Bringing Worship to the Street of the Cities Last night I went to church. It wasn't, however, the most conventional church experience. In fact, the Unitarian Universalist faithDudley square, right across from the Facebook event afterward, some 1600 people gathered. We began with 4.5 minutes of...

"Collectively, we must be a strong voice for change to end police brutality and the systemic racism in our society that causes violence, chaos, and death. Black lives matter." – Rev. Peter Morales, President of the Unitarian Universalist Association Friends, Yesterday it was announced that...

Record and Share Your Post-Bridging Experience Emily Parker's foundational study promises to make UUism more welcoming and spiritually fulfilling for all young adults. If you recently bridged we strongly encourage you to participate. – Ed. Where Do We Go After Bridging? If you are a Unitarian...

UU Young Adult Tells United Nations: Stop Torture of Queer Youth Samantha Ames is a total rock star. Not a literal rock star. I’ve never seen her play an instrument and performance is not her jam. But Sam is the kind of person who you meet and are instantly impressed by, the kind of person you...

Westboro Baptist Church came to Houston, Texas protesting – as quoted on the KHOU-TV website,"'This Mayor Annise Parker, whatever her name is, is an out of the closet lesbian. She is a spectacle and she has attention all over the country. So we are gonna say our part, said Marc Hill of Westboro."...

Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers and tape Optional: Paper and pencils, crayons or markers for cards or letters Optional: Information about Unitarian Universalist Partner Churches Preparation for Activity Visit the Unitarian Universalist Partner Church Council website and choose materials...

Recrafted with permission of the author, Francis Dorff, O. Praem, of the Norbertine Community of Alberquerque, New Mexico, from his story, "The Rabbi's Gift," which is copyrighted by The New Catholic World magazine. Mr....

Adapted from the story, "We Are All One," in Stories in Faith by Gail Forsyth-Vail (Boston: Unitarian Universalist Association, 2007), which was adapted from a Cantonese tale adapted by Lawrence Yep....

Atheists Can Have Faith, Too In her post, "Interfaitheism…;, Abigail Clauhs remembers how confronting doctrine-imposed limits on the term "interfaith" can cause us to reject people whose faith is different from our own....

Genesis 1: 1-31; 2:1-4 (New Revised Standard Version) In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. Then God said, "Let there be light," and there was...

Watch "New Relevancy for Campus Ministry" presented at GA Talks 2014 [youtube FrB8aVI_Akw]...

UU Campus Ministry Spans the Divide Rev. Evan Young contributes this compelling post about the role www.uua.org/re/campusministry/">Unitarian Universalist campus ministry plays in interfaith healing on the campus of www.osu.edu/">Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. – Ed. By Rev. Evan Young As an...

Greenhouses of Hope: Congregations Growing Young Leaders Who Will Change the World. In it, one of the writers describes a congregation’s youth ministry through their awareness and verbally recognizing “God moments”. God moments are defined as “an instant of crystal clear knowing that God is...

RESIST Mass Incarceration and Police Brutality This October Holding the megaphone in my hand felt like standing at the top of a high dive. It looks easy when someone else dives off, but once you're up there, you wonder why you thought this was a good idea. “Oh, I’m not sure I can do this. I...

Some of the programming at Summer Seminary 2014 was structured, like our time spent at Meadville Lombard Theological School learning about discerning the call, theology, faith formation, UU history and preaching. Some of the programming was designed for open dialogue, so students could pick the...