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Approaching Conflict Like a Poem

✇ UUA Top Stories
13 September 2023 at 06:35
By: Tania Márquez
A colorful, simple painting of two people's heads facing one another, with brighly colored sparks or energy radiating off of them.

Tania Márquez

May we remember to slow down when we find ourselves having difficult conversations.

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Enoughness

✇ UUA Top Stories
6 September 2023 at 06:33
By: DanaLee Simon
In a spring garden, dark purple peony shoots rise from a flower bed while a person in gardening gloves works.

DanaLee Simon

Self-compassion was one of the best gifts I gave myself.

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Virtual Hymnal: a new UU virtual hymnal is under construction

✇ UUA Top Stories
2 August 2023 at 08:50
A Black woman wearing headphones smiles and sings, holding a tablet or iPad.
Imagine web access to UU hymns that you can search for and confidently use in multiplatform events....

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Defeating Fascism

✇ UUA Top Stories
26 July 2023 at 12:00
By: Jeff Milchen
© 2023 Nancy Pierce/UUA

Jeff Milchen

The 2023 Berry Street Essay urges UUs to recognize and confront an imminent threat.

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The UUA Welcomes the Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt as the Tenth UUA President

✇ UUA Top Stories
10 July 2023 at 08:47
Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt surrounded by family and colleagues during a laying on of hands
It is with great enthusiasm that the UUA welcomes the Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt as our tenth UUA President. With her leadership, we are positioned to move forward in faithful community, in recognition of our shared values and the important work ahead.

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The Unitarian Universalist Association Applauds U.S. Supreme Court Decision to Protect Voting Rights in Moore v Harper Case

✇ UUA Top Stories
27 June 2023 at 11:59
NC UUs participating in voting rights event, Feb 2020
The UUA is celebrating the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the Moore v Harper case that rejected the “independent state legislature” theory, which will have a significant impact on voting rights across the country.

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Where Healing Begins

✇ UUA Top Stories
28 June 2023 at 03:45
By: Erika Hewitt
A person's hands are clasped in prayer in what appears to be a church pew.

Erika Hewitt

Every relationship is an ongoing story that unfolds between people.

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Delegates Overwhelmingly Elect Sofía Betancourt UUA President at Momentous GA

✇ UUA Top Stories
26 June 2023 at 09:29
By: Elaine McArdle
© 2023 John Benford/UUA

Elaine McArdle

From inspiring speakers to impassioned voices, here are the highlights of this year’s multiplatform UUA General Assembly.

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Let’s End a Decade-Long Legal Travesty

✇ UUA Top Stories
22 June 2023 at 07:00
By: Jeff Milchen
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Jeff Milchen

Unitarian Universalists must work to defend voting rights for all.

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New Article II Congregational Resources from the Field: For a Year of Study 2023-2024

✇ UUA Top Stories
12 June 2023 at 16:39
Article II resources for a potential year of study 2023-2024. Worship services and elements, discussion guides, RE lessons and activities, spiritual practices, songbook, and TikTok videos. Coming soon: "Learn-In" guide, and faithful conversations guide.

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Practicing Democracy

✇ UUA Top Stories
21 June 2023 at 06:17
By: Shaya French
In a sunny room, raised hands are the focus of this photo, with a few blurred faces in the background.

Shaya French

May we be active participants in the liberatory potential of democracy.

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The UUA Applauds Supreme Court Ruling Upholding the Indian Child Welfare Act: Decision will help to maintain sovereignty of Indigenous communities

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16 June 2023 at 09:06
Indigenous women and children walk together in demonstration
The UUA affirms the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) because ICWA preserves Indigenous culture and sovereignty by protecting Native children from being removed during custody proceedings and placed with non-Native families.

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The Sacred Truth

✇ UUA Top Stories
7 June 2023 at 07:10
By: Zeb Green
Six cylindrical vases are filled with colored liquid, so that together they form a rainbow. This photo captures the bottom of each vase and the reflection of their color on a blank surface.

Zeb Green

I would have loved it as a kid to have a church that encouraged us to listen to our heartfelt yearning of self.

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UUA Board Position on the Rules of Procedure Amendment Reinstating Procedural Microphone

✇ UUA Top Stories
6 June 2023 at 13:46
The UUA Board has stated its position against the amendment to the General Assembly 2023 Rules of Procedure reinstating the procedural microphone.

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Courage for Us All

✇ UUA Top Stories
31 May 2023 at 04:55
By: Li Kynvi
A hand opens a door, revealing a restroom.

Li Kynvi

I belong, and you belong, and we belong—just as we are.

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Helpers, Teachers, Angels

✇ UUA Top Stories
24 May 2023 at 05:55
By: Sue Ferguson
A bustling train platform, with passengers and lit signs in Japanese and English, at the Shinjuku station.

Sue Ferguson

If I’m not cultivating an open heart and watching for the helpers, the teachers, and the angels, I may miss them when I need them the most.

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Flor y Canto

✇ UUA Top Stories
17 May 2023 at 05:38
By: Tania Márquez
A close-up of a bright fuschia flower blooming on a spiny cactus, with other pink buds around it.

Tania Márquez

When we become fully aware of our limited time on earth we can still leave behind flowers and songs.

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Fingernails as Faith Development

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10 May 2023 at 05:33
By: Joanna Fontaine Crawford
A small child clutches a sandwich in their hands, showing fingernails painted light blue.

Joanna Fontaine Crawford

We are the hands and feet of love. And sometimes its fingernails, too.

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Trans, Nonbinary+ Lives and Democracy are at Risk: UUs Unequivocally Defend Justice

✇ UUA Top Stories
5 May 2023 at 15:52
silky velvety transgender pride flag
In responding to recent attacks on trans and nonbinary+ people, the UUA calls out the dangerous anti-democratic practices being used to silence dissent. We pledge our continued commitment to protect peoples' right to feel safe expressing their identity and to defend democratic institutions.

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The Uncovering

✇ UUA Top Stories
3 May 2023 at 05:53
By: Jennifer Hundley-Batts
A person's hands scoop green material into a full compost bin, filled with flowers, eggshells, and colorful vegetable matter.

Jennifer Hundley-Batts

The miracle of grace is available to us even when it has been left untended.

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UUA Announces Ebony C. Peace Appointed Director of Human Resources

✇ UUA Top Stories
26 April 2023 at 13:53
Headshot of Ebony C. Peace
The UUA is very pleased to announce the appointment of Ebony C. Peace as Director of Human Resources. In this executive position, Peace helps to lead the UUA’s overall commitment to being a workplace where people of all backgrounds and identities can thrive.

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Saving What We Can

✇ UUA Top Stories
26 April 2023 at 05:25
By: Lynn Gardner
With a snow-covered landscape visible outside, a bird trapped inside of a window flaps its wings.

Lynn Gardner

In our times of need, may we each be saved by hope, connection, and love.

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Wondrous Beyond Words

✇ UUA Top Stories
19 April 2023 at 05:23
By: JD Stillwater
A tiny chickweed seedling still has the cap of its seed pod, while the tiny seedling next to it is unfurling its tiny green leaves.

JD Stillwater

Remind me that life is magical and mysterious.

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Kinship with the World

✇ UUA Top Stories
12 April 2023 at 05:22
By: Lindasusan Ulrich
From behind, a child holds a camera at the edge of a river. In the distance, and through the camera screen, there's a heron faintly visible.

Lindasusan Ulrich

May we remember the belonging that is ours simply because we were born.

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Reflections on the 1980s Article II Revision—and Why it’s Time to Revise Again

✇ UUA Top Stories
3 April 2023 at 06:00
By: Elaine McArdle
© UUA

Elaine McArdle

‘This is participatory theology. It is inclusive and alive. I am hopeful that we will, together, forge a new statement for these times.’ 

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From the UUA President: Tennessee Teaches Us We Cannot Normalize Authoritarianism. We Must Protect Democracy.

✇ UUA Top Stories
7 April 2023 at 12:46
By: Susan Frederick-Gray
Tennessee State Capitol building viewed from above at nighttime

Susan Frederick-Gray

UUA President Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray responds to the recent vote of the TN House of Representatives to expel State Representatives Justin Jones and Justin Pearson because of their actions supporting gun safety advocates.

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Radical Loving

✇ UUA Top Stories
5 April 2023 at 04:03
By: Myke Johnson
The cast of "Jesus Christ Superstar" on stage, at a moment where Jesus is kneeling with a woman and smiling.

Myke Johnson

It’s complicated, sorting out where Jesus fits into my life as a witch. But he hasn’t gone away.

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Article II Idea Submission Form Now Live Until April 30, 2023

✇ UUA Top Stories
31 March 2023 at 12:49
From April 1-30, 2023, any Unitarian Universalist may submit suggestions and ideas through this online form for ways they recommend modifying the Article II Study Commission proposal.

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How Can I "Be Love"?

✇ UUA Top Stories
29 March 2023 at 02:19
By: DeEtte Waleed
At a March For Our Lives event, a protester is seen from behind wearing a very large sign that says #Enough

DeEtte Waleed

How can I be love instead of being anger and fear?

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Trusting Intuition

✇ UUA Top Stories
22 March 2023 at 05:53
By: Lynette Yetter
On a road, a Black man in jeans bends down to talk through a passenger window to the car's driver.

Lynette Yetter

My intuition became honed, for safety and survival.

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Nominations for Election at General Assembly 2023

✇ UUA Top Stories
16 March 2023 at 09:10
The UUA Nominating Committee submitted the following slate of nominations for elected boards, committees, and commissions, which will be part of the larger election at General Assembly 2023.

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Blaze by Blaze

✇ UUA Top Stories
15 March 2023 at 05:52
By: Erika Hewitt
A trail is vaguely visible on a mossy forest bed, through thick trees. A blaze of blue paint appears on one of the many trees.

Erika Hewitt

What’s your most memorable story about getting lost? What do you remember about finding your way home?

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Unsticking My Mind

✇ UUA Top Stories
8 March 2023 at 13:37
By: Tomo Hillbo
The torso of an Asian person wearing an apron as they scoop freshly cooked rice out of a rice cooker.

Tomo Hillbo

We must unstick our minds if we want to bring change into the world.

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UUA Responds to Growing Legislative Attacks Against Trans and Nonbinary+ Kids and the LGBTQIA+ Community

✇ UUA Top Stories
6 March 2023 at 16:27
Five people of color are seen in a line, holding hands with arms crossed in a sign of solidarity.
The UUA responds to the most recent onslaught of oppressive laws and policies threatening the lives of trans and nonbinary+ children and the LGBTQIA+ community and continues to work for justice and the ability of all people to thrive.

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Generous of Heart

✇ UUA Top Stories
1 March 2023 at 01:23
By: Lane-Mairead Campbell
A cropped shot of two people holding hands in comfort across a wood table.

Lane-Mairead Campbell

12-Step recovery has provided me with perspective, forgiveness, and freedom from shame.

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Susan Frederick-Gray: Leadership in Unprecedented Times

✇ UUA Top Stories
15 February 2023 at 03:00
By: Elaine McArdle
© Kevin Thai/Three Circles Studio

Elaine McArdle

Reflections on the transformational presidency of Susan Frederick-Gray.

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Communion and Sustenance

✇ UUA Top Stories
8 February 2023 at 05:52
By: Tania Márquez
A Latinx mother and daughter embracing while cooking in the kitchen at home

Tania Márquez

Food carries the love, wisdom, and stories of survival of a people.

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UU the Vote 2022 in Review

✇ UUA Top Stories
31 January 2023 at 22:49
By: Staff Writer
© 2022 Christopher Northcross/UUA

Staff Writer

UU the Vote was back in 2022 to help organize, educate, and empower voters across the country.

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Love in the Complicated Places

✇ UUA Top Stories
1 February 2023 at 07:31
By: Jo VonRue
A child sits at a desk, reading, while in the background a teacher observes her.

Jo VonRue

Love shows up in complicated conversations.

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From the UUA President: Holding Tyre Nichols and Black Communities in Love and Prayer

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31 January 2023 at 08:22
By: Susan Frederick-Gray
Washington, DC, USA - June 19, 2020: A young protester and celebrant of Juneteenth holds a sign that reads "I am my ancestors' wildest dream" at Black Lives Matter Plaza / Lafayette Square

Susan Frederick-Gray

A statement from UUA President Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray in response to the devastating death of Tyre Nichols, a 29 year old Black man beaten to death by police in Memphis, TN.

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Inspired by My Ancestors

✇ UUA Top Stories
25 January 2023 at 04:00
By: Melissa Jeter
A small Black girl smiles, sitting at a table. Next to her, back to the camera, is a man we imagine to be her grandfather.

Melissa Jeter

Let us be grateful for the vital force that wakes us and moves us.

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From the UUA President: We Mourn with the People of Monterey Park, CA

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23 January 2023 at 14:16
By: Susan Frederick-Gray
Hands_prayer

Susan Frederick-Gray

UUA President Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray respond to news of yet another tragic shooting. Unitarian Universalists are ready to work with elected and community officials to support responsible gun legislation measures.

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On the 50th Anniversary of Roe v Wade, Unitarian Universalists Remain Committed to Reproductive Justice

✇ UUA Top Stories
20 January 2023 at 09:07
Kate Frederick at SCOTUS Rally for reproductive justice in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in DC
On the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v Wade decision that legalized access to abortion, Unitarian Universalists remain committed to reproductive justice, despite the changed legal landscape.

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From the UUA President: New Proposal for UU Principles and Purpose

✇ UUA Top Stories
18 January 2023 at 08:15
By: Susan Frederick-Gray
People holding hands in worship

Susan Frederick-Gray

The current changes being proposed to Article II of the UUA Bylaws, which contains the seven UU Principles and Purpose, are part of a longer history of ongoing reflection and change as we live into the fullness of our living tradition.

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Necessary Stillness

✇ UUA Top Stories
18 January 2023 at 07:36
By: Christine Slocum
The fingertips of a black person holding a small glass hourglass, whose black sand grains are trickling through.

Christine Slocum

Life doesn't have to be ever-upward in order to be well-lived.

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Flower Ceremony Centennial

✇ UUA Top Stories
17 January 2023 at 13:58
By: Erika Hewitt
A pale background with pink flowers, the UUA logo, and the words "Flower Ceremony Centennial, 1923-2023"

Erika Hewitt

Celebrate 100 Years of the Flower Ceremony! The first Flower Ceremony was held in Prague, in June 2023, led by Rev. Norbert Čapek.

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Protectors of Agency

✇ UUA Top Stories
11 January 2023 at 08:43
By: Deborah Weiner
A pink placard reading "Don't take away my birth control" taken at a Planned Parenthood Rally in New York City. In the background, the stonework of a courthouse is visible.

Deborah Weiner

As sacred beings, we hold the wisdom to know what is best for our own selves.

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Meeting the New Year

✇ UUA Top Stories
4 January 2023 at 05:01
By: Tim Atkins
The number "2023" with vintage letterpress printing blocks on rustic wooden background

Tim Atkins

I’m proud to belong to a living religious tradition that embraces evolution, both scientifically and spiritually.

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O Holy Night

✇ UUA Top Stories
21 December 2022 at 06:17
By: Joanna Fontaine Crawford
A lit Moravian star lamp hangs in what appears to be a church, with a few lit Christmas trees blurred in the background.

Joanna Fontaine Crawford

If love is a law, how may I follow it with more faithfulness?

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UUA Hires Joy Berry as Children and Families Faith Development Specialist

✇ UUA Top Stories
16 December 2022 at 10:10
Headshot of Joy Berry
The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) is pleased to announce they have hired Joy Berry as the Children and Families Faith Development Specialist, starting January 23. The position has been re-established as part of the Lifespan Faith Engagement (LFE) team to fully integrate the needs of...

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Leading Las Posadas

✇ UUA Top Stories
14 December 2022 at 04:41
By: Tania Márquez
A crowd of people in México in a posada procession outdoors.

Tania Márquez

Every time we open ourselves to one another, we become more human.

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The Waiting Time

✇ UUA Top Stories
7 December 2022 at 08:40
By: Megan Lloyd Joiner
A straw-filled manger in a stable, with the Christmas star in the window

Megan Lloyd Joiner

Advent encourages us to be present in each moment of waiting.

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Special Event: Singing for Liberation

✇ UUA Top Stories
6 December 2022 at 14:30
Holding a music binder and gesturing, Paul Vasile leads a group in singing
Come sing with us on Tuesday, January 10, 2023 in a live webinar.

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2023 UUA Presidential Election

✇ UUA Top Stories
5 December 2022 at 09:34
Chalice at the Service of the Living Tradition, General Assembly 2013, Louisville, Kentucky
Information, updated regularly, on the 2023 election for UUA President. UUs, through their congregational delegates, elect the UUA President. Voting begins in June and culminates at our General Assembly.

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Long May They Wave

✇ UUA Top Stories
23 November 2022 at 04:33
By: cristy cardinal
A Progress Pride flag on a flagpole, with a blue sky and bright sun behind it.

cristy cardinal

Queer joy is resistance.

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From the UUA President: Our LGBTQIA+ Siblings are Sacred, Whole and Divine

✇ UUA Top Stories
21 November 2022 at 11:21
In the middle of a Pride parade, a trans woman in a white cowboy hat poses with a rainbow fan.
UUA President Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray responds to the devastating news of a shooting in Colorado that was a targeted act of violence against the LGBTQIA+ community.

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Small Decisions

✇ UUA Top Stories
16 November 2022 at 06:31
By: JD Stillwater
Against a field of early evening stars, a path winds its way around a grassy hill and out of view.

JD Stillwater

Little changes can snowball into massive impacts.

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Congregational Salary Program

✇ UUA Top Stories
15 November 2022 at 13:30
By: Jan Gartner
Colorful scarf draped around thick white candle with an artistic chalice flame in the background

Jan Gartner

The UUA offers a Congregational Salary Program as a service to congregational leaders. We're introducing a fresh approach, including an emphasis on process and a new structure for our Recommended Salary Ranges.

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Candidate for UUA President: the Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt

✇ UUA Top Stories
15 November 2022 at 10:00
headshot of the Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt, wearing dark glasses, a red necklace with a red pendant, and dark gray patterned blouse
The Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt has been nominated for UUA President by the Presidential Search Committee. Learn more about the candidate and find links to the candidate's website and social media.

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Presidential Search Committee Nominates Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt for UUA President

✇ UUA Top Stories
15 November 2022 at 09:43
A flame rises from the flaming chalice, a symbol of Unitarian Universalist faith.
The UUA Presidential Search Committee announces their nomination of the Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt, an experienced leader and theologian in Unitarian Universalism, for UUA President for the 2023-2029 term.

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Unitarian Universalists Remain Committed to Democracy

✇ UUA Top Stories
9 November 2022 at 15:08
Many-colored hands reaching upward
UUA President Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray reflects on the ways that organizing around elections is grounded in Unitarian Universalist theology.

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Our Struggle and Our Power

✇ UUA Top Stories
9 November 2022 at 00:12
By: Erika A. Hewitt
On a chain-link fence, frayed rope or twine has been used to weave a heart shape.

Erika A. Hewitt

Of all the things "faith" can mean, to me it means believing in us.

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Mistakes & Miracles: UU Common Read Discussion Guide

✇ UUA Top Stories
20 October 2022 at 13:03
By: Susan Dana Lawrence， Karin Lin， Nancy Palmer Jones
Cover of Mistakes and Miracles: Congregations on the Road to Multiculturalism

Susan Dana Lawrence

,

Karin Lin

,

Nancy Palmer Jones

The UU Common Read of Mistakes & Miracles is a four-session discussion series engaging congregations on the road to Beloved Community.

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Our Faith Demands We Protect Democracy

✇ UUA Top Stories
4 November 2022 at 06:00
By: Susan Frederick-Gray
© AnnaStills /Getty Images/iStockphoto

Susan Frederick-Gray

Unitarian Universalists commit to defend voting rights as sacred.

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Called to Heal

✇ UUA Top Stories
2 November 2022 at 02:14
By: Melissa Jeter
A broad, green leaf held by a Black woman's hands. A small tattoo of a heart is on her wrist.

Melissa Jeter

Love is reaching through the generations with expectations that I live through challenging times.

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Cornerstones of Effective Stewardship Webinar Series

✇ UUA Top Stories
1 November 2022 at 13:26
Stewardship for Us logo with three leaves
Begins January 2023. Now that a multiplatform world is here for good, how do we steward a multiple-form congregation?

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Unfinished Business

✇ UUA Top Stories
26 October 2022 at 01:46
By: Karen G. Johnston
A Black person with their back to the camera sits, holding the hand of a Black elder who's lying in a hospital bed.

Karen G. Johnston

How much notice would I want ahead of time before I die?

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Mistakes & Miracles: UU Common Read Discussion Guide

✇ UUA Top Stories
20 October 2022 at 13:03
By: Susan Dana Lawrence， Karin Lin， Nancy Palmer Jones
Cover of Mistakes and Miracles: Congregations on the Road to Multiculturalism

Susan Dana Lawrence

,

Karin Lin

,

Nancy Palmer Jones

The UU Common Read of Mistakes & Miracles is a four-session discussion series engaging congregations on the road to Beloved Community.

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Part of the Mystery

✇ UUA Top Stories
19 October 2022 at 01:50
By: Laura Shay
A branch contains a dozen monarch butterfly chrysales, in various stages of development. A monarch's wing pattern is visible in one of them.

Laura Shay

Witnessing the lifecycle of a monarch butterfly has made me a better chaplain.

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Embracing Possibility in Times of Change

✇ UUA Top Stories
12 October 2022 at 14:53
An abstracted image of two trapeze artists doing an aerobatic act, their arms stretched out to one another as one person is suspended in air
A worship video collection about living faithfully during in-between times

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Letting Go in Love

✇ UUA Top Stories
12 October 2022 at 14:33
By: Ndidi Achebe
A few dog paw prints in the sand

Ndidi Achebe

My vet said, “She's telling you thank you for letting her go.”

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How We Die

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5 October 2022 at 06:52
By: Meg Barnhouse
A close-up of a hand holding the hand of a patient lying in a hospital bed.

Meg Barnhouse

Dying is scary, but we are brave, and we can talk about it together.

Continue reading "How We Die"

Surviving a Plague, Again! - National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day #NGMHAAD

✇ UUA Top Stories
30 September 2022 at 15:32
Two adult men, walking hand in hand looking smiling and happy; with the words "September 27 National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Let's Stop HIV Together."
In 2008 the National Association of People with AIDS launched this observance day to recognize the disproportionate impact of the epidemic on gay men. National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day reminds us that the first for LGBTQ health equity is not over. #NGMHAAD

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Be-coming Out

✇ UUA Top Stories
28 September 2022 at 10:59
By: Heather McDuffee
A vibrant colourful sunset or sunrise sky over limestone pavement landscape and a wind-bent English Hawthorn tree at Twisleton Scar, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, UK

Heather McDuffee

I wasn’t really “born this way.” I grew this way.

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Some Kinds of Help

✇ UUA Top Stories
21 September 2022 at 06:03
By: Shaya French
On a rocky outcrop in what appears to be inclement weather, one person strenuously pulls another person uphill.

Shaya French

We don’t need to understand why someone sets a boundary to respect it.

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Retracing My Steps

✇ UUA Top Stories
14 September 2022 at 08:36
By: Glen Thomas Rideout
Seen from the chest up, a side view of three generations: a Black son, father, and grandfather standing side by side.

Glen Thomas Rideout

I rise on the shoulders of ancestors whose names I can not know.

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After Big Win in Kansas, Can Pro-Choice Advocates Prevail in Kentucky?

✇ UUA Top Stories
9 September 2022 at 08:00
By: Jeff Milchen
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Jeff Milchen

Kansas organizers succeed through inclusive leadership and seeking dialogue with potential opponents.

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New Year, New Challenges

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2 September 2022 at 15:30
By: Natalie Briscoe
In front of a church altar, about a dozen school backpacks are stacked up.

Natalie Briscoe

Your regional staff is very aware of the challenges you face in this upcoming year, and we are working together to provide resources as well as online spaces to gather, learn from one another, and get through this year with gusto.

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Choosing to Connect

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7 September 2022 at 08:00
By: Priscilla Shumway
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Priscilla Shumway

It's my actions and choices that determine my connection to others.

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Deepening Diversity in Worship

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2 September 2022 at 10:36
By: JeKaren Olaoya， Erika A. Hewitt
Inside a church, Black people stand as if listening to a preacher or choir.

JeKaren Olaoya

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Erika A. Hewitt

If you’re trying to build a worship service that's anti-racist and decenters whiteness, you start in one spot.

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Your Life Could Depend on It

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31 August 2022 at 05:26
By: Sarah Skochko
A candid black-and-white shot at night, looking through window of nearby pizza parlour. Two workers are seen from behind as they prepare food.

Sarah Skochko

There is no such thing as unskilled labor.

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Rethinking UUA Salary Recommendations: Improving Practicality, Advancing Equity, Leading with Integrity

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24 August 2022 at 14:35
By: Jan Gartner， Sean Griffin
UUA Salary Recommendations - Rethinking for Practicality, Equity, and Integrity

Jan Gartner

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Sean Griffin

We're undertaking the first significant revisiting of the methodology behind our Salary Recommendations since the UUA Compensation Program was introduced in 1995.

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UUA Board Calls for Volunteers for Bylaws Renewal Team

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19 August 2022 at 11:15
The UUA Board of Trustees will soon be appointing members to a five to seven person Bylaws Renewal Team. This team will lead the work in reimagining and rewriting the UUA Bylaws.

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