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A fascinating look at the history of Mount Auburn Cemetery.By Sonja L. Cohen | February 22, 2016 | From IdeasTagged as: Culture, Death, Grief, History, UU HistoryPage/Article -
A UU, two Hindus, and a Baha’i walk into a Christian Ethiopian restaurant. The opening line to a culturally insensitive joke? No, my last dinner at the Parliament of the World’s Religions. In October, I attended the fifth Parliament in Salt Lake City. This one followed two Parliaments in Chicago...By Jessica York | November 23, 2015 | From Call and ResponseTagged as: Interfaith Family Programs, Multiculturalism, Social Justice, UU HistoryPage/Article -
How would your congregation respond if a bomb threat forced you to shorten the post-service reception welcoming new members and re-locate child care for the stewardship dinner that evening?...November 13, 2015 | From Call and ResponseTagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Social Justice, UU HistoryPage/Article -
The ashes of Clyde Tombaugh are traveling the cosmos on NASA's New Horizons spacecraft.By Sonja L. Cohen | August 24, 2015 | From UU WorldTagged as: History, UU HistoryPage/Article -
A Portland women’s group sewed its way to a religious home.By Heather Beasley Doyle | August 24, 2015 | From UU WorldTagged as: Community, UU History, WomenPage/Article -
A fine way to celebrate August 2, the birthday of Sophia Fahs, is to take a look at her classic story collection, From Long Ago and Many Lands: Stories for Children Told Anew. It is now available on the Unitarian Universalist Association website, at no charge (PDF, 288 pages). ...By Pat Kahn | August 4, 2015 | From Call and ResponseTagged as: Multiculturalism, UU HistoryPage/Article -
New biography of T.S. Eliot gives detailed portrait of the poet’s Unitarian childhood.By Christopher L. Walton | May 25, 2015 | From UU WorldTagged as: Culture, History, UU HistoryPage/Article -
In a previous Call and Response post (Parents and “Fellow Laborers,” July 2013), we shared advice for parents from the famous Sunday School Address by William Ellery Channing (1780-1842). The Unitarian minister also had lots to say for those who teach in our religious...By Pat Kahn | May 25, 2015 | From Call and ResponseTagged as: Professional Development for Religious Educators, UU HistoryPage/Article -
Frances E. W. Harper (1825–1911) challenged us to practice a religion of justice.By Kenny Wiley | May 14, 2015 | From UU WorldTagged as: Arts & Music, Racial Justice, UU History, WomenPage/Article -
After fifty years, the families and friends of three civil rights martyrs return to Selma, still weighing the price they had to pay.By Amy K. Nelson | May 14, 2015 | From UU WorldTagged as: Racial Justice, Sacrifice, UU History, Voting RightsPage/Article -
Visually compelling biography for young readers provides an accessible foundation in the notable Unitarian’s words and beliefs.By Sonja L. Cohen | May 14, 2015 | From UU WorldTagged as: Arts & Music, History, UU HistoryPage/Article -
Virginia Volker recalls a lifetime of working for a more just Alabama.By Elaine McArdle | May 14, 2015 | From UU WorldTagged as: Congregational Stories & Best Practices in Social Justice, Living Our Faith, Personal Stories, Racial Justice, Social Justice, UU HistoryPage/Article -
Small church fed, housed, transported, and advised at least 225 UUs who joined the Selma-to-Montgomery march in 1965.By Elaine McArdle | May 14, 2015 | From UU WorldTagged as: Congregational Stories & Best Practices in Social Justice, Racial Justice, UU HistoryPage/Article
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Bronze monument commemorates three civil rights martyrs killed in Alabama in 1965.By Christopher L. Walton | April 2, 2015 | From UU WorldTagged as: Activism, Racial Justice, Sacrifice, UU HistoryPage/Article -
Although his true villains are never redeemed, Dickens' novels demonstrate that good wins in the end.By Susan Jhirad | March 17, 2015 | From UU WorldTagged as: Culture, History, UU History, UU TheologyPage/Article -
Twenty-five years after Bob West navigated the denomination through the painful and divisive 1970s, he is regarded by many as the ‘unsung hero of the UUA.’Feature | By Warren R. Ross | March 17, 2015 | From UU WorldTagged as: History, UU History, UU IdentityPage/Article -
The first completely online Renaissance module, UU History, has now been offered four times, including the field test in 2013. Participants have given glowing reports on the online learning format as well as the breadth and depth of the module’s content. It seems that using technology to explore...By Pat Kahn | March 15, 2015 | From Call and ResponseTagged as: Faith Development, Professional Development for Religious Educators, UU HistoryPage/Article -
More than 500 Unitarian Universalists join 50th anniversary march in Selma, Alabama.By Christopher L. Walton, Elaine McArdle | March 5, 2015 | From UU WorldTagged as: Justice, Living Our Faith, Racial Justice, UU History, UU IdentityPage/Article -
What changed for me after Michael Brown’s death in Ferguson.By Christopher L. Walton | February 28, 2015 | From UU WorldTagged as: Racial Justice, UU HistoryPage/Article
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By Judith A. Frediani [Editors' note: Reverend Dr. Roberta (Bobbie) Nelson died on January 2, 2015.] In 1997, the UUA’s pioneering sexuality education program, About Your Sexuality (AYS), was under attack on national television. The CBS network had obtained a copy of AYS’s explicit filmstrips.January 15, 2015 | From Call and ResponseTagged as: Professional Development for Religious Educators, UU HistoryPage/Article