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Daily Compass: Me and My Shadow

19 August 2020 at 09:00

Kids are generally fascinated by shadowsβ€”how the image of your own body can appear so similar to the real you, but also be so distorted by the angle of the sun.

How do you or those around you distort the image of your body?

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Daily Compass: A Long Way Up

18 August 2020 at 09:00

Mountains are there to be climbed, cliffs to be scaled…or not. Sometimes you look at a situation and say: β€œNope. Not gonna go there.” Sometimes discretion really is the better part of valor.

What have you contemplated doing that you are happy to have not done?

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Daily Compass: Having a World

17 August 2020 at 09:00

β€œThe body is our general medium for having a world.”
―Maurice Merleau-Ponty

What is the most intensely physical way that you explore your world?

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Daily Compass: In the Quiet of Our Hearts

16 August 2020 at 09:00

Prayer is the most solitary of activities, arising from the quiet center of the heart. Prayer is also the most communal of activities, connecting us to that which binds all beings together.

How does prayer connect you with yourself? How does it connect you with something larger than yourself?

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Daily Compass: All In

15 August 2020 at 09:00

It’s just a game, but a game is more fun if you give it your very best effort.

What you do throw your whole self into?

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Daily Compass: Only for a Moment

14 August 2020 at 09:00

β€œDancing is creating a sculpture that is visible only for a moment.”
―Erol Ozan

What do you create only for the beauty of the moment?

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LeaderLab: Shared Leadership with Circles

13 August 2020 at 22:10
Graphic of humans of different colors in a circle

Renee Ruchotzke

How might we create communities where each member can contribute equitably in service of mission and vision? Circles are an ancient tried-and-true practice.

Continue reading Shared Leadership with Circles on UUA.org.

International Programs of the UUA: The Intersections of a Black Woman

11 August 2020 at 18:15
Graphic pattern of illustrated faces of women of color

Kyra Bellamy

With the current resurgence of the Black Lives Matter Movement, the protests and petitions, people are trying to educate themselves on social justice issues in order to be socially and culturally competent. Although tackling a militarized police state and a corrupt criminal justice system are very important, there are some social matters that are so engrained into our history and everyday life that we don’t even realize it.

Continue reading The Intersections of a Black Woman on UUA.org.

Daily Compass: The One Who Prays

11 August 2020 at 09:00

“Prayer does not change God, but it changes [the one] who prays.”
—Soren Kierkegaard

How have you been changed by prayer?

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Better Together: Nature as Beloved

10 August 2020 at 18:45
Permaculture Revolution Gardening

Renee Ruchotzke

When I first visited Ilze and Oskars on their permaculture farm in Latvia as a WWOOFER, Ilze sent me out to pick “salads” for dinner. When I asked where the lettuce garden was, she told me to pick wild greens. I asked her how I could tell the right ones. She gave me a wry smile and put her pinched fingers to her mouth and said, “just taste!”

Continue reading Nature as Beloved on UUA.org.

Daily Compass: A Castle of Snow

10 August 2020 at 09:00

An elaborate, gorgeous dwelling carved of snow is a thing of fantasy or dream. Which is probably a good thing, as it is unlikely to be a house you would want to live in long-term.

What do you prefer to admire from afar?

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Daily Compass: Games

9 August 2020 at 09:00

“Games lubricate the body and mind.”
―Benjamin Franklin

What games do you like to play?

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Daily Compass: Scent

8 August 2020 at 09:00

Smell is our most primal sense, the one with the deepest connection to memory. Scents have the power to relax us, revolt us, energize or cheer us. The nose knows.

What scents do you actively seek out?

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Daily Compass: The Best Medicine

7 August 2020 at 09:00

When we fall ill, whether from a simple cold or from a serious or long-term illness, it can feel like our body has betrayed us. And that feeling of betrayal may stop us from offering our ailing bodies the full range of care that could contribute to our well-being.

What is the best care that you have given to your body in a time of illness?

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Daily Compass: Enjoy the Ride

6 August 2020 at 09:00

“Your body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.”
―Anthony Bourdain

What do you do for purely physical enjoyment?

