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Dear Congregations, There are a couple of things that have been on my heart lately. I’ve been saying them to each of you in every phone call, every board retreat, every staff start up I’ve been doing, but I feel the need to say it broadly, to all of you. Here are the truths I wish to give you...
By Natalie Briscoe | October 30, 2021 | From Southern Region -
I am tired. Exhausted even. Some days I can’t get off the couch, and other days I find myself forgetful, unable to concentrate, fidgety, anxious, or short-fused. I find it difficult to get out of bed in the morning to go to work, which should be easy since it is just in the next room, but the...
By Natalie Briscoe | October 3, 2021 | From Southern Region -
PSA: Some of us have changed a lot during the COVID pandemic. A LOT. Many people change a lot even in a seemingly ordinary 17 months. Some of us are looking to "return to normal" while others are longing for a fresh start altogether, or something in between. We may be tired of craning our necks...
By Erin J. Walter | September 1, 2021 | From Southern Region -
The start-up to this congregational year seems more fraught than in previous years. It has felt impossible in recent months to set a course for our communities while so much is still uncertain....
By Natalie Briscoe | September 1, 2021 | From Southern Region -
As a team building exercise for the Congregational Life Leadership Team, we were each tasked with presenting an object that, in one way or another, represented some part of our spiritual journey.
By Natalie Briscoe | August 1, 2021 | From Southern Region -
Faith Development is all we do. Unitarian Universalism is the Faith we teach. The congregation is the curriculum. Your Southern Region staff is excited to announce our Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 programming which we hope will support your congregation in the post-isolation era. As your partners in...
By Natalie Briscoe | July 2, 2021 | From Southern Region -
The majority of congregational boards turn over in the late spring/early summer months. You may be planning board retreats and leadership training for your incoming board members at this time. One of the most important responsibilities of a Board Member - and especially a Board President - is...
By Natalie Briscoe | May 28, 2021 | From Southern Region -
As of May 1, 2021, Hope for Us: Conflict Engagement Team has been working together to develop teams and processes to help Congregational Life Staff serve congregations in conflict. This process of formation will, of course, take time. We are off to a great start. Hope for Us: Conflict Engagement...
By Connie Goodbread, Tandi Rogers | May 26, 2021 | From Southern Region -
Recently, a friend asked me how many deaths I had witnessed in my ministry serving as a hospice chaplain on the “front lines” during a pandemic. Though I experience healthcare as largely a corporate and capitalistic environment, my Unitarian Universalist values embolden me to rise above the...
By Jami Yandle | May 4, 2021 | From Southern Region -
My last blog was written on March 14th, on the one-year anniversary of our shelter-in-place orders here in Austin, Texas. Today I am writing on April 14th, and it seems like the entire world has changed in one short month....
By Natalie Briscoe | May 4, 2021 | From Southern Region