Faith is what’s left when you stop responding to radical uncertainty with panic and denial.

I worshiped the gods of comedy and tragedy long before I worshiped Jesus's God, and I have never stopped leaving gifts at the altar of Dionysus.

What do Unitarian Universalists need to go deeper?

Suffering and anxiety are usually just as finite and time-limited as high passion and unalloyed joy.

Modern and ancient New Year's celebrations from around the world.

Praise in the midst of a broken world and a broken heart? Sing hallelujah in the darkest season of the year?

Belief and worship are powerful tools for organizing thought and behavior. If others get control of those tools, they can make us dance like puppets. But if we’re careful, we can learn to pull our own strings.

In bookstores, spirituality is packaged as if it’s a pep pill for overworked managers.

Establishing connections with self, family, and the earth.

Developing home-based community rituals that root UU adults and children.

How can we pray with integrity, grace, power, and purpose?

When a Unitarian Universalist minister moves to the island of Crete, a sense of humor builds a bridge across cultures.

Despite the silly 'science' and fake experts on the hit DVD, some of The Secret's advice actually helped me.

Why a journalist writes haiku.

If you don't answer your children's religious questions, someone else will—and you may not like the answers they provide.

We write the story of our lives with each choice we make, but do we take time to read it?

Welcoming people to our congregations isn't a duty; it's a way to encounter the mystery and wonder of life.

Buddhism puts down roots in American congregations.

Many people are looking for what you've found in Unitarian Universalism. Not letting them in on the secret is a form of stinginess.