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  • Logo for Our Whole Lives Sexuality Education series

    I am a Unitarian Universalist and a Kentuckian. For so many reasons in the last few years, my heart has broken with the horrific treatment of people who are made to suffer simply because of their LGBTQ/TGQNB identity. As a UU religious educator, my heart gravitates to young people, who are on a...

    By Nancy Combs-Morgan | May 30, 2023 | From Southern Region
    Tagged as: Sexuality Education
  • Boundaries_and_Covenant

    When we lean into creative conflict, doing our best to create courageous space, we must understand that it can’t be accomplished without setting boundaries. I would never suggest that anyone should put up with any kind of abuse. In loving relationships people should know one another’s needs,...

    By Connie Goodbread | May 23, 2023 | From Southern Region
    Tagged as: Covenant
  • Seen from high above, a human crowd forms two hands and a heart shape on white background

    No, it’s not a thing yet. But I’m definitely going to make it happen! The creation of Unitarian Universalism as one denomination occurred when the American Unitarian Association and the Universalist Church of America joined on May 15, 1961. Once combined, the new Unitarian Universalist...

    By Natalie Briscoe | May 2, 2023 | From Southern Region
    Tagged as: Principles and Purposes, UU History
  • intersecting street signs, with the words "impossible" and "possible," in front of blue sky and clouds background

    As human beings we are conflict avoidant – until we are not. Then we are willing to destroy one another. Conflict begins when there is more than one idea, opinion, or experience in the room. We are so conflict avoidant that we even avoid using the word conflict for this experience. We can’t see...

    By Connie Goodbread | April 19, 2023 | From Southern Region
    Tagged as: Change & Conflict

  • One year ago, we debuted a new way to connect with regional staff, the Partnership Activation Request. Since then, religious professionals and congregational leaders from throughout the Region have been using the request form to access support quickly and easily. The Report from the Commission on...

    By Southern Region of the UUA | March 1, 2023 | From Southern Region

  • I was rereading some of James Luther Adams (JLA) work over our Winter break and was inspired, and thankfully reminded, of his emphasis on the role of freely choosing community. Then in reading our Regional Lead, Natalie Briscoe’s blog post from January, What if I’m Not Ready, it further led me...

    By Nancy Combs-Morgan | January 31, 2023 | From Southern Region
    Tagged as: Love

  • Welcome to 2023! Honestly, I just can’t believe it’s already a new year; I am still reeling from 2020! I’ve read so many articles on the collective exhaustion and burnout that we feel at this turn of the year, and I certainly have felt it in the past several months. It seems as if there is so...

    By Natalie Briscoe | January 5, 2023 | From Southern Region
    Tagged as: Building Community, Support and Caring in Congregations

  • I was born and raised in the South, spending my formative years along the southern Atlantic coast from North Carolina to Florida. It was here, in the deep roots of the religious South, that I heard my call to ministry and to service....

    By Jami A. Yandle | November 30, 2022 | From Southern Region

  • What will foster multigenerational deepening and sustained faith connections in our UU communities? Well, I wish it was a simple answer, yet there is a beautiful simplicity to a partial answer of what will aid your whole community to grow in faith and multigenerational connection....

    By Nancy Combs-Morgan | November 29, 2022 | From Southern Region
    Tagged as: Credentialing for Religious Educators, Faith Development, Professional Development for Religious Educators

  • In my last blog post, I spoke about the two major challenges facing congregations as we move into this new church program year. In this blog post, I wanted to highlight some specific resources and programming for congregations facing these challenges. All of these resources are in addition to the...

    By Natalie Briscoe | November 2, 2022 | From Southern Region