“Ref… and Prayer for the People of Syria” on the UUA Worship Web.

Remembering the Civil Rights Movement Wednesday August 28, 2013 will be – day for day – the 50th anniversary of what was one of the largest political rallies for human rights in the United States. On Wednesday August 28, 1963 between 200,000 – 300,000 people of good will and purpose gathered…

We share this reflection on the value of openness and trust in the face of uncertainty borne upon past experience by the Rev. Erik Wikstrom from his blog, A Minister’s Musings. Follow Rev. Wikstrom on his blog. – Ed. http://a-ministers-musings.blogspot.com/2013/08/to-believe-or-not-to-be……

DoJ vs Mass Incarceration Huffington Post: The Justice Department will avoid charging certain low-level and nonviolent drug offenders with crimes that carry mandatory minimums, Attorney General Eric Holder will announce Monday….

Unitarian Universalists are connecting with community partners to resist the ‘New Jim Crow’. Here is another way to join the resistance: Watch the video (and share it with your congregation) of the GA 2013 Workshop: Building the Movement to End the New Jim Crow with Rev. Eric Meter, Rev. Marlin…

Going Viral from the Living Mosaic blog. Living Mosaic by Farah Pandith, Special Representative to Muslim Communities for the TEDx-Boston…

Barbarians at the Gates(±) Skinner House Calls it Right A recent interview on Fox News has gained notoriety for the apparent religious intolerance of the interviewer who had difficulty accepting that a Muslim could write a scholarly book about Jesus. Reza Aslan, author of “No God But God” and…

Perhaps But Only One Step Forward Catholic Culture commented the Pope’s statements, “were widely interpreted by reporters as an acceptance of homosexuals in the Catholic priesthood. But in fact the Pope’s comments were addressed to different questions. According to Catholic Culture the Pope, “…

We re-post an excerpt of this article by Jonathan Merritt in the Atlantic Monthly on the growth of progressive religious identity and with its evolving political ramifications.– Ed. http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/07/will-the-religious-… the Religious Left Become the New ‘Moral…