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Daily Compass: In the Snow

4 August 2020 at 09:00

If snow is a rare occurrence for you, it is pretty much impossible to resist making snowballs with your bare hands. Yes, your hands will ache with cold for some time to come, but it will be worth it for the pleasure of throwing a snowball.

What activity is worth it to you, even if you have to pay for it later?

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MidAmerica News: August Welcome

3 August 2020 at 22:10
Nancy Combs-Morgan

Nancy Combs-Morgan

Nancy Combs-Morgan, CRE-ML,
Congregational Life Consultant, MidAmerica and Southern Regions

Continue reading August Welcome on UUA.org.

MidAmerica News: Some Thoughts on Dismantling Systemic White Supremacy

3 August 2020 at 22:10
Rev. Sharon Dittmar

Sharon Dittmar

I recently attended the second part of an online course by the Adaway Group entitled, Whiteness at Work with the MidAmerica program staff. The workshop is designed for white people. The second session introduced us to the “Cycle of Socialization,” how American culture socializes its residents (particularly white residents) to inherit and replicate systemic white supremacy. Not surprisingly, we are socialized before we have words by family, media, teachers, and institutions (including religious). 

Continue reading Some Thoughts on Dismantling Systemic White Supremacy on UUA.org.

MidAmerica News: New State Action Network in Kentucky

3 August 2020 at 21:55
map outline of Kentucky with UU double-circle chalice logo and words

With 27 participants from all around the state, a new State Action Network has officially come into being in Kentucky! Tentatively named the Kentucky UU Justice Action Network (KUUJAN), the team of volunteers and a part-time paid coordinator (generously funded by TJUC in Louisville) met for the first time in July. There was a lot of energy for working with UU the Vote, providing education and resources for engaging racial justice, and much more. 

Continue reading New State Action Network in Kentucky on UUA.org.

MidAmerica News: UU Justice Ohio Ready to UU the Vote

3 August 2020 at 21:50
UU Justice Ohio Logo

Unitarian Universalist Justice Ohio (UUJO), our UU State Action Network in Ohio, is asking their members, friends, and Ohio voters and non-voters to check their registration, register to vote as needed, and then be sure to apply for an absentee ballot as soon as possible if they want to vote by mail.

Continue reading UU Justice Ohio Ready to UU the Vote on UUA.org.

MidAmerica News: Extended Leadership Experienceβ€”Virtual MWLS 2020

3 August 2020 at 21:40
Extendedeadership Experience Virtual MidWest Leadership School

UPDATE! Change of starting date!

Friends, we realized that trying to start our new Extended Leadership Experience (Virtual MidWest Leadership School 2020) in August wasn’t going to make it—so please check below for new dates. Registration should be up by no later than the middle of August, and we hope sooner.

Continue reading Extended Leadership Experience—Virtual MWLS 2020 on UUA.org.

MidAmerica News: Chalice Lighters and Faithify

3 August 2020 at 21:40
MidAmerica Region Chalice Lighters logo

Thanks to all the individuals in the MidAmerica Region whose generous contributions made this past fiscal year’s Chalice Lighter calls and Faithify campaigns a huge success. Through your collective efforts, we were able to help raise almost $100,000 to fund the dreams of MidAmerica congregations. The Fall, Winter, and Spring 2020 Chalice Lighters calls raised a combined $40,000 to support our congregations in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Columbus, Indiana.

Continue reading Chalice Lighters and Faithify on UUA.org.

MidAmerica News: August Webinars for MidAmerica Region

3 August 2020 at 21:30
MidAmerica Region Webinars

Congregational Leaders Check-ins Led by Lisa Presley
Every Wednesday afternoon in August at 1pm Eastern / 12pm Central
This webinar series is for all congregational leaders and will respond directly to the challenges that congregations are encountering during this time of finding new ways to be in religious community and responding to this health emergency. 

Continue reading August Webinars for MidAmerica Region on UUA.org.

MidAmerica News: Have You Heard About the UUA Disaster Relief Fund?

