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Rose Tanaka, a Denver UU, graduated high school at Manzanar, the infamous American internment camp for people of Japanese descent.By Kenny Wiley | May 15, 2017 | From LifeTagged as: Coming-of-Age, Human Rights, Immigration, Personal Stories, Social Justice, WarPage/Article -
Arranging flowers is a form of moving meditation.By Debra Burrell | May 15, 2017 | From SpiritTagged as: Nature, Personal Stories, WorshipPage/Article -
“Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.” —Alice Walker I had finally begun to relax—a bit. We were en route to Pennsylvania. My friend, a formal part of our “framily,” was visiting. We decided a visit to a crayon factory was the perfect winter outing for toddlers. The day was clear...Reflection | By Robin Tanner | March 1, 2017 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Atheism, Conflict, Contemplation, Direct Experience, Faith, Humanism, Humility, Personal Stories, Searching, Secular, WisdomPage/Article -
An awakening passed through the whole theatre, and as if touched by some invisible hand, the people stood, clapped, shouted with joy, laughed, and wept… It was blessed to be connected to—no, to be a part of a community—a people. —Volker Kühn, in his essay about a cabaret performance during...Reflection | By Sean Parker Dennison | December 14, 2016 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: Arts & Music, Community, History, Personal Stories, Power, Responsibility, Self-Respect, Suffering, TraditionPage/Article -
Weird stuff is gonna happen, and you might as well get used to it.Story | By Jane Rzepka | October 24, 2016 | From UU WorldTagged as: Nature, Personal StoriesPage/Article -
An atheist reckons with God, kids, and the Unitarian Universalist church.By Kris Willcox | September 1, 2016 | From UU WorldTagged as: Faith, Family, Growth, Personal Stories, UU IdentityPage/Article -
Each of my communities of faith has valued listening to the part of ourselves that knows where and how to leap.By Heather Christensen | September 1, 2016 | From UU WorldTagged as: Discernment, Growth, Personal StoriesPage/Article -
Clemmons looks back on his music career and his groundbreaking role on ‘Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood.’By Heather Beasley Doyle | September 1, 2016 | From LifeTagged as: Personal Stories, Race/Ethnicity, Racial JusticePage/Article -
I see my Unitarian Universalist and southern identities as strengths and gifts, not contradictions.By Meg Barnhouse | August 29, 2016 | From UU WorldTagged as: America, Culture, Personal Stories, UU IdentityPage/Article -
There is often a price to opposing a company town’s corporate master.By Jeffrey A. Lockwood | August 22, 2016 | From UU WorldTagged as: Climate Justice, Environment, Personal StoriesPage/Article -
Don’t speak to me of “healing” racism, or “wounded souls” or the “painful hurt” until you are willing to feel the scars on my great-great-grandmother Laury’s back. Don’t speak to me of “values” or “justice” or “righting wrongs” until you are able to feel the heartache...Reading | By Adam Lawrence Dyer | May 17, 2016 | From WorshipWebTagged as: #BlackLivesMatter, America, Anti-Oppression, Brokenness, Direct Experience, Healing, Identity, Justice, Personal Stories, Race/Ethnicity, Responsibility, Secular, ShameWorship element -
One of the potential spiritual lessons of sports comes in its ability to connect people—to each other as well as to a team of strangers. Not too long ago, I was in a workshop in which we were discussing “peak experiences,” those mystical, transcendent experiences of what Abraham Maslow would...Reading | By Michael J. Tino | April 5, 2016 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Awe, Connections, Direct Experience, Personal Stories, Playfulness, Secular, Teamwork, Unity, WonderWorship element -
Dear Liberal Allies, You and I learned very different things in very different ways. If you didn’t live an experience, then step aside. We students of color, gay students, trans* students, children of immigrants and refugees knew this stuff before our professors told us what to call it....Reading | By Trungles | March 30, 2016 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Anti-Oppression, Direct Experience, Growth, Identity, Justice, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Multiculturalism, Personal Stories, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Race/Ethnicity, Solidarity, SufferingWorship element
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The UUA is seeking short videos about your General Assembly experiences. One person’s entry will win free GA registration.By Sonja L. Cohen | March 2, 2016 | From UU WorldTagged as: General Assembly, Personal Inspiration, Personal StoriesPage/Article
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In finding my true voice, I also found my true gender.By Mykal Slack | February 22, 2016 | From UU WorldTagged as: Body, Identity, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, LGBTQ Issues, Personal StoriesPage/Article -
UU World asked readers to tell us about the most meaningful rite of passage they had experienced.By Sonja L. Cohen | February 22, 2016 | From UU WorldTagged as: Meaning, Personal StoriesPage/Article -
It was precisely my emergent humanist belief that equipped me to face what seemed a death sentence.By Jim Key | February 22, 2016 | From SpiritTagged as: Healing, Personal Stories, UU TheologyPage/Article -
...and let us share stories. Let me hear your tales of far off lands, wanderer, and I will tell you of my travels. Share your experience of the holy with me, worshipper, and I will tell you of that which I find divine. —Jennifer Kitchen Read More...Press Release | By Unitarian Universalist Association | January 21, 2016 | From Home Page StoryTagged as: Community, Personal StoriesPage/Article -
Come sit by our fire and let us share stories. Let me hear your tales of far off lands, wanderer, and I will tell you of my travels. Share your experience of the holy with me, worshipper, and I will tell you of that which I find divine. Come and stay, lover of leaving, for ours is no caravan of...Opening | By Jennifer Kitchen | January 11, 2016 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Community, Direct Experience, Empathy, Homecoming / Ingathering, Hospitality, Journey, Listening, Love, Personal StoriesWorship element -
Utility | December 9, 2015 | From Facing Death with LifeTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Death, Direct Experience, Ending, Grief, Life Transition, Personal Stories, Spiritual PracticeCurriculum page