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Why should we intentionally work for diversity? The responses to this question vary widely. Of course, hard demographic realities suggest much. But for me, beyond any demographic or sociological justification, there is a theological imperative....Reading | By Marjorie Bowens-Wheatley | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 6th Principle (World Community), Anti-Oppression, Diversity, Growth, Hospitality, Multiculturalism, Multiculturalism, Race/Ethnicity, Unitarian Universalism, WholenessWorship element
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Frances, an African American woman: To be African-American in this country is to face racism throughout life, however subtle. The love of one’s family is paramount in reducing the damage of racism on one’s wholeness. Unitarian Universalism is splendid as an affirming church family. Its primary...Reading | By Mark Hicks | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 6th Principle (World Community), Anti-Oppression, Black History / Whitney Young / James Reeb, Diversity, Kwanzaa, Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday, Multiculturalism, Multiculturalism, Race/Ethnicity, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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We unite in our differences in background and belief; We unite—with gratitude and hope: Hope for a world of differences; Hope for a world that honors difference; We unite in community With gratitude for difference. Source: Association Sunday 2009...Opening | By David Breeden | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Diversity, Multiculturalism, Multiculturalism, UnityWorship element
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The author, a member of a Unitarian Universalist (UU) congregation, reflects on living with bipolar disorder.Reading | By Anonymous | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), Disability, Mental Health, Multiculturalism, Multiculturalism, Psychology, Resilience, Self-CareWorship element
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God of many names, You who has endowed us with the inalienable rights of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, Let us remember this day that in this country there is no national religion, There is no superior race There is no preferable gender or orientation....Prayer | By Tamara Lebak | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 5th Principle (Conscience & Democracy), America, Equity, Freedom, Justice, Multiculturalism, Multiculturalism, Prophetic Words & Deeds, SecularWorship element -
Spirit of Life and Love, God of grace and mercy, Source of all things that changes us as we cannot change ourselves, We gather this morning as a covenanted community of spiritual seekers, coming together in a rainbow of diversity united by our conviction that the wounds of this world can be heale...Prayer | By Krista Taves | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Letting Go, Multiculturalism, MulticulturalismWorship element
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This is a fable you can use as is, or adapt for your needs — embellish it and perform it with lots of dramatic emphasis — the underlined words almost always get a laugh — adults really like the story too. The story was loosely adapted from a story that George Reavis wrote when he was the...Story | By Devorah Greenstein | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Children, Diversity, Inclusion, Multiculturalism, Multiculturalism, PlayfulnessWorship element
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As Unitarian Universalists, we believe in the inherent worth and dignity of every person. C: “Worth” takes endless forms. As we find more expressions of our worth, we grow richer as a church community. We believe in justice, equity and compassion in human relations. C: If we let rationalizations...Responsive Reading | By Michael Daeschlein | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), 5th Principle (Conscience & Democracy), Inclusion, Multiculturalism, MulticulturalismWorship element
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So reads the doormat of conditional welcome: Here will pass the en-abled, blessed be their less complicated bodies. They will be able to hustle up a flight of stairs, decipher the PA, endure fluorescent lights, and follow long, thick, complicated words....Reading | By Julia Watts Belser | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Body, Limitations, Multiculturalism, Multiculturalism, Self-Respect, WholenessWorship element
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I’ve always had a fantasy about going to the airport with just the clothes on my back, my ID, a credit card and my toothbrush. I go through the revolving door, walk up to the counter and look up at the day’s flight schedule as if I were looking at the menu in a coffee shop. But instead of...Sermon | By Susan Maginn | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Direct Experience, Multiculturalism, Multiculturalism, Reverence, Searching, Spiritual Practice, TransformationWorship element
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Let us join in the spirit of prayer and meditation. We are each different. Some of us are bigger and others are smaller. Some of us are taller and others are shorter. Our hair is different colors and our eyes are different shapes....Meditation | By Axel H Gehrmann | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), Children, Diversity, Multiculturalism, MulticulturalismWorship element
