Wednesday, 28 September 2016, 10:15 am PDT
Unitarian Universalism: The Institution of Spiritual Freedom
Promoting Spiritual Liberalism
Featured Ministers
Bullies
Driving in to work following the first Presidential debate, I heard a commentator describing the different views of the United States that he'd heard the night before. Of Donald Trump's he sa... [read more]
A Minister’s Musings
Photos from a walk across Grantchester Meadows and then on to Byron's Pool and Trumpington Meadows
This morning I went for a walk across Grantchester Meadows and then on to Byron's Pool and Trumpington Meadows (the latter, though pretty enough, is horribly blighted by the overwhelming roar of t... [read more]
Caute
He Got the Optimism, Not the Humility
Going Into Labor, part 3 The story of George Pullman is of particular salience to us Unitarian Universalists. This story -- the story of the industrialist who owned an entire town, ruled over it, s... [read more]
The Liberal Pulpit
What the Bible Says About Homosexuality
Did you know that, in ancient mid-East society, where Israel lay, it was common for military men to establish deep and faithful friendships with each other—friendships which were so deep that, in... [read more]
Thousand Voices
What is a Mosaic Maker congregation?
That’s what the church staff and key leaders from our Racial Equity Action Leadership team went to Saint Paul last weekend to learn. We were joined by about 90 other leaders from a dozen cong... [read more]
Bytes of Grass
Serving with Enthusiasm
Sermon from Sunday, August 28, 2016 Filed under: Uncategorized [read more]
Sunflower Chalice
When The World Heals The Church
When The World Heals The Church Rev. Ron Robinson, preaching Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016, at The Welcome Table Christian Church, Arlington, TX Reading: Luke 13:10-17 Now he was teaching in one of the ... [read more]
Planting God Communities
Contagious Theism And Reason To Rejoice
Reading my UU World over coffee this morning, I read two articles back to back that begged a response, and I am grateful to both the authors for the passion they ignited in me to be in conversation... [read more]
PeaceBang
A Dream of Rationality
We have a dream in America of rationality. What I mean by that is that we have imbued our country with an ideal of rational discourse being the primary form of interaction between human beings. Tha... [read more]
Celestial Lands
All In
One of the most powerful moments during the Democratic National Convention was when Ghalaza and Khizr Kahn, the mother and father of Captian Humayun Kahn who died in combat in Iraq, appeared before... [read more]
Rev. John Morehouse
Mimi Hubert
I served First Unitarian of Saint Louis for five very good years. Sadly, as I was getting ready to leave one member of my congregation was going through her last days. It grieved me not... [read more]
Rev. Thomas Perchlik
How Love Has a Side
“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the ... [read more]
thelivelytradition
Standing, Rolling, Dancing, Singing, Praying, Preaching, Acting on the Side of Love
At our the preceding Ministry Days preceding the UU General Assembly, ableist language was used in worship to the extent that UUMA Board Member Josh Pawelek issued this response:Clearly there is ... [read more]
Rev. Cyn
#StateofEmergence Tweet Cheat Sheet
Due to the threat of severe weather, the Public Witness has been moved to the… [read more]
UU PLANET Ministry and Media
Foucault at the Wake County Jail (Getting Arrested Part 2 of 2)
If there was anything that surprised me about getting arrested it was the sheer bureaucracy involved. After we were placed under arrest in a legislator’s office (for protesting House Bill 2) the ... [read more]
RevThom
Our Mothers' Gifts
OUR MOTHERS’ GIFTSRev. Kit Ketcham, May 8, 2016 Let’s pause for a time of silence, thinking of the many mothers and mother figures we know who have given of themselves to help us become the mot... [read more]
Ms. Kitty’s Saloon and Road Show
An Open Letter to Chief Justice Roy Moore
29 April 2016 Dear Chief Justice Moore: As a citizen of Alabama, I am rather disappointed in your press conference comments. Not only did they portray the events on January 12th incorrect... [read more]
A Unitarian Universalist Minister in Mississippi
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Oregon’s White Struggle
Unfolding yet again in Oregon is an epic struggle of White Americans fighting for their soul. Unsurprisingly the media shares little of the white supremacist and xenophobic ideol... [read more]
RadicalHapa
#71 Islam, the Imagination, and Human-Caused Climate Change
NOTE: This post is based on an academic talk presented at the American Association of Religion (AAR) conference in late November …Continue reading → [read more]
The Naked Theologian: stripped-down theology
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Keep to the Path: In Response to Vandalism
About a week ago, Valley Unitarian Universalist Congregation joined Unitarian Universalist congregations around the country in displaying a Black Lives Matter banner on our campus. Our banner symbo... [read more]
Just Wondering
Church Yoga
Like a goodly number of women in my particular demographic, I have my certification as a yoga instructor. I was certified more than a decade ago, when the Scorpion was a far easier pose for me than... [read more]
The Reverend Dr.
