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Open to Joy
The stories remind us there is still and always joy in this world, but it usually comes right alongside the struggle.
The Only Thing More Powerful Than a Story
“Whenever we try to envision a world without war, without violence, without prisons, without capitalism,” writes Walidah Imarisha, “we are engaging in speculative fiction. All organizing is science fiction. Organizers and activists dedicate their lives to creating and envisioning another...
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Worthy of Beauty
This is a "love saves" story.
From The UUA President: In This Holiday Season, May We Simply Be
Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray shares her wishes for all in this holiday season, that we may have time to rest, that we tend to our grief and our joy, and that we make space for spiritual care and renewal.
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A Holy Impatience
This year, the Advent season seems particularly seized by a spirit of the expected, the longing.
Unitarian Universalists supported safe, accessible, fair voting on Election Day
Unitarian Universalists monitored polls, practiced de-escalation, and offered water, masks, and music to people waiting to vote.
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The Eternal, Calling
The wilderness alongside every moment, sprawling in each direction, holds more than the silence that theologians imagine of God.
Remembering Our Gifts
It’s been a hard fall. We made it through a virtual summer after our very first all-virtual General Assembly last June - and here we are already anticipating another all-virtual GA in June of 2021. The election season was both astonishing and surreal. As I write this, many of us are preparing for..
Remembering Our Gifts
It’s been a hard fall. We made it through a virtual summer after our very first all-virtual General Assembly last June - and here we are already anticipating another all-virtual GA in June of 2021. The election season was both astonishing and surreal. As I write this, many of us are preparing for..
A Prayer for This Transgender Day of Remembrance
My prayer on this Transgender Day of Remembrance is for the senseless acts of transantagonistic violence to end. And that we may all take on the work to disrupt the systems and cultures that perpetuate this violence.
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From The UUA President: Lean Into What You Love
This is a time to remember our collective resilience and ability to protect each other, to defend democracy, and to organize unfailingly for justice, equity and dignity.
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Allowing Chaos
We seek blessed assurance through pandemic chaos, relentless loss, and unimaginable stress.
Spiritual Leadership
What Is Spiritual Leadership? Spiritual Leadership is an orientation, a way of living and being in the world. It is living our deepest values guided by connection. It is doing what is ours to do, giving our unique gifts to the world....
From The UUA President: Honoring Indigenous Ancestors, Experiences and Traditions
You are invited to join in a series of virtual events Nov. 19-26 to live into the Action of Immediate Witness passed at GA 2020, to "Address 400 Years of White Supremacist Colonialism."
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Risking in the Time of Change
Earlier this year, just as the reality of the pandemic was unfolding, the New England Region was planning to host a workshop on “Faithful Risking,” one of our Practices of Spiritual Leadership. Ultimately we ended up cancelling the workshop. While we could have adapted to an online format,...
Responsible for the World
We are all in this together, and when bad things happen that are preventable by human means, we are all implicated.