The Waiting Time

By: Megan Lloyd Joiner — 7 December 2022 at 08:40

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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Long May They Wave

By: cristy cardinal — 23 November 2022 at 04:33

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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Small Decisions

By: JD Stillwater — 16 November 2022 at 06:31

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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Mistakes & Miracles: UU Common Read Discussion Guide

By: Susan Dana Lawrence， Karin Lin， Nancy Palmer Jones — 20 October 2022 at 13:03

Cover of Mistakes and Miracles: Congregations on the Road to Multiculturalism

Susan Dana Lawrence

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Karin Lin

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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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Called to Heal

By: Melissa Jeter — 2 November 2022 at 02:14

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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Mistakes & Miracles: UU Common Read Discussion Guide

By: Susan Dana Lawrence， Karin Lin， Nancy Palmer Jones — 20 October 2022 at 13:03

Susan Dana Lawrence

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Karin Lin

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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

By: Laura Shay — 19 October 2022 at 01:50

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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Retracing My Steps

By: Glen Thomas Rideout — 14 September 2022 at 08:36

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?

By: Jeff Milchen — 9 September 2022 at 08:00

Jeff Milchen

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

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New Year, New Challenges

By: Natalie Briscoe — 2 September 2022 at 15:30

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

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

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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

By: JeKaren Olaoya， Erika A. Hewitt — 2 September 2022 at 10:36

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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A GA Business experience like no other

By: UUA Communications: Periodicals — 29 June 2022 at 09:38

UUA Communications: Periodicals

As the organizers of the 2022 assembly had promised, the reimagined multiplatform event in Portland was no business as usual.

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We Will Only Rise

By: JeKaren Olaoya — 22 June 2022 at 04:58

Seen from below looking up, a circle of BIPOC people clasp hands.

JeKaren Olaoya

We have to keep finding ways to widen the circle of care and concern.

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All That Shimmers

By: Laura Solomon — 8 June 2022 at 04:49

A group of people, backs to the camera, walk holding a giant rainbow flag under their heads, as if in the middle of a Pride parade.

Laura Solomon

To be queer is to know the ways of holding all that shimmers to the light.

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Us, Human, Here

By: Laura Solomon — 1 June 2022 at 09:21

a pink heart, apparently drawn on chalk, on a badly cracked concret surface

Laura Solomon

We are an angry and beautiful people.

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I Am Here, Growing

By: Melissa Jeter — 25 May 2022 at 07:58

The hands of a Black person cradle the new lettuce leaves growing in their garden.

Melissa Jeter

Growing connects me to ancestors who had their hands in the dirt because it was keeping them alive.

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UUA General Assembly 2022: Not Business as Usual

By: Elaine McArdle — 18 May 2022 at 05:00

Elaine McArdle

The UUA wants the multiplatform General Assembly to be an equitable experience for all, including the voting process.

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The Sacred Choice

By: Leslie Ahuvah Fails — 11 May 2022 at 05:21

A newborn infant lies on a bed next to their mother, whose torso reveals stretch marks and other signs of recently giving birth.

Leslie Ahuvah Fails

Motherhood must be a choice. It cannot be chosen for us.

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Q&A: Public Theologian Jé Exodus Hooper

By: Elaine McArdle — 1 May 2022 at 04:00

Jé Exodus Hooper, a Black non-binary person in a red hat and jacket

Elaine McArdle

On our theology’s leading edge (+video)

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UU the Vote Campaign Rises Again for Justice

By: Jeff Milchen — 21 April 2022 at 05:00

Jeff Milchen

As threats to democracy grow, we’re determined to make 2022 the year love and justice regain the upper hand.

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UUA President Application Process Opens April 4

By: Elaine McArdle — 4 April 2022 at 04:00

Elaine McArdle

Association’s next chief executive and spiritual leader to be elected at General Assembly 2023

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UU the Vote Campaign Rises Again for Justice

By: Jeff Milchen — 21 April 2022 at 05:00

Jeff Milchen

As threats to democracy grow, we’re determined to make 2022 the year love and justice regain the upper hand.

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UUA President Application Process Opens April 4

By: Elaine McArdle — 4 April 2022 at 04:00

Elaine McArdle

Association’s next chief executive and spiritual leader to be elected at General Assembly 2023

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We Keep Rising in Love

By: Molly Housh Gordon — 6 April 2022 at 06:56

Seen from high above, a human crowd forms two hands and a heart shape on white background

Molly Housh Gordon

You can crush Love down, bury it, cover it over, but it will rise.

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Return and Remember

By: Summer Albayati — 30 March 2022 at 07:36

A person in pink robes, mostly cropped out of the photo, holds a Qur'am and Muslim prayer beads.

Summer Albayati

When the holy month of Ramadan approaches, it becomes a beautiful reminder to return to myself.

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The Power to Save

By: Sara Palmer — 23 March 2022 at 01:41

A mother and daughter, holding hands, walk on a path through a forest. They are smiling at one another, and are seen from behind.

Sara Palmer

May we forever perceive the ways we can empower others.

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Learning How to Fail

By: Christine Slocum — 16 March 2022 at 06:40

A close up of two competitors, mid-match, at the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Shinbun Championship (2017).

Christine Slocum

White supremacy culture tells me that I’m only "good" if I’m perfect, treating all falls as hard stops.

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The Defiant Spark

By: David Kohlmeier — 9 March 2022 at 06:24

In dim light, a person holds their hands out, palms forward, obscuring their face. A few bright sparks hang suspended between their hands.

David Kohlmeier

You didn’t earn your worth, and you can’t lose it. Because you exist. Period.

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Asking for Help

By: Quinn Gormley — 2 March 2022 at 01:04

Seen from behind, at the beach, a father has his arm lovingly wrapped around his child's shoulder.

Quinn Gormley

Happy kids are safer kids, because happy kids have adults they can ask for help.

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Event Recap: Using Art as Advocacy

By: Rose Singleton — 23 February 2022 at 13:17

A mosaic of four videoconference screenshots: The upper left is a woman with glasses, dark hair, and a colorful sweater; the upper right is a woman with dark hair and a black shirt; the lower left is a man with glasses, salt-and-pepper beard, playing a flute; the lower right is a woman with blonde hair wearing a black shirt.

Rose Singleton

“Using Art as Advocacy” was a webinar hosted on February 17, 2022 by the UU@UN (Unitarian Universalist Association’s office at the United Nations). This event showed how art can be used to build community and inspire change in chaotic times. Art can result in profound social change when used...

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