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I was a Girl Scout leader for many years, at one point leading a troop that ranged in age from nine to fourteen. They loved to go camping. Together they planned the trip, including food, equipment, and the shared labor of set-up, cooking, clean-up, and breaking camp. Wonderful, insightful…
By Gail Forsyth-Vail | July 20, 2013 | From Call and ResponseTagged as: Beliefs & Principles, Spirituality -
At the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) 2013 General Assembly (GA) in Louisville, KY last month, the Resource Development Office (RDO) kicked off our programming with a workshop, Journey to Commitment, on how congregations put the UUA’s Tapestry of Faith programs into action. Judith…
By Pat Kahn | July 10, 2013 | From Call and ResponseTagged as: Faith Development, General Assembly, UU Identity -
Edward Wemytewa is a storyteller, and so am I. We worked together with several others this spring to plan the religion/spirituality track for the International Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery Conference, hosted in Phoenix, AZ by Tonatierra, one of the UUA’s 2012 Justice General Assembly…
By Gail Forsyth-Vail | June 11, 2013 | From Call and ResponseTagged as: Interfaith Family Programs, Multiculturalism -
One of my favorite quotes, one that guides my religious and spiritual life, comes from Universalist religious educator and minister Angus H. MacLean (1892-1969). A Presbyterian Canadian farm boy of Scottish heritage from Nova Scotia, MacLean grew up to be a beloved professor and dean at the…
By Gail Forsyth-Vail | June 1, 2013 | From Call and ResponseTagged as: Faith Development -
In the desultory days of summer, it’s common for faith communities to abandon the structure of the congregational year. Worship attendance may slide. Religious professionals may take vacation from their usual duties. Yet many of us have the energy and need to stay connected. What kind of faith…
By Susan Lawrence | June 1, 2013 | From Call and ResponseTagged as: Faith Development -
May 21 is the World Day for Cultural Diversity Dialogue & Development, established by the United Nations to support the 2001 http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=13179&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&… Declaration of Cultural Diversity. The day gives an opportunity to deepen our understanding of the…
By Jessica York | May 21, 2013 | From Call and ResponseTagged as: Multiculturalism -
I was the religious educator at a historically Universalist church. Fifteen years earlier, I had left the Christian faith of my childhood to embrace a Unitarian Universalism that had no room for the traditions and beliefs of my growing up years….
By Gail Forsyth-Vail | May 17, 2013 | From Call and ResponseTagged as: Christianity, UU Identity -
[This post appears by courtesy of the 2013 Mama’s Day Our Way campaign of http://www.reproductivejusticeblog.org/2013/05/my-daughter-not-my-self… Families, a national initiative for policy and culture change in support of all families, for which the post was originally written. — Editor] In…
By Jessica York | May 12, 2013 | From Call and ResponseTagged as: Families & Faith Development, Mother’s Day, Multiculturalism -
Spring is here. Life may be blooming all around you, or perhaps just starting to bud. In Alabama, spring brings the dread of tornadoes, but I also have something to look forward to: the pear tree in my backyard….
By Jessica York | May 1, 2013 | From Call and ResponseTagged as: Multiculturalism -
The Faith Development Office in the Ministry and Faith Development staff group of the Unitarian Universalist Association maintains this blog site….
By Susan Lawrence | April 30, 2013 | From Call and Response