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3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth)

The third of Our Unitarian Universalist Principles calls us to affirm and promote "acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregations."

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Uplift: Uplifting LGBTQ+ Experience Within and Beyond Unitarian Universalism

  • Five Practices of Welcome Renewal - Monthly Orientations
    By Michael J. Crumpler
    A new approach to Welcome Renewal has come! To learn how to begin the Five Practices of Welcome Renewal at your congregation, please attend one (or more) of our monthly orientations.
  • Queer Prayer for Winter Nights
    By Jade Sylvan
    As we gather in the darkness and the light let us give thanks and witness to our chosen families who we have traveled a lifetime to find.

UU World

  • Congregation's quilt project creates community
    By Sonja L. Cohen
    A congregation bonds over its multiyear collaborative quilt project.
    Image credit: Pat Sturtzel works the long arm quilting machine for a collaborative quilt.
  • Unitarian Universalists are people who put windows in doors
    By Liz James
    Putting holes in things that used to be solid is hard. Some days, there is broken glass everywhere. And not all of us are skilled with the metaphorical power tools.
    Image credit: Part of open door with silver door-handle - Stock image
  • Even acknowledging my own racism is controversial
    By Doug Muder
    Seeing my own racism is like any other kind of self-knowledge: Unpleasant, but very real.
    Image credit: Silhouette of man looking down with sunset in background.
  • Don’t forget your belongings
    By Celie Katovitch
    We ascend, or descend, inextricably linked with all others.
    Image credit: © 2014 Daniel Nevins
  • The real UU superpower
    By Sean Neil-Barron
    It is time to stop expecting young Unitarian Universalists to save the faith.
    Image credit: © New Hope Community Bikes

Worship Lab: Posts on Crafting Worship

  • Give the DJ a Break, or: What Worship Leaders Wish You Knew
    By Erika A. Hewitt, Erica Baron
    In our congregations, how often do we assume that preachers, music directors, and other worship leaders are there to fulfill our personal preferences?
  • What You're Saying When You Say "I Don't Need a Mic"
    By Erika A. Hewitt
    Failing to use a microphone is a form of exclusion. “When I’m excluded, I feel invisible. It’s as though I’m on the other side of a window from the room where almost everyone else is, and they don’t even notice that I’m stuck outside of their conversation.”

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