3 August 2020 at 21:25
rear view of two people leaning on each other

Whether it’s responding to the impact of natural disasters like this year’s tornadoes in Nashville, or helping UU congregations and communities cope with the unequal ravages of COVID-19 through local partnerships, the Disaster Relief Fund can help—but only with donations from Unitarian Universalists like you. Funded by Unitarian Universalists around the country, applications are designed to be easy to fill out, and generally, congregations receive their funds within 10-14 days of the application.

Continue reading Have You Heard About the UUA Disaster Relief Fund? on UUA.org.

MidAmerica News: Lay Spiritual Care Training

3 August 2020 at 21:25
LeaderLab Other Leaders

The UUA has created a new lay leader spiritual care training entitled Spiritual Care Training for Lay Leaders 310 Part 1: Discernment through the UUA online learning platform of LeaderLab. If you are personally interested in pastoral care, or in developing a congregational pastoral team, this is an excellent resource. The first course is free and helps with discernment for interested people.

Continue reading Lay Spiritual Care Training on UUA.org.

Daily Compass: What We Touch

29 July 2020 at 09:00

The stones that make up this labyrinth are no more (nor less) sacred than all the other rocks scattered on the beach. And yet they have been touched with sacred intention, offered as a place of contemplation or prayer for those who might find them.

What have you made holy by your intention?

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Daily Compass: Poetry and Prayer

28 July 2020 at 09:00

“Poetry and prayer are very similar.” —Carol Ann Duffy

What poem is a prayer for you?

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Better Together: It Takes A Village: Our Commitment to Connection

27 July 2020 at 18:45
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Michelle Buhite

As Unitarian Universalism has evolved over the past couple of decades, one thing has become clear: People don’t come to us seeking a new religion, they come seeking meaningful connection. Beloved Community is probably the closest thing to a shared theology among us, and it reflects our understanding of our seventh Principle: affirming and promoting respect for the interdependent web of all Life. We recognize our interdependence - and we feel it even more poignantly in the midst of the isolation of the global pandemic. We need one another.

Continue reading It Takes A Village: Our Commitment to Connection on UUA.org.

Daily Compass: On the Runway

27 July 2020 at 09:00

It turns out that a lot of people who don’t believe in God, and don’t ordinarily pray, find themselves praying as the airplane they are in prepares to leave the ground.

Are there situations in which you are surprised to find yourself praying?

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Daily Compass: Holding On and Letting Go

26 July 2020 at 09:00

As fall deepens, the last leaves give up their grasp and are carried away. But the vines clinging to the walls aren’t going anywhere.

What are you prepared to let go? What holds you steady as you do?

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Daily Compass: Submission

25 July 2020 at 09:00

The word Islam means submission. To be a Muslim means to submit your life to Allah, and the practice of deeply bowing in prayer is a reminder of that submission to the Merciful, the Compassionate.

To what do you offer your life?

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#LoveResists Updates: We Must Resist Fascist Federal Attacks on our Cities

24 July 2020 at 19:05
Image of crowd of protesters in Portland, OR, where the words "Fed goons out of PDX" are projected on wall

As the movement to Defend Black Lives, Defund Police, and invest in and transform our communities gains momentum, violent repressive responses from the state are also on the rise. And, as always, Black/Indigenous/people of color communities, queer and trans people, and other frontline groups are being most directly targeted.

Continue reading We Must Resist Fascist Federal Attacks on our Cities on UUA.org.

Press Releases: A Message from the UUA President: Self-Care Essentials

23 July 2020 at 13:15
In a church pew, a woman hugs and nuzzles a happy-looking dog

Susan Frederick-Gray

Dear Leaders,

I hope that you have had time off in recent weeks or will have some soon. This has been a brutal stretch of months. It is essential that we take time to rest and renew our spirits, because we deserve time to care for ourselves and because shepherding religious communities and working for racial justice are long haul endeavors. 

Continue reading A Message from the UUA President: Self-Care Essentials on UUA.org.

BraverWiser: Ground Control

22 July 2020 at 09:45
the view from a plane's cockpit, with instruments lit up and a view of terrain and a rising sun through the cockpit window

Erika A. Hewitt

“We are all falling. This hand’s falling too—
all have this falling-sickness none withstands.

And yet there’s One whose gently-holding hands
this universal falling can’t fall through.
—Rainer Maria Rilke, “Autumn” (trans. J.B. Leishman)

Continue reading Ground Control on UUA.org.