Odds & Ends
Coop Goes to Europe Part 28 – The Virgin and the Young Woman
It was Wednesday November 28, 1973 and I awoke that morning from a memorable yesterday, which had been my first full day in Grindelwald, a day full of camaraderie and special moments. When I emerge... [read more]
Lefty Parent- Living and Parenting Without The Rule Book
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Cafe, San Francisco
Yet Another Unitarian Universalist
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Hawai’ian views
There are never enough pictures to share the awesome creation that Hawai’i is! [read more]
traveling tUUsome
#Bringbackourgirls For Mother's Day
It’s been almost a month since more than 270 young women were kidnapped from their school in Nigeria, and only a week since the world’s news media, the United States, and the Nigerian Presiden... [read more]
Sexuality and Religion: What’s the Connection?
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What's Your Real Religion?
Take the Test
UU News
Islamist Sentenced By International Criminal Court For Destruction of Religious Sites In Mali
In In the Case of The Prosecutor v. Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi, (ICC, Sept. 27, 2016), a trial chamber of the International Criminal Court sitting in The Hague unanimously found Ahmad ... [read more]
Religion Clause
Prison Reform Misdirection: 5 Caveats About Private Prisons and Mass Incarceration
By Kay Whitlock The August 2016 announcement by the Obama administration that it will phase out or “substantially reduce” contracts with private prisons to house federal prisoners provides a ma... [read more]
Beacon Broadside
Olbermann: GOP self-destruction imminent
In a Special Comment, Countdown’s Keith Olbermann advises Republicans that clinging to obsolete ideas and resorting to extremist rhetoric will only undermine the party's relevance and America wi... [read more]
Countdown w/ Keith Olbermann
Action Alert: Gaza
Sadly, the dismal conditions in Gaza are causing enormous hardship for the people there, with particularly harsh effects on children. Churches for Middle East Peace, a coalition founded in part by ... [read more]
Inspired Faith, Effective Action
New Survey
Want to do this survey of 18+ individuals who grew up in a UU religious education program and/or participated in YRUU/LRY? All responses are anonymous and confidential. No personal or private info... [read more]
YRUUlogy
Featured Podcasts
The Fragility of Whiteness, Rev. Janne Eller-Isaacs, September 25, 2016
Unity Church-Unitarian of Saint Paul, MN
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"Now is the Time: Stewardship Sunday" - April 10, 2011
Come celebrate the gift of our beloved community as we reflect on what this moment in our congregational history calls us to do. We'll also have a child dedication at this service. [listen to the episode]
Bull Run Unitarian Universalists
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Featured Blog Posts
Youth Delegates Accompany Patrick McCollum to International Peace Day
[Nathan Hall is the newest addition to the Wild Hunt weekly news team. If you like his work and our daily news service, consider donating to The Wild Hunt. Each and every day, you will receive or... [read more]
The Wild Hunt
Class appears to trump sexism in interrupting
How to Get Ahead as a Woman in Tech: Interrupt Men: "Not only do these three women interrupt everyone, gender- and level-agnostic, they represent three of the four biggest interrupters in t... [read more]
it’s all one thing
Come on over and see me sometime...
