R…. Erik Wikstrom serves as Settled Minister at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church - Unitarian Universalist, Charlotsville, VA. The Blue Boat occasionally re-posts from his blog, A Minister's Musings. Here are Rev. Wickstrom's reflections on the death of Fred Phelps, founder of the Westboro...

The Head of the Colorado Prison System was locked up in solitary confinement to know the experience of thousands of inmates (New York Times. Learn what the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) is doing to combat Mass Incarceration and other social injustice below.-Ed. UUAendUnderstand what...

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Set against a backdrop of institutional and societal discrimination, the story of Bryan Stevenson, founder of the www.eji.org">Equal Justice initiative (EJI) encapsulates what is right about family, faith and mission, pointing the way forward. – Ed. Reaching Out To End Injustice Smit… American...

new logo, and a lot of it has been not-so-positive. There have been negative reactions to the logo and then negative reactions to the negative reactions… Well here’s my take on it: When I first saw the "branding" proposal at a UUA all-staff meeting in September, to be honest, it made me queasy.

Learn how policy shapes our perception of race in this story from the Code Shift Segment of Morning Edition on National Public Radio.-Ed. unfairly targets and inordinately penalizes minorities and the poor....

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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.

Too Many Run-On Sentences Huffington Post. Profiling 32 people serving life sentences and describing the crimes for which they received a life, or double-life, sentence without possibility of parole. Aiken Standard. Report of The Sentencing Project to the United Nations Human Rights Committee...

Check-out these fun videos and use the wealth of resources offered by the Unitarian Universalist Association and the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee in support of the 2013-2014 Common Read, Behind the Kitchen Door, by Saru Jayaraman.–Ed. Common Read 2014 with these activities: Ask Your...

Can it be detrimental to the principles of Unitarian Universalist faith when the people who witness for a cause overshadow the cause itself? Pursuing this line of thought, the Rev. Andrew L. Weber suggests we not to lose focus on the issues at hand.–Ed.

We re-post this piece by the Rev. Carl Gregg, Minister of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Frederick, Maryland, as an opportunity for reflection and example of the Fourth Principle of Unitarian Universalism in action. – Ed. Carl Gregg My last post on...

Reading Makes Doing Happen Unitarian Universalist Association Common Read in 2010, the program has focused on big issues of our times, providing a venue and framework for intentional reflection and work on issues of injustice through the prism of Unitarian Universalist principles and sources of...

The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) Common Read enters its fourth year of intentional group read and discussion on topics central to Unitarian Universalist principlesbeliefsBehind the Kitchen Door by Saru Jayaraman....

"Ref… and Prayer for the People of Syria" on the UUA Worship Web.

We share this reflection on the value of openness and trust in the face of uncertainty borne upon past experience by the Rev. Erik Wikstrom from his blog, A Minister's Musings. Follow Rev. Wikstrom on his blog. – Ed. http://a-ministers-musings.blogspot.com/2013/08/to-believe-or-not-to-be…...

DoJ vs Mass Incarceration Huffington Post: The Justice Department will avoid charging certain low-level and nonviolent drug offenders with crimes that carry mandatory minimums, Attorney General Eric Holder will announce Monday....