Daily Compass: Prayers for the Planet

22 July 2020 at 09:00

Perhaps the greatest grief of our time is the specter of global disruption due to climate change. Sometimes, in the face of such a huge, seemingly insurmountable problem, all you can do is pray. Sometimes, how you pray is through your actions.

What is your active prayer for this planet?

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Daily Compass: Married to Amazement

21 July 2020 at 09:00

“When it’s over, I want to say: all my life
I was a bride married to amazement.”

—Mary Oliver

What would you like to be able to say about your life as it nears the end?

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International Programs of the UUA: β€˜We have no Harlem in Sudan’

20 July 2020 at 15:25
Black Lives Matter activists wearing face masks and holding signs reading "I have a dream" and "My skin is not a sin"

Sebabatso C. Manoeli

This article by Sebabatso C. Manoeli was originally published June 29, 2020 on the site Africa is a Country. The post acknowledges the international potential of the current Black Lives Matter movement that originated in the United States and resonates in many countries that share a history of white supremacy and white settler colonialism.

Continue reading ‘We have no Harlem in Sudan’ on UUA.org.

Daily Compass: Candles of Joy and Sorrow

20 July 2020 at 09:00

Many religious traditions light candles in prayer—memorializing the dead, asking for healing, expressing gratitude for something special. Light reaches out, expressing our conviction that we touch, and are touched by, far more that our hands can hold.

Who or what would you like to light a candle for today?

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Daily Compass: Beyond Real

19 July 2020 at 09:00

Perhaps you might go to such a place only in your imagination—a place of sacred stones and grass that is the green of life itself. But your life could be richer for that imaginary journey into beauty and peace.

Where do you like to go in your imagination?

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Daily Compass: All We Can Do

18 July 2020 at 09:00

“Prayer begins where human capacity ends.” —Marian Anderson

What spiritual practice helps you when there is nothing that you can do to fix or change things?

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Daily Compass: A Waiting Web

17 July 2020 at 09:00

Web-weaving spiders don’t hunt down their prey. They carefully prepare their web, and then they simply wait to see what will arrive, taking everything as it comes.

What have you achieved through a combination of preparation and patience?

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Daily Compass: A Mystic Seeker

16 July 2020 at 09:00

“The scientific observer of Nature is a kind of mystic seeker in the act of prayer.” —Muhammad Iqbal

How does science connect you with the spiritual?

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BraverWiser: Minding the Gap

15 July 2020 at 10:05
From behind, a Japanese man in a suit holds the hand of a small girl in a school uniform as they walk to school.

Yuri Yamamoto

“Yuri began crying and said in a sorrowful voice, ‘I don’t want stereo. I want terebi.’ She sounded so miserable that my spirit sunk... I wonder if not having a TV makes it hard at preschool. What is the point of being so proud about ‘not buying a TV’ if it makes her feel like that?”
—from my father’s journal, dated June 20, 1964

Continue reading Minding the Gap on UUA.org.

Daily Compass: Foot Prayers

15 July 2020 at 09:00

Walking the labyrinth is a form of contemplation—not a maze, which is a puzzle to be solved, but rather a winding path that you might wander toward your own heart’s center.

What form of movement helps you to find your center

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LeaderLab: Reducing Your Minister’s Time - A Suggested Process

14 July 2020 at 23:40
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Erica Baron

In 2015, the congregation I was serving as a full-time minister was facing some significant financial strains, and had been for several years. It was becoming clear that full-time ministry might not be financially sustainable for the congregation. Meanwhile, I was preparing to become a parent and realized that full-time ministry might not be sustainable for me either. So, we made a mutual decision to reduce my position to three-quarter time. 

Continue reading Reducing Your Minister’s Time - A Suggested Process on UUA.org.

LeaderLab: Moving to Part Time Ministry

14 July 2020 at 23:30
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Sarah Movius Schurr

There are times when a congregation needs to adjust their commitment to professional ministry in reducing hours. Here are some considerations from one of our small congregation program consultants.

 

 

Continue reading Moving to Part Time Ministry on UUA.org.

