Many Unitarian Universalists (UUs) have a connection to Judaism. Whether we are ethnically, culturally, or spiritually Jewish, whether we're married to a Jewish person, or simply inspired by Jewish wisdom, we have a place in Unitarian Universalism....

Many Humanists find a home in Unitarian Universalism. Some identify as Atheist or Agnostic, rejecting supernatural frameworks for creating meaning or morality. Some put their faith in the force of love or the spirit of life....

What Do We Believe about God? Unitarian Universalists have many ways of naming what is sacred. Some believe in a God; some don’t believe in a God. Some believe in a sacred force at work in the world, and call it “love,” “mystery,” “source of all” or “spirit of life.” We are...

Many Unitarian Universalists (UUs) have a relationship with Christianity. Whether we're moving away from a rigid Christian upbringing or moving toward an all-loving God, whether we call ourselves "Christian" or simply admire Jesus, we have a place in Unitarian Universalism....

Unitarian Universalist (UU) experience with Buddhism is rich and varied. We find inspiration in stories from Buddhist traditions, Buddhist meditation practices, and contemporary teachers like Sharon Salzberg and http://www.uuabookstore.org/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=3799&… Nhat Hanh. Many...

For some within Unitarian Universalism, there are seven Principles which reflect deeply-held values and serve as a moral guide. The wisdom and spirituality of these Principles are drawn from sources as diverse as science, poetry, scripture, and personal experience.

Calling All Yellow Shirts of Love, Tolerance and Justice The hereIan Evison of the MidAmerica Region: If I might be so bold here, you all can do something very important by responding where you are, taking photos of it, and documenting that online. This is a new age in activism in which “showing...

What Unitarian Universalism Believes About God Excerpted from an article appearing on the ReligionHuffington Post: Referring to God as 'Father', 'Lord' and 'King' may have wider implications than people think. Clemson University sociologist Andrew Whitehead has a their political views and their...

UU Young Adult Tells United Nations: Stop Torture of Queer Youth Samantha Ames is a total rock star. Not a literal rock star. I’ve never seen her play an instrument and performance is not her jam. But Sam is the kind of person who you meet and are instantly impressed by, the kind of person you...

Westboro Baptist Church came to Houston, Texas protesting – as quoted on the KHOU-TV website,"'This Mayor Annise Parker, whatever her name is, is an out of the closet lesbian. She is a spectacle and she has attention all over the country. So we are gonna say our part, said Marc Hill of Westboro."...

Atheists Can Have Faith, Too In her post, "Interfaitheism…;, Abigail Clauhs remembers how confronting doctrine-imposed limits on the term "interfaith" can cause us to reject people whose faith is different from our own....

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Watch "New Relevancy for Campus Ministry" presented at GA Talks 2014 [youtube FrB8aVI_Akw]...

UU Campus Ministry Spans the Divide Rev. Evan Young contributes this compelling post about the role www.uua.org/re/campusministry/">Unitarian Universalist campus ministry plays in interfaith healing on the campus of www.osu.edu/">Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. – Ed. By Rev. Evan Young As an...

Survey Says: Who Was Michael Servetus? Michael Servetus was a Spanish theologian, physician, and humanist. He espoused strongly held Unitarian beliefs, bringing upon himself the wrath of John Calvin (and many others) which led to his execution for heresy. Many label Servetus the first Unitarian...

Greenhouses of Hope: Congregations Growing Young Leaders Who Will Change the World. In it, one of the writers describes a congregation’s youth ministry through their awareness and verbally recognizing “God moments”. God moments are defined as “an instant of crystal clear knowing that God is...

RESIST Mass Incarceration and Police Brutality This October Holding the megaphone in my hand felt like standing at the top of a high dive. It looks easy when someone else dives off, but once you're up there, you wonder why you thought this was a good idea. “Oh, I’m not sure I can do this. I...

Some of the programming at Summer Seminary 2014 was structured, like our time spent at Meadville Lombard Theological School learning about discerning the call, theology, faith formation, UU history and preaching. Some of the programming was designed for open dialogue, so students could pick the...

www.tufts.edu/">which has long has a relationship with Unitarian Universalism(UU) – became the first college campus in the United States to hire an humanist chaplain. Tufts has created the position of "Humanist in Residence of the Tufts University Chaplaincy". Chris Stedman finds out why in his...

Louie Lastik, Remember the Titans Wintertime in Houston sneaks up on you. As children we sweated in our Halloween costumes and, some years, played the big Thanksgiving Day basketball game in shorts. That first 40-degree day in early December alerted us it was time to ask our parents for money for...