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...

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....

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

“We, the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association, covenant to affirm and promote: journeying toward spiritual wholeness by working to build a diverse multicultural Beloved Community by our actions that accountably dismantle racism and other oppressions in ourselves and our...

On March 13th, 2020, I was hosting a large Friday the 13th themed party at my home. I had just returned from teaching a Southern Region Leadership Experience in Virginia, and I was elated to have dozens of loved ones near me, celebrating family birthdays, eating together, laughing out loud, and...