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$120! That’s all. A lousy 120 bucks for a whole year. It boggles the mind. At first I thought I had heard wrong. It costs only $120 to send an orphaned child whose parents died of HIV/AIDS to school for a year in Ghana. Right now our small program, begun by the UU United Nations Office, is...By Peter Morales | May 18, 2012 | From International Unitarian Universalism -
Among the greatest gifts of crossing religious and cultural boundaries is that we come to understand ourselves more clearly. On this trip to Japan I had the opportunity to visit briefly other religious partners: the Konko Church of Izuo (a modern Shinto movement), the Tsubaki Grand Shrine (one of...By Peter Morales | March 22, 2012 | From International Unitarian Universalism -
The visual parallels between the atomic bomb blast in Hiroshima and the tsunami that hit Japan’s northeast coast a year ago are eerie. In Hiroshima we saw once more the famous photographs of Hiroshima before and after the bomb. In Kamaichi and Sendai the signs of breathtaking devastation are...By Peter Morales | March 20, 2012 | From International Unitarian UniversalismTagged as: Beliefs & Principles -
The word “Hiroshima” has become synonymous with the horrors of nuclear war. Unfortunately, we need to be horrified now and then. We need to see and feel just how terrible war is and how particularly horrifying nuclear war would be. A visit to Hiroshima’s Peace Park and the Memorial Museum both...By Peter Morales | March 14, 2012 | From International Unitarian Universalism -
Kyoto, 5 a.m. March 6— I have often spoken and written about the importance of hospitality–about how hospitality is a spiritual practice. In the first two days of our visit to Japan I have felt as though I were attending a workshop in advanced hospitality. Our friends and partners from the...By Peter Morales | March 8, 2012 | From International Unitarian Universalism -
From March 3 – 12, 2012 Rev. Peter Morales, UUA President, will travel to Japan to visit with a number of historic interfaith partners. The visit will also provide Rev. Morales with an opportunity to extend congratulatory greetings to Rissho Kosei-kai during its annual “Founding Day.” The...By Peter Morales | March 2, 2012 | From International Unitarian Universalism -
On the heels of the media interviews in the morning, followed by a lunch with a group of a half dozen theologians and seminary professors. They came from a spectrum of faith traditions including Catholic and Presbyterian....By Peter Morales | February 7, 2012 | From International Unitarian UniversalismTagged as: Beliefs & Principles
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In preparation for Justice GA in Phoenix, Ariz., (June 20-24, 2012) the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) and the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) have jointly organized th… Service Learning trips to the U.S.-Mexico border with our partner organization, trips planned for...By Peter Morales | February 2, 2012 | From International Unitarian UniversalismTagged as: Beliefs & Principles, Immigration, Immigration
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In preparation for Justice GA in Phoenix, Ariz., (June 20-24, 2012) the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) and the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) have jointly organized th… Service Learning trips to the U.S.-Mexico border with our partner organization, trips planned for...By Peter Morales | January 31, 2012 | From International Unitarian UniversalismTagged as: Beliefs & Principles, Immigration, Immigration -
In preparation for Justice GA in Phoenix, Ariz., (June 20-24, 2012) the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) and the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) have jointly organized th… Service Learning trips to the U.S.-Mexico border with our partner organization, trips planned for...By Peter Morales | January 27, 2012 | From International Unitarian UniversalismTagged as: Beliefs & Principles, Immigration, Immigration, Social Justice -
Cross-posted from Michael Servetus did that almost 500 years ago, and it caused a firestorm. He was instantly condemned as a heretic and was forced to live the rest of his life pretending to be someone else. His books were burned. Eventually he was burned at the stake in John Calvin’s Geneva. His...By Peter Morales | November 1, 2011 | From International Unitarian Universalism
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Cross-posted from 500Michael Servetus Institute, the conference is taking place in Zaragosa and in Villanueva de Sigena, the birthplace of Servetus.Villanueva...By Peter Morales | October 27, 2011 | From International Unitarian Universalism
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On February 14, 2011, Rev. Peter Morales, President of the Unitarian Universalist Holdeen India Program (UUHIP) and with leaders of the here.) The Khasi Unitarian movement he founded is now the third largest group of Unitarians or Unitarian Universalists in the world....By Peter Morales | March 2, 2011 | From International Unitarian Universalism -
On February 14, 2011, Rev. Peter Morales, President of the Universalist Holdeen India Program (UUHIP) and with leaders of the...By Peter Morales | March 1, 2011 | From International Unitarian UniversalismTagged as: Beliefs & Principles -
On February 14, 2011, Rev. Peter Morales, President of the Unitarian Universalist Holdeen India Program (UUHIP) and with leaders of the...By Peter Morales | February 28, 2011 | From International Unitarian UniversalismTagged as: Beliefs & Principles -
On February 14, 2011, Rev. Peter Morales, President of the Universalist Holdeen India Program (UUHIP) and with leaders of the...By Peter Morales | February 25, 2011 | From International Unitarian Universalism -
On February 14, 2011, Rev. Peter Morales, President of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), embarked upon a two-week journey to India to visit with several partners of the Unitarian Union of North East India (UUNEI). This blogpost by Rev. Morales is part of the continuing coverage of the...By Peter Morales | February 24, 2011 | From International Unitarian Universalism -
On February 14, 2011, Rev. Peter Morales, President of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), embarked on a two-week journey to India to visit with several partners of the Unitarian Union of North East India (UUNEI). This blogpost by Rev. Morales is part of the continuing coverage of the...By Peter Morales | February 23, 2011 | From International Unitarian Universalism -
On February 14, 2011, Rev. Peter Morales, President of the Unitarian Universalist Holdeen India Program (UUHIP) and with leaders of the Vidhayak Sansad. I saw the seeds of a social revolution at a girls' school in Usgaon last night. I looked out at 177 girls. They were smiling, alert, overflowing...By Peter Morales | February 22, 2011 | From International Unitarian Universalism -
On February 14, 2011, Rev. Peter Morales, President of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), embarked upon a two-week journey to India to visit with several partners of the Unitarian Union of North East India (UUNEI). This blogpost by Rev. Morales is part of the continuing coverage of the...By Peter Morales | February 17, 2011 | From International Unitarian Universalism