DAY 17: Put Love into Practice First Parish in Milton to talk about what it means to do good in the world. This great group of teens is raising money for an organization jn the Boston area called Bridge Over Troubled Waters, which provides life-changing services for homeless and at-risk youth,...

DAY 12: Same Place, New Times...

Determining, "Who am I?", does not happen in isolation. Jessica York, Director of Faith Development at the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) reminds us in her post originally appearing on Call and Response, the blog of the Office of Faith Formation at the UUA, reminds us that identity is...

DAY 11: Living Out Your Story The Sanctuaries | Washington, DC, writes in his post below, the choice to intentionally hear the story of another and share our story as well empowers us as actors of social justice....

DAY 9: Making the narrative public list of peace activists) and whose contribution is just as meaningful. What these people did is simple – they had the courage to speak out in ways that other people can hear. Speaking out doesn't need a big name. It doesn't need a following of thousands, what it...

Malcolm Gladwell discusses the power of faith and explains his reawakening to it in these excepts from his post about researching and writing his latest book, David and Goliath. His post, Relevant Magazine blogsite. Read Malcolm Gladwell's full post...

The recent Royal pardon of Alan Turing for - what was at the time - the criminal offense of homosexuality reveals the struggle for equality of treatment before the law of the LGBTQ community is not over – not in Great Britain, nor the United States, nor elsewhere in the world. –Ed. Pardon Should...

UU congregation at Shelter Rock in Manhasset, New York. More than 140 Unitarians and Unitarian Universalists from twenty-five countries will gather for the event. http://international.blogs.uua.org/files/2013/09/ICUU-Conference-and-Co… program (PDF) will include theme talks, worship services,...

I, like many UUs, was both excited and curious to learn about The Sunday Assembly, the latest trend among atheists and agnostics. Have you heard about these British hipster high priests of nonbelief?...

Zach Wahls shares what a year of ups-and-downs has taught him in his opinion piece originally appearing in the Daily Iowan. – Ed. With Grace Comes Power - and Responsibility Daily Iowan www.dailyiowan.com/2013/12/17/Opinions/36087.html">here...

Rev. Frank Schaefer will likely lose his ministry and be defrocked by the www.umc.org">United Methodist Church this week. We re-post Rev. Schaefer's explanation of why he will not change his position on marriage equality or his calling or the LGBT community from the Reconciling Ministries Network.

Morristown Unitarian Fellowship, getting a new multigenerational tradition started. In Peoria, Illinois the This reflection on the complexities of grief, grace and gratitude comes from the Rev. Julia Corbett-Hemeyer at the This blogpost by Rev....

Guest post by Stephanie Carey-Marron. – Ed. This year, for the first time in our lifetime, Thanksgiving (November 28) coincides with the first day of Hanukkah (the evening of November 27 through the night of November 28). For most of us, it’s exciting. If you’re my husband, well…let’s...

Support Pastor Frank Schaefer standing on the side of love. Declaring, "I will never be silent again," Pastor Frank Schaefer accepts that the United Methodist Church will defrock him for supporting marriage equality because it is counter to church law. In appreciation of his principled stand we...

Young Adult and Multigenerational Ministry Director Kimberly Paquette provides us the opportunity to discern the difference between opposing war and accepting those who serve in the military with open hearts and minds. Re-posted from UU World On-line. – Ed. The only time I was called by my first...

Once upon a time, two sisters lived side by side. They both owned farms: One grew the sweetest grapes for miles around, the other raised vegetables. A small creek ran between the two farms. For decades, the sisters were as close as could be....

We re-post with permission Alex Kapitan's observation (and super-nifty flow chart) on diversity. View a larger (and thus more satisfying) version of Alex's diversity flow chart here, on Alex's blog Roots Grow the Tree. – Ed. It has long been a pet peeve of mine (wearing both my copyeditor hat and...

Greta Gerwig – writer, director, actress - Unitarian Universalist young adult. Re-posted from our friends at UU World. –Ed. Frances Ha (IFC Films, May 2013), about a rootless young woman’s quixotic pursuit of a living space of her own. Frances’s journey includes a visit to Gerwig’s...

Alex Kapitan reflects on the fundamental role choice plays in defining oneself, and the necessity choosing on the route to fulfillment. Reposted with permission from Alex's blog, "www.rootsgrowthetree.com" -Ed. Alex www.rootsgrowthetree.comMultic… Growth and Witness at the Unitarian Universalist...