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Because Seeing Selma Could Free Us All Movie tickets are downright expensive. But African-American business leaders in New York and nationwide have come together to make tickets to see the film “Selma” free and available to 7th, 8th and 9th graders in New York City and now in other cities around...By Annie Gonzalez Milliken | January 16, 2015 | From Issues and TrendsTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Awards, Scholarships, & Grants, Community, Congregational Action, Connections, Education, Faith, Faith Development, Growth, Interdependence, Leadership, Multiculturalism, Multigenerational Faith Development, News, Secular, Teaching Methods, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, Unity, UU Identity, Youth SundayPage/Article -
Your "becoming" is coming "becoming: A Spiritual Guide for Navigating Adulthood" is hot off the press and boy is it ever HOT! When we started http://blueboat.blogs.uua.org/2015/01/06/adulthood-spiritually-guided/"… this book last week we had no idea just how quickly it would become so popular. We...By Annie Gonzalez Milliken | January 15, 2015 | From Guides and ToolsTagged as: Awards, Scholarships, & Grants, Beliefs & Principles, Bridging Ceremony, Campus Ministry, Community, Connections, Discernment, Education, Faith, Faith Development, Growth, Interdependence, Leadership, Multiculturalism, Prayer Practices, Secular, Spiritual Practice, Spirituality, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, Vision for UUism, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35)Page/Article -
Why This Young Adult Won’t Give Up On Religion Fort Worth. Seattle. Denver. Arlington. Columbia, Missouri. Five of us, young adults from across the South and West, huddled in the Northwoods Unitarian Universalist Church office at one in the morning and strategized for the big Sunday morning...By Kenny Wiley | January 12, 2015 | From Future of FaithTagged as: Beliefs & Principles, Community, Connections, Education, Faith, Faith Development, Growth, Meaning, Multiculturalism, Multigenerational Faith Development, Personal Inspiration, Secular, Spirituality, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, Unity, UU Identity, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35)Page/Article -
Unitarian Universalist Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) will send a copy of it to those who ask free of charge. (Until the copies run out, of course.) Here are the details: the UUA has printed 3000 copies of Becoming, nearly a third of which are going to young adult, campus ministry and...By Kayla Parker | January 6, 2015 | From Guides and ToolsTagged as: Awards, Scholarships, & Grants, Beliefs & Principles, Community, Congregational Action, Discernment, Education, Faith, Faith Development, Growth, Leadership, Multiculturalism, Prayer Practices, Secular, Spiritual Practice, Spirituality, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35)Page/Article -
We Should All Be So Privileged I knew that I could vote and that that wasn't a privilege; it was my right. Every time I tried I was shot, killed or jailed, beaten or economically deprived. – Stokely Carmichael, as quoted in Be the Change Session 5, Can We Live With Racism? "Be the Change" By Eric...By Ted Resnikoff | December 23, 2014 | From Future of FaithTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Anti-Racism, Change, Community, Connections, Education, Equity, Faith Development, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Homecoming / Ingathering, Interdependence, Meaning, Multiculturalism, News, Personal Inspiration, Secular, Social Justice, Teaching Methods, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, Youth SundayPage/Article -
Young Adult Spiritual Growth and Community is Here Winter Escape 2015 Retreat (WE'15) is now open! Spend your Martin Luther King, Jr. Day weekend (Friday January 16 to Monday, January 19, 2015) engaged in social and spiritual activities, workshops, hiking, games, music, cooking, baking, and more!By Ted Resnikoff | December 15, 2014 | From Young AdultsTagged as: Awards, Scholarships, & Grants, Beliefs & Principles, Community, Education, Faith, Faith Development, Growth, Leadership, Multiculturalism, Nourishing the Spirit, Secular, Spiritual Practice, Spirituality, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35)Page/Article -
For those of us who follow the Christian tradition, now is the season of Adventwho proudly proclaims that all generations will call her blessed. If you too, know oppression in our current society, remember how very sacred you are. Remember that you are co-creating divinity itself with your life.By Annie Gonzalez Milliken | December 4, 2014 | From Stories and VoicesTagged as: Activism, Advent, Anti-Oppression, Christianity, Community, Discernment, Equity, Homecoming / Ingathering, Multiculturalism, Prayer Practices, Religious & Civil Liberties, Secular, Social Justice, Spiritual Practice, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, WorshipPage/Article -
400 Years of Systemic Racism in One Decision Unitarian Universalist Association fights for Racial Justice, for ending Mass Incarceration and for stopping the systematic dehumanizing of people all over America. Join us in this cause....By Carey McDonald | December 2, 2014 | From Issues and TrendsTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Beliefs & Principles, Community, Connections, Equity, Faith, Faith Development, Homecoming / Ingathering, Interdependence, Leadership, Multiculturalism, News, Purpose, Secular, Social Justice, Spirituality, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, UUA Headquarters, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35)Page/Article -
Take a side order of giving with your thanking #GivingTuesdayMake a donation to Unitarian Universalist youth and young adult ministries! Support your congregation's youth group! Or a campus ministry group! Visit faithify.orgUnitarian Universalism! Donatetweet out to...By Bart Frost | November 28, 2014 | From Events and OpportunitiesTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Community, Connections, Education, Equity, Growth, Homecoming / Ingathering, Interdependence, Leadership, Multiculturalism, Purpose, Secular, Social Justice, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, UUA HeadquartersPage/Article