Explore cultural, political, economic, and structural constraints that limit women's access to health care and full reproductive choice.

How can we support a woman when the desired conditions for having children are not in place? How can we support her sense of worth and dignity?

In a changing world, faith and spiritual search remain ...

Why, as a faith community, do UUs work to promote reproductive rights and reproductive justice? How has your life been impacted?

This poem was submitted by Katie Romano-Griffin, lay campus minister for the Eagle Unitarian Universalists in Fort Myers, FL. The poem was written by one of the student members of the group, Allie Carville....

It seems incongruent to write about a "national" Indigenous People's Day given that the culture and society of the indigenous peoples of the Americas, whose habitation of this land predates its discovery by Europe and control by the United States by hundreds of years, has been overrun to the poin...

Can it be detrimental to the principles of Unitarian Universalist faith when the people who witness for a cause overshadow the cause itself? Pursuing this line of thought, the Rev. Andrew L. Weber suggests we not to lose focus on the issues at hand.–Ed.

The Rev. President Peter Morales is arrested at the https://actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/october-5-national-day-of-dig… Day of Dignity and Respect.– Ed. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rev-peter-morales/while-government-shuts-… Government Shuts Down, Immigration Reform Steps Up As members...

Kathleen Carpenter reminds us that standing up from a position of privilege can be easier than you think, and that as UU's it is an opportunity for re-dedication to values and principles. – Ed. I am not anxious to be the loudest voice or the most popular. But I would like to think that at a...

We publish the definition of "Confidence", "Likelihood" and "Uncertainty" as a service to our loyal readers. – Ed. The latest report from the IPCCunequivocal in describing its findings? (From the … Panel on Climate Change Glossary of Terms) Confidence The likelihood of an occurrence, an outcome...

The Landscape of Faith Does Not Look as it Used To This brings us to the second point, which is how robust this trend is. Every major poll, including the ones conducted by Putnam and Campbell, the highly-respected Pew Research Center,[8] the General Social Survey,[9] and the American Religious...

Unitarian Universalist Association, I’ve had a chance to review the literature and research on my generation and its unique relationship with religious institutions, and it is clear that responding to the shifts which Millennials (born between the early 1980’s and 2000) are leading in the...

Propose Your Vision of How "Love Reaches Out"...

The Resource Development Office of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), with the generous sponsorship and initiative of the UUA President’s Council, seeks field testers for a new Tapestry of Faith curriculum. ...

In the Roman Catholic tradition, October 4 is the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi. St. Francis (1182-1226) was a monk who founded the contemporary order of FranciscansMichelle Richards, on September 30th, 2013 St. Francis of Assisi is the patron saint of animals, and his feast day of October 4 is...

Changing demographics and lifestyles present a challenge to the relevancy and health of faith organizations as we have known them for the past half-century, however Carol Howard Merritt, in this post from the Alban Institute, encourages us to see the opportunity for growth and vision these...

I am not anxious to be the loudest voice or the most popular. But I would like to think that at a crucial moment, I was an effective voice of the voiceless, an effective hope of the hopeless. —Whitney Young by Kathleen Carpenter During the summer, I was one of the almost one thousand people who...

Consensus is building that humans are responsible for global warming and climate change. A new report from the United Nations IPCC provides opportunity for reflection upon the Seventh Principle of Unitarian Universalism. – Ed. IPCC¹ Climate Change Report Expresses Extreme Confidence In Human...

Unitarian Universalist minister’s work with imprisoned women grows into job program.