It's been over ten years since I started Educated & Poor—and WOW, how things have changed since January 2006. E&P is where I began writing for a large audience full of people who don'... [read more]
Educated & Poor
You can tell I really think I'm fucked when I start looking at hair colors - a stream-of-conciousness post
There are two stages to my terror when faced with a large personal/professional obligation:1. Research 2. Primping The first one of these is actually a pretty good reaction. When I am taking ... [read more]
The Chaliceblog
Staying with the Pain
My entire life has been about trying to make things okay. I planned to go to Harvard when I was eight, thinking that if I did the best thing, the hardest thing, I would be good enough and things wo... [read more]
Elizabeth’s Little Blog
Contagious Theism And Reason To Rejoice
Reading my UU World over coffee this morning, I read two articles back to back that begged a response, and I am grateful to both the authors for the passion they ignited in me to be in conversation... [read more]
The manic mind of the minister
Shallow Diversity Is Not Diversity At All
One of the things you learn when you hang out with religious professionals is that no matter the religious affiliation, denomination, or theological stripe of the religious professional, the same k... [read more]
east of midnight
The "Netflixing" of American Politics
One of the criticisms commonly made towards US politics is the two-party system and how some voters complain that they don't have a candidate that lines up closely with their values. This is what ... [read more]
Liberal Faith Development
Archived pages fixed
Now that this blog supports interests aside from those feature on my main blog, Rev Scott Wells. com, I don’t write for it so much. And at some point, the individual pages links became corrup... [read more]
Boy in the Bands
Playing Online Games, Here’s Something To Note
Online games is one of the best entertainment that you can ever think of. Let’s look at gaming itself and how you can best enjoy it without getting the negative […] [read more]
Never Say Never to Your Traveling Self
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The Holiday of Rising Energy
presented at the Unitarian Church of Quincy, Illinois on May 1, 2016 Opening Words The opening words are from Camelot:It’s May! It’s May! The lusty month of May. That lovely month when everyo... [read more]
Free and Responsible Search
Off the Beaten Path Spiritual Practices
I’m thinking of writing a series of posts on some off the beaten path practices I have. I’ve decided to give myself credit for them being “spiritual,” whether they are or no... [read more]
Making Chutney
To Know and To Believe
(Sermon given at the Universalist Unitarian Church of Farmington on April 3, 2016. ) Science is a way to call the bluff of those who only pretend to [have] knowledge. It is a bulwark against mystic... [read more]
Finding My Ground
Honored
I am sooo excited to see that my sermon "Jesus: What is He Good For" was published in the Easter edition of the Good News Journal that the UU Christian Fellowship puts ... [read more]
Everyday Unitarian
A very Unitarian Universalist response to the religion question from candidate Sanders(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d. get Elements By Tag Name(s)[0]; if (d. get Element By Id(id)) return; ... [read more]
DiscoverUU.com
Chicago's Lamon Ave Methodist Episcopal Church
Some screen scraps of the former Lamon Ave Methodist Episcopal Church at the corer of Ferdinand and Lamon in east Austin. Looked well kept under the new owners but sadly burned down not long... [read more]
Pfarrer Streccius
Global Warming, Marketing, and Zen Cats
I recently watched a video of economic predictions for 2020. A compendium of stats flashed by with rah-rah audio and snazzy visuals. It was very much less than convincing. The video assumes... [read more]
Wandering Monk, Reluctant Gyrovague
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Three Marks of Existence
The Three Marks or The Three Basic Facts of Existence In Buddhism, the Three Marks of Existence are three characteristics shared by all sentient beings, namely impermanence (anicca), suffering or u... [read more]
Daily Buddhism
Dear Daughters
I have a new post up at my new blog and I invite you to review it at Ugly Pies and Crooked Hats. Here’s an excerpt: “As I raked, cursing at the leaves and at my own guilt that propell... [read more]
uuMomma
Is there a torch in the new UUA logo?
Thinking about the UUA's new logo (which was announced last week; I was not involved in developing), I was struck by the torch-like image in its center. I've heard people express dismay that it... [read more]