Issues and Trends
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By Ted Resnikoff | January 16, 2014 | From Events and OpportunitiesTagged as: Interdependence, Leadership, Love, Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday, Purpose, Social Justice, Solidarity, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, UUA Headquarters, Valentine’s Day -
Read history from Selma. Make history in Raleigh. http://www.allsoulsnyc.org/site/c.atJQL8NRJqL8H/b.6349551/k.9663/Richar… Richard Leonard marched by his side when Dr. Martin Luther King called him and other clergy to join the struggle for voting rights in Selma, Alabama. More than 200 Unitarian…
By Ted Resnikoff | January 15, 2014 | From Guides and ToolsTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Awards, Scholarships, & Grants, Congregational Action, Homecoming / Ingathering, Leadership, News, Secular, Truth, Unitarian Universalism -
By Ted Resnikoff | January 15, 2014 | From Blue BoatTagged as: Love, Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday, Social Justice, Solidarity, Unitarian Universalism, Valentine’s Day
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What if the meaning and value of faith movements were built and changed by their users – a “Wikipedia faith”? Question posed by Landon Whitsitt on the Alban Institute blog. Read Whitsitt’s pot on the Alban Institute here…
By Ted Resnikoff | January 14, 2014 | From Future of FaithTagged as: Choice, Congregational Action, Education, Faith Development, Growth, Secular, Spiritual Practice, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism -
Join with UUs in North Carolina on a march for Moral Justice On February 8 march and rally in Raleigh, NC in what the NAACPStanding on the Side of Love (SSL) http://standingonthesideoflove.org/mass-moral-march-saturday-february-8…; Read about the march on the Historic Thousands on Jones Street…
By Ted Resnikoff | January 13, 2014 | From Social JusticeTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Awards, Scholarships, & Grants, Congregational Action, Homecoming / Ingathering, Leadership, Secular, Unitarian Universalism -
Alain de Botton discusses the idea of religiously enlightened atheism in this TED Talk, originally produced in July, 2011.–Ed. Faith is the province of us all [ted id=1327] Alain de Botton speaks about the value religious movements have for the committed atheist in their capacity to satisfy the…
By Ted Resnikoff | January 13, 2014 | From Future of FaithTagged as: Beliefs & Principles, Education, Faith, Faith Development, Growth, Secular, Spirituality, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism -
Welcome to the Spotlight Series! Each month we’ll feature a different Unitarian Universalist congregation or community that is doing effective, innovative or otherwise interesting ministry with young adults. –Ed. Marisa Williams is a new parent in Des Moines, Iowa. When her daughter Lilian was…
By Annie Gonzalez Milliken | January 13, 2014 | From Stories and VoicesTagged as: Choice, Community, Congregational Action, Education, Growth, Identity, Multiculturalism, Secular, Spiritual Practice, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35) -
The recent Royal pardon of Alan Turing for — what was at the time — the criminal offense of homosexuality reveals the struggle for equality of treatment before the law of the LGBTQ community is not over – not in Great Britain, nor the United States, nor elsewhere in the world. –Ed. Pardon Should…
By Ted Resnikoff | January 9, 2014 | From Issues and TrendsTagged as: Activism, Connections, LGBTQ Issues, Meaning, News, Personal Inspiration, Rights, Secular, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity -
Gotta Love Lookin’ Good 30 Days of Love 2014 campaign, “A Spiritual Journey for Social Justice.” The campaign kicks off January 18. The sale is on now! Shop here…
By Ted Resnikoff | January 9, 2014 | From Events and OpportunitiesTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Education, Growth, Homecoming / Ingathering, Interdependence, Leadership, Purpose, Secular, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, UUA Headquarters -
Confounding gender stereotypes with brush and lens. View the entire Transportraits series. Read Lorenzo Triburgo’s statementr on the Transportraits series. On Slate: http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2013/07/09/lorenzo_triburgo_transport… the Courage of Transgender Men On Huffington Post:…
By Ted Resnikoff | January 8, 2014 | From Issues and TrendsTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Homecoming / Ingathering, LGBTQ Issues, News, Rights, Secular, Truth