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We are delighted to be writing this blog as the Southern Region’s new Co-Leads. Wait — what? Four years ago the four District Boards that made up the Southern Region voted to regionalize. In other words, they chose to break down District boundaries, pool resources, and combine the staff members…
By Natalie Briscoe, Connie Goodbread | January 16, 2018 | From Southern Region -
Last Tuesday night, I felt a tremendous wave of relief move through my body when I saw online that Doug Jones had been declared the winner of the https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/12/us/politics/alabama-senate-race-winn… Senate race. It had boggled my mind: The idea that the other candidate, Roy…
By Carlton Elliott Smith | December 19, 2017 | From Southern Region -
He asked, “Can you explain the logic behind having Dwight Brown Leadership Experience in May in Arkansas?” “Why, yes I can.” I replied. The Southern Region staff routinely hears from congregational leaders and staff members who are concerned about the cost, timing, location, and occasional…
By Connie Goodbread, Christine Purcell | November 8, 2017 | From Southern Region -
We in the UUA Southern Region are not strangers to violence and disruptions in our churches….
By Southern Region of the UUA | November 8, 2017 | From Southern Region -
“New occasions teach new duties.” — James Russell Lowell, The Present Crisis, 1844 Beloved Companions, There is an ancient Greek myth that relates an otherwise mute swan trumpeting just before its death. From that tale we get the phrase “swan song” to denote the closing notes of one’s…
By Kenneth Hurto | September 22, 2017 | From Southern Region -
This is written for those of us on the sidelines of Harvey, not those of you struggling with the effects. To those of you struggling, we send love and support. The devastating flooding in Texas and Louisiana has sparked a lot of conversation and speculation from those not directly impacted. From…
By Dawn Skjei Cooley | September 5, 2017 | From Southern Region -
The violent events coming out of the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville two weekends ago have the country on edge. The dangerous rise of white supremacy was on full display as men with tiki torches marched on the campus the night of August 11 and clashed with anti-fascist anarchists August 12.
By Carlton Elliott Smith | August 22, 2017 | From Southern Region -
Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it. — Buddha Siddhartha had been raised in privilege and opulence. He had been pampered and protected from the horrors of the world. When he found himself in the real world, where there was death, disease, poverty,…
By Connie Goodbread | August 1, 2017 | From Southern Region -
At General Assembly this past year in New Orleans, I was very honored to be asked by Dr. Mark A. Hicks, the Director of the Fahs Collaborative at Meadville Lombard Theological School to be a part of a their experiential workshop on Beloved Conversations. Several of us were asked to be small group…
By Natalie Briscoe | July 18, 2017 | From Southern Region -
I love getting emails from the Church of the Larger Fellowship. They start off with “Our faith alive in the world!” That phrase makes me smile every time I see it. I’ve been concerned about the health and life of our faith and Association in the last few months. Since the US presidential…
By Christine Purcell | July 5, 2017 | From Southern Region