Daily Compass: Unexpected Blessings

14 July 2020 at 09:00

You might not expect to find the Virgin Mary in a wine shop. On the other hand, it happens pretty often that we meet the Holy residing in places where we did not anticipate discovering it.

Where have you been surprised by the sacred?

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Better Together: These Certain Times

13 July 2020 at 18:45
Megan Foley

Megan Foley

I see commercials sometimes that refer to these as “uncertain times”. I don’t know. I think things are becoming pretty certain. I think it’s pretty certain that we’re suffering, pretty certain that our neighbors and families are sick and dying, pretty certain that we’ll be living in troubled spaces for a long time coming. Pretty certain that our churches will be operating in a different way for a while. Not to say that everything about these times is always bad – more about that later on. But these times aren’t uncertain.

Continue reading These Certain Times on UUA.org.

Daily Compass: Where the Action Is

13 July 2020 at 09:00

“Prayer is where the action is.” —John Wesley

How do you find prayer in action?

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Daily Compass: Fingers Intertwined

12 July 2020 at 09:00

Intertwine your fingers, so that your hands are clasped together with your thumbs crossed at the top. Note that although your hands are now thoroughly interconnected, there is a sheltered open space there between your palms.

Who do you invite into the sheltered space of your care and compassion?

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Daily Compass: Lotus

11 July 2020 at 09:00

The lotus reaches its roots down into the mud and the muck—and blooms with a pristine flower. Without the muck, no flower.

In what ways does engaging in the muck or mess or your life enable you to touch the sacred?

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LeaderLab: What your religious professionals need right now

10 July 2020 at 11:20
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CB Beal

Dear members of religious communities who are getting tired of our professional leadership and services happening virtually,

Leading religious services and religious education over zoom is five or ten times harder than doing so in person. None of us want to continue doing that a minute longer than necessary.

Also true: none of us want to risk having to do funerals over zoom because we gathered in person too soon.

Also true: it seems that 'too soon' is likely to mean a whole year.

Continue reading What your religious professionals need right now on UUA.org.

Daily Compass: Prayer in Your Hands

9 July 2020 at 09:00

In Catholic tradition a rosary is used to keep track of the number of specific prayers one has said. But a rosary or other prayer beads also connects prayer to the body as beads slip through the fingers.

What physical objects are part of your prayer life?

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Daily Compass: Bluster

8 July 2020 at 09:00

Sometimes you have to summon up all your courage to confront your demons. But then, sometimes the things that seemed so scary turn out to be all bluster and no bite, and the best thing to do is just walk on by.

Where does your courage take you?

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LeaderLab: Money as Medicine: Rooting, Inspiring, Readying Congregational Stewardship

7 July 2020 at 17:25
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Stewardship for Us

by Rachel Maxwell

Stewardship for Us hosted a lively program at virtual GA on June 26th,  introducing Edgar Villanueva’s book, Decolonizing Wealth, and his seven steps to healing through money, or using money as medicine. Over 175 people joined our session to learn and discuss the ways in which their congregations can engage in this work. 

Villanueva’s Seven Steps are:

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Daily Compass: Unicorns

7 July 2020 at 09:00

Always be yourself. Unless you can be a unicorn. And if you can be most yourself by being a unicorn, then definitely do that.

When do you feel like your most authentic self?

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Better Together: Supporting Youth and Young Adults

6 July 2020 at 18:45
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Shannon Harper

If you attended virtual General Assembly last month, you probably read or at least heard about the Responsive Resolution that was adopted: Supporting and Investing in Youth and Young Adults in Unitarian Universalism.

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Daily Compass: Where You Look

6 July 2020 at 09:00

If you focus on the window itself, you lose sight of the trees beyond it. And if you focus on the trees you will probably miss the view of the sky.

What helps you to gain a perspective that goes beyond your daily concerns?

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Daily Compass: Lifted Up

2 July 2020 at 09:00

“I will lift up my eyes to the hills, from whence cometh my help,” writes the Psalmist. Or you might lift up your eyes to the clouds or the moon or the sky at sunset—whatever helps you past the daily grind and into the grace of the beautiful.

Where do you turn your gaze when you need help?

