Sandra Lopez sought sanctuary last year. Now she is leaving. “Sandra is leaving the sanctuary of our congregation and goes into the larger sanctuary of our community,” the Rev. Shawna Foster, minister at Two Rivers Unitarian Universalist, said in the statement. “This valley wants to keep families together and is committed to the unity of …
Original Lyrics Coffee, Coffee, Coffee (sung to the tune of Holy, Holy, Holy) by Christopher Raible Coffee, Coffee, Coffee, Praise the strength of coffee. Early in the morn we rise with thoughts of only thee. Served fresh or reheated, Dark by thee defeated, Brewed black by perk or drip or instantly. Though all else we scoff, we come …
During a video meeting with the UU Mystics, one of the participants mentioned people who are “allergic to the mention of God.” We in the UU world are all too frequently places of woundedness, whereas our mission is to become places of healing.1 We do this by approaching others on an “affect” level, to connect …
It is a sad day when people who are otherwise good human beings are in fear of our government due to arbitrary laws that are designed to protect the privilege of one group of people over the welfare of others. Are the controls in place reasonable? Who gets to decide what immigration laws are reasonable? …
Google Maps is a wonderful way to get a glimpse into the lives of other people. It is not just a collection of roads and driving directions. There are the Street View images taken by Google-paid cars roaming the streets all over the world, and there are people everywhere submitting their photos. As an example …
Deane Oliva and other clergy members, there as part of the Charlottesville Clergy Congregate initiative, immediately formed human walls Aug. 12 around the victims of a speeding car that had plowed into them until help arrived. “We formed screens around the injured people – they couldn’t breathe,” said Oliva, an affiliate minister at the Unitarian …
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“It’s time for us to spread love in our community,” said the Rev. Michelle LaGrave, a pastor at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Decatur. Read the full article: Macon County residents gather to ‘spread love,’ show solidarity with Charlottesville
Unitarian Univeralist MDiv student Christina Branum-Martin reflects on her Contextual Education I experience at Congregational Ministries with Refugees during the 2016-2017 academic year. Original post
By Julie Akins For The Tidings Three parking spaces sit empty but numbered and ready for so called “car campers” behind the Rogue Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship church at 87 Fourth St., Ashland, Oregon. They are next to a small vegetable garden and a locked portable toilet. These spaces are for people who live in …
Both of our main root traditions, Unitarian and Universalist, have long histories that merged when the denominations merged in 1961. We have several well-known historical repositories, in the Unitarian Universalist History and Heritage Society and the Harvard Square Library. Here are a few lesser-know gems that are available, some, online…
