“Examining and extending our language gives us a chance to broaden our definition of the word we.” —Rev. Barbara Pescan Being a welcoming and inclusive community means consciously working to find ways to name, honor, and value experiences and identities that are usually minimized or devalued.

Rev. Frank Schaefer will likely lose his ministry and be defrocked by the www.umc.org">United Methodist Church this week. We re-post Rev. Schaefer's explanation of why he will not change his position on marriage equality or his calling or the LGBT community from the Reconciling Ministries Network.

Thanksgiving can be a difficult holiday. Not all family gatherings are harmonious. There might be pressure to prepare “the perfect meal” just like a parent used to make. Then there is that business with Europeans spreading their empire and claiming new lands—even though those lands were...

While PEW quizzes"Are You a Millennial", Susan Katz Miller, in her book Being Both - Embracing Two Religions in One Interfaith Family from www.beacon.org/">Beacon Press, explores how Millennials understand mixing faith traditions differently than others and what that means for the future of...

Where inequality exists dialog is hard. We re-post an excerpt of this opinion piece by White Privilege. Wher… the Love? how white middle-class youth have the privilege to make mistakes others do not. http://blueboat.blogs.uua.org/2013/10/09/protested-arrested-not-a-hero/…, Arrested – Not a...

Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), issued the following statement on the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela: "As we begin to grieve the death of Nelson Mandela, I am reminded of his words, 'I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it....

This story comes to us from Stevie St. John, a young adult at the Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church in Pasadena, CA. She shares her experience with organizing young adults from multiple churches to get together for fellowship. – Ed. Prime number NeighborhoodUU Church of Studio City, was...

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Code Switch - This NPR blog is one of the best places for new takes on race and culture, particularly the intersection of race with other identities and issues (like gender and class). >> npr.org/blogs/codeswitch Colorlineshttp://colorlines.com/archives/2011/11/jay_smooths_ted_talk_on_how_he_l…...

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A timely message from our friends at Stewardship and Development Office at the Unitarian Universalist Association. We encourage you to lend your support.–Ed. And make your money make a difference Unitarian Universalist Association. Please visit giving.uua.org/Friends...

humorcomplexRowan Atkinson claims that people can be funny in three ways: by behaving in an unusual way, being in an unusual place, or being the wrong size.[*...

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Support Pastor Frank Schaefer standing on the side of love. Declaring, "I will never be silent again," Pastor Frank Schaefer accepts that the United Methodist Church will defrock him for supporting marriage equality because it is counter to church law. In appreciation of his principled stand we...

A founding story of American Thanksgiving, reflected by the History Channel claims, " In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies."(Read source hereIndian Country Toda...