The art of storytelling can enrich any worship service. Whether you are reading stories from a picture book or preaching them from memory in the pulpit, A Good Telling can help you choose meaningful stories and learn how to tell them in powerful ways....

The Rev. Peter Morales, president of the Unitarian Universalist Association, was arrested at the U.S. Capitol along with hundreds of religious and community leaders in a peaceful demonstration calling on Congress to pass compassionate immigration reform. Tens of thousands gathered on the National...

UU World reporters the Unitarian Universalist Church of Fort Myers, FL welcomed three Boy Scout units after the Baptist church that had sponsored them dropped them to protest the Boy Scouts of America's new policy welcoming gay Scouts. 'This is going to be a great learning opportunity for the...

In June 2010, Annette Marquis, the UUA's LGBTQ and multicultural ministries program director, joined the National Day of Non-Compliance in Phoenix, AZ. In Resistance , Marquis shares what compelled her to action, what she learned about the struggles of migrants and people of color in Maricopa...

UUA President Rev. Peter Morales joined Unitarian Universalist Service Committee President and CEO William F. Schulz and more than 30 other interfaith leaders in denouncing the recent shutdown of the federal government....

The UUA Board of Trustees and senior UUA staff met in retreat Sept. 12-14, with the goal of establishing a sense of board culture within an explicitly anti-racist and anti-oppressive framework. UUA President Peter Morales reflected on the meeting, “I am delighted with the spirit of collaboration...

In response to President Obama's recent request for Congressional approval for U.S. military intervention against the Assad regime in Syria, UUA President Rev. Peter Morales joins with all people of conscience in condemning the use of these chemical weapons and grieves for the appalling loss of...

The UUA Board of Trustees is delighted to announce the appointment of Larry Ladd to the position of Financial Advisor....

The 2013-2014 UUA Common Read selection is Behind the Kitchen Door by Saru Jayaraman....

The Rev. Peter Morales, president of the Unitarian Universalist Association, and the Rev. Bill Schulz, president and CEO of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, issued a joint statement in support of legislation to raise minimum wages in the United States....

UUA President Rev. Peter Morales issued a statement on the George Zimmerman trial verdict. It begins, 'A Florida jury has acquitted George Zimmerman in the killing of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed African American teenager. It is hard to imagine that if an unarmed white teenager had been shot and...

In the era of colorblindness, it is no longer socially permissible to use race, explicitly, as a justification for discrimination, exclusion, and social contempt. Yet, as legal star Michelle Alexander reveals in her book The New Jim Crow , today it is perfectly legal to discriminate against...

After recent devastating floods in Northern India, those looking to recover and rebuild need your support. The recovery after this calamity will take years and require rebuilding homes, hospitals, schools, roads, and other critical infrastructure. One of the Unitarian Universalist Association's...

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UUA President Rev. Peter Morales issued a statement following the U.S. Supreme Court's historic decisions on marriage equality. It begins: “Today, the U.S. Supreme Court, the highest court of our country, stood on the side of love with its decision in United States v. Windsor declaring that the...

In the pages of Muhammad: The Story of a Prophet and Reformer , young readers will encounter a man very different from the figure often presented in Western popular culture. Drawing from biographies, the Quran, and hadith, Sarah Conover, co-author of Ayat Jamilah: Beautiful Signs: A Treasury of...

Jim Key, newly elected Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) moderator and the Rev. Peter Morales, UUA president gratefully acknowledge the years of dedication and hard work that our former UUA Moderator Gini Courter and former board members contributed in service to Unitarian Universalism. We...

At this year's annual General Assembly, Jim Key of Beaufort, SC was elected as the new Unitarian Universalist Association Moderator for a six-year term.“It is a profound honor to have been chosen to be the new Moderator of the Unitarian Universalist Association. I pledge to do all I can to be...

From June 19-23, more than 3,500 Unitarian Universalists from around the world will gather in Louisville, KY for the 2013 General Assembly for worship, educational workshops, and participation in the democratic process that guides the work of this liberal religious denomination....

Delegates to this year's General Assembly in Louisville, KY will be electing a new Moderator to serve a six-year term as the Unitarian Universalist Association's Chief Governance Officer. The two candidates for this position are Jim Key and Tamara Payne-Alex....