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Kenny Wiley responds to #IfIDieInPoliceCustody offering, "We are all gifted, and we are all flawed. I can speak and write well, and I also have depression and let friends and family down all the time. I should not need to be perfect in order to matter. Sandra Bland was not perfect, and she...By Elizabeth Nguyen | July 23, 2015 | From Youth and Young Adults of ColorTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Beliefs & Principles, Community, Connections, Faith, Faith Development, Homecoming / Ingathering, Multiculturalism, News, Racial Justice, Secular, Spirituality, Truth, Unitarian UniversalismPage/Article -
Action of Immediate Witness is Immediately Acted Upon Leading up to General Assembly 2015, Unitarian Universalists across the nation were asking the question "How will General Assembly respond to BlackLivesMatterBusiness Managers of the General Assembly Youth Caucus, spent the two months leading ...By Ted Resnikoff | July 14, 2015 | From Social JusticeTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Awards, Scholarships, & Grants, Business Meetings, Commitment, Community, Connections, General Assembly, Homecoming / Ingathering, Interdependence, Leadership, Meaning, News, Personal Inspiration, Purpose, Secular, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, UUA Headquarters, Youth SundayPage/Article
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Electrified the Amplified Crowd Summer Seminary alumni Kara Marler presented this inspiring toast at the Annual Program Fund "Amplify Unitarian Universalism" event celebrating the Learn about opportunities to become a youth leader of Unitarian Universalism Watch what Kara said here: Learn about...By Ted Resnikoff | July 14, 2015 | From Events and OpportunitiesTagged as: Activism, Business Meetings, Coming Out, Commitment, Community, General Assembly, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Interdependence, Leadership, Marriage Equality, News, Purpose, Rights, Secular, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, UUA Headquarters, Youth SundayPage/Article
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I’ve Unitarian Universalism is a both/and faith. Both/and can be hard. It’s difficult to feel two emotions at once, to hold two positions at once, to affirm multiple realities at once. But if anyone can do it, I believe that UUs can. Friday June 26th 2015 was surely a both/and day. It was both...By Annie Gonzalez Milliken | July 9, 2015 | From Issues and TrendsTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Beliefs & Principles, Discernment, Faith, Faith Development, Homecoming / Ingathering, Interdependence, Leadership, News, Prayer Practices, Purpose, Secular, Spirituality, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, UUA Headquarters, WorshipPage/Article -
This week: General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association pas… an Action of Immediate Witness in support of the Black Lives Matter movement calling for “police reform and prison abolition, which seeks to replace the current prison system with a system that is more just and...By Elizabeth Nguyen | July 3, 2015 | From Youth and Young Adults of ColorTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Community, Equity, Homecoming / Ingathering, Identity, Multiculturalism, Multigenerational Faith Development, News, Secular, Social Justice, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, UnityPage/Article -
Ah, it’s true. When our ancestors spoke of heaven, they were speaking of this moment. When they went on about nirvana they imagined a time like this. When they sang of paradise, it was this morning they imagined....Poetry | By Mark Belletini | June 25, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Body, Community, Generations, Imagination, Living Our Faith, Love, Mystery, Presence, Silence, TruthWorship element
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Charl…;, South Carolina. These people, part of an historical African-American church in a historic African-American denomination gathered to worship an embodied God who knew suffering. Gathered to worship a divine human who is said to have called out in his anguish “My God, my God, why have you...By Annie Gonzalez Milliken | June 18, 2015 | From Issues and TrendsTagged as: Activism, Beliefs & Principles, Community, Discernment, Faith, Faith Development, Interdependence, Leadership, Multiculturalism, News, Prayer Practices, Purpose, Secular, Spirituality, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, UUA Headquarters, WorshipPage/Article -
This your vision for how our Unitarian Universalist movement can be more aligned, strategic and loving in our racial justice work, do it now! The Unitarian Universalist Association Racial Justice Vision Survey closes at midnight on June 15th....By Elizabeth Nguyen | June 15, 2015 | From Youth and Young Adults of ColorTagged as: Activism, Awards, Scholarships, & Grants, Business Meetings, Commitment, Community, Education, Faith, Faith Development, General Assembly, Growth, Inclusion, Justice Sunday, Leadership, News, Secular, Teaching Methods, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, UU IdentityPage/Article -
Your one stop guide to all YA@GA programming This post is brought to you by your senior YA@GA co-facilitator Rev. Jonathan Rogers - ed. GA is coming! “It won’t be long now…” said the monkey as he backed into the fan. Let’s make a list of what precisely is going on at General Assembly for...By Annie Gonzalez Milliken | June 12, 2015 | From General Assembly for Youth & Young AdultsTagged as: Activism, Awards, Scholarships, & Grants, Business Meetings, Commitment, Community, General Assembly, Growth, Interdependence, Leadership, News, Purpose, Secular, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, UUA Headquarters, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35)Page/Article -
