was just a lovely time. First Church is an urban, gothic church in downtown Philadelphia. And though it proudly proclaims its heritage dating back to its…

30 Days of Love campaign, and the Young Adult and Campus Ministry guide to the 30 Days, we’ll reflect on what we can do to spread the love. Join us on this month’s campus ministry community call on Sunday, February 10th at 8:30pm Eastern time….

Uniting American Families Act (UAFA) which allows U.S. citizens or permanent residents to sponsor their same-sex partner for immigration. The IEAF puts forward many pragmatic arguments for ending this practice, pointing out that many couples leave the United States for more progressive countries,…