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Find Yourself in the Global U/U Story

Unitarians, Universalists, and Unitarian Universalists (U/U) around the world are connected through a story of bold, compassionate faith that we’ve been creating together for centuries.

Struggling for human rights alongside those that demand it, influencing governmental policy in the name of justice, passionately promoting a message of interfaith peace and solidarity, and building faithful worshipping communities—each of us has a part, and a stake, in the story we share.

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  • Introduction: On October 24, 1852, Henry David Thoreau scribbled an impassioned admonition in his journal: “What men [sic!] call social virtue, good fellowship – is commonly but the virtue of pigs in a litter which lie close together to keep each other warm.” Indeed, Thoreau’s counsel warns...
    By Eric Cherry | June 19, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • In this month's UU World, guest columnist Scott Kraft reports on the growth of Unitarian Universalism in Africa.Originally introduced in 1857, Unitarian Universalism existed as a handful of UU congregations in South Africa and Nigeria; within the last ten years, numerous congregations have emerge...
    By Eric Cherry | June 1, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • Unitarian Universalists who have been involved with the International Council of Unitarians and Universalists, or who attended the International Convocation of U/U Women this past February are likely to know Olga Flores Bedregal. Olga has joined with three other Bolivians in a hunger strike....
    By Eric Cherry | May 21, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • Sharing Global Faith gathers Unitarian and Universalist voices from around the world in a unique devotional e-resource. Reflecting on various aspects of faith life, participants share spiritual insight into the stories and thoughts that fuel their ministerial call. Distributed monthly from April...
    By Eric Cherry | May 19, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • The UU Church of the Philippines (UUCP) has embarked upon a Sustainability Program that seeks to build a Dormitory in Dumaguette City. Congregations and individuals can find out more about this exciting program by visiting the project website.Or, check out a recording of the UU Partner Church...
    By Eric Cherry | May 11, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • Earlier this Spring the President of the UU Fellowship of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico - Lee Veal - received the following correspondence: Hola Lee, Francisco Lagunes Gaitán de la Libre Comunidad Unitaria de Mexico (LCUM) me paso tu nombre... Estoy buscando a un ministro religioso que pueda...
    By Eric Cherry | May 8, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • Sharing Global Faith gathers Unitarian and Universalist voices from around the world in a unique devotional e-resource. Reflecting on various aspects of faith life, participants share spiritual insight into the stories and thoughts that fuel their ministerial call. Distributed monthly from April...
    By Eric Cherry | April 16, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • All Souls Church (Unitarian) in Washington DC celebrated an important chapter in its history. In 1948, inspired by the sermons of the Rev. A. Powell Davies, children at All Souls collected school supplies to send to children in Hiroshima, Japan. In appreciation, the school children in Hiroshima...
    By Eric Cherry | April 14, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches (UK) has published a new hymnal - Sing Your Faith. It received high praise in a recent review in The Inquirer by Rev. Ant Howe.Rev. Richard Boeke presents a copy ofSing Your Faith to Joan Sparrow,the organist at Horsham Unitarian Church...
    By Eric Cherry | April 8, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • One of the Social Justice partners that UUA President Sinkford met with during his November 2008 Pilgrimage to Africa was the Coalition Against Water Privatization (CAWP). CAWP has led the grassroots struggle in South Africa to assure access to safe drinking water, especially in low-income...
    By Eric Cherry | March 31, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • On March 6, 2009 the 31st Bishop of the Transylvanian Unitarian Church - Reverend Balint Benczedi Ferenc - was installed during a ceremony at the Unitarian Church in Kolozsvár. http://picasaweb.google.com/UUAInternationalResources/BishopBalintInsta… Balint Installation Photos by Rev. Molnar Lehel...
    By Eric Cherry | March 29, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • This entry was written by Diana Sands, LGBT Program Associate at the Unitarian Universalist UN Office. From civil rights to human rights, what is at stake is humanity and dignity for all: the oppressed, their oppressors, and the spectators. Here I want to compare traditionally marginalized human...
    By Eric Cherry | March 25, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • I often find myself wading through history’s blood-stained swamp of violence in search of fleeting sources of hope. This experience speaks more, I believe, to the way in which history is recorded than to the human condition itself. For the very act of canonizing authoritative perspectives in turn...
    By Eric Cherry | March 10, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • Nearly 600 Unitarians, Unitarian Universalists, and progressive people of faith from approximately 20 countries gathered in Houston, Texas for the First International Convocation of UU Women from Thursday, February 26th through Sunday, March 1st. The theme of the Convocation was “Weaving Global...
    By Eric Cherry | March 4, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • The second in a series of blog posts this week inspired by movies highlighted in Sunday's Oscars Awards ceremony. Today, Kathy Sreedhar, the director of the http://www.uua.org/aboutus/professionalstaff/advocacywitness/holdeenind… Holdeen India Program, talks about the movie, Slumdog Millionaire.
    By Eric Cherry | February 24, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • Reprinted with permission from The Inquirer (The Voice of British and Irish Unitarians and Free Christians) The new building of the Chennai Unitarian Christian Church was opened on 25 January amid scenes of joyful celebration....
    By Eric Cherry | February 24, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • The International Resources Office also put a "25 things about..." note on our CLFUU Church of the Philippines.6. The International Resources Office (IRO) contains a number of gifts from the Unitarian Union of North East India, including a small model of "Khasi Tools and Implements."7....
    By Eric Cherry | February 23, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • … style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt;float: left;cursor: pointer;width: 243px;height: 158px" src="Dear Unitarian Friends, Australia is in a state of shock as the toll from devastation from the Victorian bush-fires slowly unfolds. It is expected that the death toll will be in excess of 200 with many...
    By Eric Cherry | February 11, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • Stephen Spinder, an American professional photographer who has been living and working in Budapest, Hungary for the last twelve years, held a discussion and book-signing event at the In his recent publication entitled “Ten Years in Transylvania,” Spinder collects images of Hungarian villages in...
    By Eric Cherry | February 10, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • The latest pervasive, must-have technology since the invention of the cell phone, Facebook is everywhere....
    By Eric Cherry | February 3, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism