UUA Top Stories
from "uuworld.org: liberal religion and life," the weekly online magazine of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
Updated: 12 hours 19 min ago
Why are we talking about white supremacy?
The idiot’s guide to critical race theory.
Creating an on-air ministry
How a congregation’s community radio station makes church participatory, provocative, and fun.
Better than Sunday school
Forty hours of Chalice Camp is almost as much time as kids would get in a full year of Sunday school.
Love the hell out of this world
If we are not acting fearlessly for human dignity, compassion, justice, and peace, then we are failing to live our mission.
Bellingham fellowship assists families of immigrants arrested in ICE raid
Unitarian Universalists provide meeting space, food, money, and volunteer support to local immigrant families disrupted by ICE arrests.
Merry Christmas, Humanists
Millions of Humanists celebrate Christmas joyfully, meaningfully, and authentically, without pretending to be Christians or grinchishly trying to take anything away from them.
‘I would still undertake the call’
A New Hampshire congregation attempts to repair past wrongs by the church against a devoted biracial Universalist minister, his sister, and their family.
Christina Rivera resigns from UUA Board of Trustees
Rivera was a central figure in the UUA’s 2017 hiring controversy and an organizer of the White Supremacy Teach-in; UUA co-moderators denounce hateful letters Rivera and her family received.
Six UUs arrested at interfaith protest by U.S. Border Patrol
Interfaith “Love Knows No Borders” action held in solidarity with migrants’ right to seek asylum.
Following the leaders
In the ongoing battle for the environment, we must learn to listen to those most affected.
Hunting for answers
Cultivating human virtue, respecting the animal, defining oneself.
Factory-installed
My bodily differences are part of my dignity and humanity.
My pony
Admitting I would benefit from using a scooter gave me the gift of freedom.
Coming together with deeply-held faiths
More than 200 faith communities come together at Parliament of the World’s Religions.
Amid fires’ devastation, ‘we are not in recovery mode at all’
California wildfires displace thousands, including Unitarian Universalists; UUA Disaster Relief Fund has already responded.
Cultivating leaders
Embracing an innovative shared leadership model has created a happier, more vital congregation in Athens, Georgia.
UUA membership rises for first time since 2008
But children’s enrollment in religious education continues to drop.
Living for the chance of success
Every generation fights overwhelming odds for a more just world—and for the next generation to have the chance to fight, too.
Hurricane damages three buildings of fellowship in Panama City, Florida
Unitarian Universalists lose homes in Hurricane Michael; Panama City fellowship’s least-damaged building is used as relief staging area.
The positive power of group hugs
‘Touch binds us together in a way that is warm and builds community.’