Gail Forsyth-Vail

Gail Forsyth-Vail, a credentialed religious educator, master level, is the author or developmental editor of several UU history curricula and resources. Before retiring, she served as interim director of the Unitarian Universalist Association’s Lifespan Faith Engagement Office.

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Ready to Learn from New Orleans

Gail Forsyth-Vail

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Our first task in approaching another people, another culture, another religion is to take off our shoes, for the place we are approaching is holy....
For a Child's UU Identity: Love and Help

Gail Forsyth-Vail

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What promises are made in my family about how we treat one another? How am I like my friends and how I am I different?...
A Time to Act and a Time to Learn

Gail Forsyth-Vail

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The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King was murdered when I was in eighth grade. I remember so clearly watching the news on my family’s small black-and-white...
Qualities of a Leader: Time for All Ages

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This inauguration week is an unsettling one for many Unitarian Universalists....
Reading for Solidarity: A Common Read for GA 2017

Gail Forsyth-Vail

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The 2017 UUA General Assembly (GA) will affirm solidarity with movements for racial, economic, and environmental justice....
”Back to Normal” Makes an Argument for Shedding Labels

Gail Forsyth-Vail

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When one of my children was five years old, they entered kindergarten. The child we entrusted to the school was a high energy, affectionate, interesting...
Marshman and Fields Scholarship: Reflections on a Legacy

Gail Forsyth-Vail

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One of the first things I did as a new religious educator in the mid-1980s was to get in contact with those who had been doing the work for years and had much to share. I lived for monthly meetings of...
Keepsakes in the Attic

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Our attic needed to be emptied for an insulation project. We brought down boxes and boxes of clothing that had once belonged to our three grown children.
Let the Ceremony of Light Begin

Gail Forsyth-Vail

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Two weeks ago, I was part of an interfaith gathering where we asked one another, “What is weighing on you? What signs of hope are you finding?...
We Read Together: Just Mercy

Gail Forsyth-Vail

From Call and Response
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson is the 2015-16 UUA Common Read. This beautifully written book looks closely at the life...

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