Too Many Run-On Sentences Huffington Post. Profiling 32 people serving life sentences and describing the crimes for which they received a life, or double-life, sentence without possibility of parole. Aiken Standard. Report of The Sentencing Project to the United Nations Human Rights Committee…

National Congregations Study (also conducted in 1998 and 2007). From the report, the joint meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion and the Religious Research Association revealed that churches of all types are increasingly diverse and more welcoming than before. The National…

Youth Caucus 2014 Facebook group, the @YouthCaucusGAGeneral Assembly this year, and you should be too! LEARN MORE: Youth Caucus at General Assembly JOIN THE STAFF: http://blueboat.blogs.uua.org/2013/10/10/we-want-youth-and-adults-too/“… Caucus Staff Applications ABOUT THE AUTHORS Tahoma Unitarian…

Church and beer? Motivation matters! NPR story to which he referred. It was being passed around facebook, a news story titled “http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/11/03/242301642/to-stave-off-decl… Stave Off Decline, Churches Attract New Members with Beer.” Because of the title and the way…

Continuity… and Growth Coming of Age programs that include authoring one’s own statement of belief, would seem to avoid. Yet regardless of the specifics, both Christian and UU youth seem to be rejecting the institutional feel of a faith that does not value their priorities or embrace their…

Information and data to better understand where religion, religious identification and practice are headed in the future. – Ed. INFOGRA… Millennials & Religion. About 28 percent of American adults have left the faith in which they were raised in favor of another religion, or no religion at all -…

Check-out these fun videos and use the wealth of resources offered by the Unitarian Universalist Association and the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee in support of the 2013-2014 Common Read, Behind the Kitchen Door, by Saru Jayaraman.–Ed. Common Read 2014 with these activities: Ask Your…

Choosing religious affiliation matters http…; [2] http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith/unitarian-universalists…; [3] http://www.uua.org/uuagovernance/officers/president/morales/192145.shtm…; [4] I preached a sermon on this dynamic called “The Pilgrims, the Road and the Path”,…

House Speaker John Boehner. Boehner recently expressed tentative interest in bringing this issue to the House Floor for a vote. There is bi-partisan support in both chambers. Polls show that 70% of registered voters want immigration reform. All that’s stopping us is the lack of action on the part…

Tallahassee Unitarian Universalist asks a probing question that enables us to examine how Unitarian Universalist congregations can become more welcoming. Read more at tallahasseeuu.blogspot.comhttp://ow.ly/pVjnCTallahassee Unitarian Universalist.