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...

By Jonah Eller-Isaac from his blog "Groinstrong" (Gro'in'Strong-er Every Day). The author describes Groinstrong as a place for updates about his own battle with cancer and a resource for those dealing with a diagnosis themselves as a patient, caregiver or family member....

This poem was submitted by Katie Romano-Griffin, lay campus minister for the Eagle Unitarian Universalists in Fort Myers, FL. The poem was written by one of the student members of the group, Allie Carville....

The Rev. President Peter Morales is arrested at the https://actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/october-5-national-day-of-dig… Day of Dignity and Respect.– Ed. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rev-peter-morales/while-government-shuts-… Government Shuts Down, Immigration Reform Steps Up As members...

The Rev. Tandi Rogers wonders how we can reach people when we can't even reach them? We re-post her observation from the Growing Unitarian Universalism blog on the frustration of not being able to connect electronically in the electronic age, and a solution for the problem. –Ed. This is Your...

We re-post this story from the UUA International blog. – Ed. A Seminarian’s Experience at Tsubaki Grand Shrine Sarah E. Gillespie is a UU seminarian & 2014 M.Div candidate at Andover Newton Theological School. In July 2013 she was the recipient of the read more here about the rebuilding done in...

Sana Saeed's review of "Muhammad, The Story of a Prophet and Reformer", by Sarah Conover, lifts up several Unitarian Universalist principles, and provides an opportunity to appreciate and practice our faith. –Ed. Interfaith Experiences of Prophet Muhammad: A Book Review Arlington, Virginia UU...

As part of inquiry into new and innovative ways to bring the values, principles and faith of Unitarian Universalism into the larger world, we post and excerpt of this article from the current issue of UU World. – Ed. Forget the Cream – I'll Take Mine with Love A group in California is trying to...

We post an excerpt of the interview of Gini Courter in the current issue of UU World on the occasion of the end of her service as Moderator of the UUA. Read the full interview on uuworld.org hereRead the entire article in UU World here.

A Weekend of Communion and Exploration … Seminary, as it came to be called, was a weekend program in Boston for UU youth considering ministry and other forms of religious leadership. There was an application process from which 16 amazing UU high school students were selected from all over the...

2013 Life on Fire un-conference for missional Unitarian Universalists is happening September 13-15 at the Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. If you don't know the word "http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=arxfLK_sd68"…; then you may not know about...

The weekend of August 9-11, sixteen incredible Unitarian Universalist high school students came from across the country to explore a calling to professional ministry in our faith....

We re-post an excerpt of this story by Christine from her blog At the Super Bowl, some of us were having conversations about what constitutes becoming “middle age”. It was mostly folks from my church’s Young Adult group in attendance. My husband and I were on the young end of the age...

We re-post an excerpt of this reflection by Sarah Caine from Le Flame.– Ed. here.