Today I have too many friends who are dying. Sometimes at a memorial service I feel dissatisfied, and I’m the preacher in charge. I realize I can’t figure out how to preach my view of resurrection. I know that people would want to hear it, I’m not worried about offending or confusing anyone. I...Meditation | By Meg Barnhouse | May 28, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Death, Direct Experience, Family, Friendship, Happiness, Honesty, Intimacy, Love, Memorial Services, Nature, Peace, TruthWorship element -
Leader: We light our Chalice in honor of all those who have served in our ministry. People: May the Chalice be to us a symbol of the sharing of faith and hope which they have brought. May the flame remind us of the giving of their lives and love upon the altar of service and truth.Chalice Lighting | By Peter Scott Lee | May 14, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Community, Faith, Gratitude, Installations, Love, Ministerial Transition, Ministry, Ordinations, Remembrance Day, Sacrifice, Service, Truth, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element -
Where Do Unitarian Universalists Fit In? Unitarian Universalism? It means we need to look at the ways our congregations minister to Millennials. 44% of Millennials go to church to feel closer to God and 39% find God elsewhere. What would the Millennials in your congregation say? Do they find god...By Bart Frost | May 12, 2015 | From Future of FaithTagged as: Activism, Beliefs & Principles, Education, Faith, Faith Development, Growth, News, Secular, Spirituality, Teaching Methods, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35)Page/Article
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Who here has to go through their clothes sometimes, say every year or so? Maybe it’s something your parents make you do…. [ask for a show of hands] So I’m wondering: How do you decide what to keep and what to get rid of? [Take responses. If needed, suggest ones such as: Does it fit? Is it all...Time for All Ages | By Martha Dallas | May 12, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Change, Generations, Growth, Searching, TruthWorship element -
Cause and Effect #BaltimoreUprising.http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/04/the-brutality-of-po… Brutality of Police Culture in Baltimore What's crucial to understand, as Baltimore residents take to the streets in long-simmering frustration, is that their general grievances are valid...By Ted Resnikoff | May 5, 2015 | From Issues and TrendsTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Homecoming / Ingathering, News, Secular, Truth, Unitarian UniversalismPage/Article -
A Presidential Call for Religion to Support Equality Unitarian Universalism and the Unitarian Universalist Association fights for equality. An excerpt of the Religion News Service (RNS) story: NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter can still command people’s attention. His 2009...By Ted Resnikoff | May 5, 2015 | From Future of FaithTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Anti-Oppression, Beliefs & Principles, Education, Faith, Faith Development, Growth, Homecoming / Ingathering, News, Secular, Social Justice, Spirituality, Teaching Methods, Truth, Unitarian UniversalismPage/Article -
Prayer Because the world cracks open and here we are: For the 900 lives lost to the migration injustice - mothers, fathers, parents, children, trying to reach Europe by boat. For the over 4,000 lives lost to earthquakes in Nepal and South Asia....By Elizabeth Nguyen | April 30, 2015 | From Youth and Young Adults of ColorTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Connections, Discernment, Faith, Faith Development, Meaning, News, Personal Inspiration, Prayer Practices, Racial Justice, Secular, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, Vision for UUism, WorshipPage/Article
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Culture Heritage to Share – Not Appropriate Cultural Appropriation is when a peoples' identity is changed without their consent. Yet sharing cultural experience is a powerful way to build respectful, inclusive, welcoming community. Now more than ever, we can all benefit from some wisdom and...By Elizabeth Nguyen | April 28, 2015 | From Guides and ToolsTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Community, Education, Faith, Growth, Identity, Interdependence, Leadership, Multiculturalism, News, Purpose, Secular, Teaching Methods, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, UUA HeadquartersPage/Article -
Train to Change the Climate on Climate Justice! GROW Climate Justice, from the Unitarian Universalist College of Social Justice (UUCSJ), trains young adult activists to do the work of climate justice for the long haul. Learn skills, gain practices, spiritual grounding and build relationships that...By Ted Resnikoff | April 28, 2015 | From Young AdultsTagged as: Activism, Awards, Scholarships, & Grants, Climate & Environmental Justice, Congregational Action, Earth, Earth Day, Growth, Leadership, News, Secular, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35)Page/Article -
Of course I want the truth, but here’s the rub: Truth doesn’t sit around still as a rock, it breathes and flows and turns inside out. Ever seen a lion in a cage? He paces and glowers. That must be how God feels locked in our little religions. Look how big the sky is, the deep distances between...Poetry | By Janet Hutchinson | April 27, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Awe, God, Mystery, Revelation, Sacred, Truth, WonderWorship element -
I am praying again and how does one pray when unsure if anything hears? In the world I know as reliable and finite when time and matter cycle back and forth and I understand the answers to so many puzzles there are moments when knowing is nothing and I this accumulation of systems, histories...Poetry | By Barbara J Pescan | April 27, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Atheism, Direct Experience, Spiritual Practice, Truth, WonderWorship element