Hospitality

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  • Downrange of Mystery
    By Rebekah Savage
    A haircut, a cup of coffee, or just an honest “How are you?” can be transformed into a powerful moment between two people living in a hard world.
  • This Is What We Do Here
    By Erika A. Hewitt
    Despite being warmly welcomed over and over by the greeters, by the family sitting behind me, and by the lead pastor, I couldn’t shake that “guest” feeling.
  • Strangers at the Door
    By Erika A. Hewitt
    To offer hospitality, we first have to identify ourselves — sometimes in inconvenient or uncomfortable ways — as helpers; as willing to offer kindness or connection to someone we might disagree with.

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  • Membership in the Small Church
    By Megan Foley
    Small congregations offer intimacy and inclusion, but can sometimes feel exclusive to newcomers. How might you bridge that divide?

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  • Habitat at Home
    By Julie Simon
    Kylie groaned on the sofa. Her best friend Georgia was sick. It was Saturday, and the girls had planned to ride their bikes to Sundale...

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  • A New Small Group
    It was the first gathering of a newly formed small group. The eight people who gathered in Ann's living room recognized one another, but...

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    Adapted from "The Real Heroes and Sheroes of New Orleans" by Lorrie Beth Slonsky and Larry Bradshaw. Original story appeared in the...

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  • Kansas church wins court battle to host homeless shelter
    By Heather Beasley Doyle
    Shawnee Mission Unitarian Universalist Church wins court battle to house homeless people in Lenexa, Kansas.
    Image credit: Clean sheets in shades of purple, white, and light blue stretch appealingly over rows of cots at Shawnee Mission Unitarian Universalist Church, ready for those without shelter.
  • Living in limbo
    By Arthur Hirsch
    As the U.S. government aggressively pursues undocumented immigrants, life goes on for months or even years as those in sanctuary appeal their cases.
    Image credit: Rosa Gutierrez Lopez cooks for her children in the kitchen of Cedar Lane UU Church in Bethesda, Maryland.
  • Unitarian Universalists offer homes to asylum seekers in caravan from Central America
    By Elaine McArdle
    Central American asylum seekers, fleeing violence at home, may be released from detention centers to sponsors’ homes.
    Image credit: A US volunteer lawyer informs migrants on what to expect when requesting asylum in the US, at an office in Tijuana, Mexico, Friday, April 27, 2018.
  • California Unitarian Universalists offer homes to fire victims
    By Tina Porter
    California Unitarian Universalists offer their homes as fires overwhelm communities.
    Image credit: AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez
  • ‘That hurricane had a name: Transgender’
    By Suzi Chase
    I can’t imagine where I’d be had I not found my Unitarian Universalist congregation.
    Image credit: I can not walk more - shoe with pebble in it - Stock image
  • Three UU congregations sheltering immigrants
    By Elaine McArdle
    At least twelve other congregations are preparing to offer sanctuary.
    Image credit: © 2017 Elaine McArdle
  • The Breakthrough Congregation reimagined
    By Michael Hart
    UUA program will focus on congregations’ innovations more than membership growth; seeks nominations.
    Image credit: Courtesy UUA Congregational Life Staff Group
  • Refugees at home
    By Elaine McArdle
    Peter and Phyllis Morales have quietly shared their home with the family of two Mayan human rights activists since 2014.
    Image credit: © Dea Brayden
  • Indiana church’s Christmas dinner tradition
    By Heather Beasley Doyle
    Nineteen years on, a church’s annual Christmas Day Dinner brings the community closer than ever.
    Image credit: © gpointstudio/istockphoto
  • Introducing our first ‘seeker issue’
    By Christopher L. Walton
    Imagine a magazine you would hand to a friend who expressed curiosity about our liberal religion, or one your congregation might send to visitors.
    Image credit: UU World
  • Why Martin Luther King Jr. wasn't a Unitarian Universalist
    By Rosemary Bray McNatt
    What would have happened if Martin Luther King Jr. had cast his lot with the Unitarian Universalists? A reflection on race and theology.

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