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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 -
I remember reading that Natalia Averett would be representing the Joseph Priestly district on the UUA Board of Trustees. I first met Natalia at the UUA’s Multicul… Leadership School in 2010. Recently, I worked with Sana Saeed, a co-author of Building Beloved Community, a program on…
By Jessica York | April 25, 2013 | From Call and ResponseTagged as: High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Multiculturalism, Racial Justice & Multicultural Ministries, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35) -
A colleague reminded me about a campaign to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day in 2010. It included practicing one environmental, earth-friendly personal action every day from Earth Day until May 27th, the birthday of Rachel Carson. …
By Pat Kahn | April 19, 2013 | From Call and ResponseTagged as: Children’s Faith Development, Nature -
[The day before our blog was set to launch, explosions at the 2013 Boston Marathon finish line killed three people and injured at least 100. Our scheduled first post, on awakening our environmental stewardship on Earth Day, will appear later this week. —Editors] My son Owen, who lives in Atlanta…
By Gail Forsyth-Vail | April 16, 2013 | From Call and ResponseTagged as: Faith Development, Parents -
Faith development happens all the time. From a young age and continuing over a lifetime, our moral, ethical, spiritual, and religious self is shaped by encounters we experience, and our own responses. Religious education, however, is something different. It is intentional faith development….
By Susan Lawrence | April 16, 2013 | From Call and ResponseTagged as: Faith Development, UU Identity -
This blog is for people connected with or interested in Unitarian Universalism, Unitarian Universalist faith development, or religious education programming in a liberal faith context. We welcome comments that foster learning and exchange among people who share these interests….
By Susan Lawrence | April 3, 2013 | From Call and Response