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Meet Karen Uhlenbeck, The First Woman to Ever Win the ‘Nobel Prize of Math’

When Dr. Uhlenbeck found out she’d won, she was leaving her Unitarian Universalist Church when she received a text message from a colleague telling her to look out for a call from Norway. “I pressed the button and called [the Abel committee] back and they told me I’d won—and I had to sit down,” Dr. …

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Seeking Sanctuary

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? …

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Local minister tended to Charlottesville victims

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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“…spread love in our community”

“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

Thanksgiving…

The Washington Post: Unitarian Universalists helped start Thanksgiving. Now they have second thoughts. By Julie Zauzmer November 23 at 2:29 PM Most Americans see Thanksgiving as a celebration of their national roots — and few are so tied to the holiday as Unitarian Universalists. Many of the churches established by the Pilgrims and other early …

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Dear Abby…

From Dear Abby column, January 23, 2016: Lapsed Christian Misses Church, but Not Religion DEAR ABBY: I was raised in the Christian faith by my pastor parents. As I reached my early teens, I realized that those beliefs didn’t really fit, and I gradually stopped attending church. I stayed away all through college. My time …

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