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MidAmerica News: What Are We Measuring in the Time of COVID-19?

1 July 2020 at 19:30
Nancy Combs-Morgan

Nancy Combs-Morgan, Congregational Life Consultant, MidAmerica and Southern Regions

Since last March, our MidAmerica regional staff have been actively coaching and connecting with congregational leaders as they have transitioned to a virtualsphere of congregational life. We have been amazed at the resilience and capacity for adaptation of so many congregations. What has inspired me are the countless religious educators who have faithfully helped to provide online, multigenerational, opportunities for UU faith formation.  

Continue reading What Are We Measuring in the Time of COVID-19? on UUA.org.

MidAmerica News: Upcoming Webinars July-August 2020

1 July 2020 at 19:15
MidAmerica Region Webinars

Congregational Leaders Check-ins Led by Lisa Presley
Every Wednesday afternoon in July and August at 1pm Eastern / 12pm Central
This webinar series is for all congregational leaders and will respond directly to the challenges that congregations are encountering during this time of finding new ways to be in religious community and responding to this health emergency. 

Continue reading Upcoming Webinars July-August 2020 on UUA.org.

MidAmerica News: VIRTUAL LEADERSHIP SCHOOL: MWLS online for 2020!

1 July 2020 at 19:10
MidWest Leadership School

Because of the novel coronavirus, we’ve had to reschedule our in-person MidWest Leadership School until 2021. But the need for learning how to be a leader doesn’t take a year off, so we’re moving Leadership Experience training online. 

Continue reading VIRTUAL LEADERSHIP SCHOOL: MWLS online for 2020! on UUA.org.

International Programs of the UUA: Don’t Let the Movement Die Down

1 July 2020 at 17:20
Left: Between 200,000 and 500,000 demonstrators march down Constitution Avenue during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Washington D.C., Aug. 28, 1963; Right: Protesters gather in Harlem to protest the recent death of George Floyd on May 30, 2

Kyra Bellamy

The Black Lives Matter Movement began in 2013 after the murder of Trayvon Martin. Trayvon, a teenage African American boy was followed by a suspicious neighborhood watchman. The two ended up getting in a scuffle, and Trayvon was fatally shot.

Continue reading Don’t Let the Movement Die Down on UUA.org.

Daily Compass: Under the Waterfall

1 July 2020 at 09:00

The Shinto ritual of misogi shugo involves purification by immersion in a waterfall, river or sea, experiencing the power of the water and the sacred nature of the place.

What spiritual practice connects you to a place that feels holy?

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Daily Compass: Oops!

24 June 2020 at 09:00

Oops! Oh well. Things happen. Whatever. Excellent words to offer to ourselves. Not so good in place of apology to someone else.

How does the way you talk to yourself when you make a mistake differ from how you address others under the same circumstances?

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BraverWiser: So Far Apart and In This Together

24 June 2020 at 08:45
A woman speaks on a cell phone while, in the background, a child sleeps with a teddy bear

Erica Rose Long

"I am only one
But still I am one.
I cannot do everything,
But still I can do something.
And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do
the something that I can do."
—Edward Everett Hale

Everyone's cries sound different on the phone. Over the phone I cannot see how their faces change, how their bodies tighten as they try to hold back tears and relax when they finally surrender and let the tears fall. That’s what I’m used to.

Continue reading So Far Apart and In This Together on UUA.org.

Daily Compass: The Strongest

23 June 2020 at 09:00

“It is unwise to be too sure of one’s own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

What mistake from a hero has surprised or disappointed you?

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Better Together: Get In the Way!

22 June 2020 at 18:45
VOting Rights The Struggle Contines. A monthly online series on voting rights, then and now. Living Legacy Project

Hope Johnson

“Get In The Way!!!” Congressman John Lewis has reminded us for years that it is our turn to actively make a difference. He stood on the crest of the Edmund Pettus as he marched peacefully for the right to vote. Twice the marchers had to turn back as they suffered the violence of the racists. They finally crossed that bridge and headed for Montgomery to demand their right to vote. This led to the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The Living Legacy Project has continued the struggle for years. The UU The Vote Campaign continues the struggle, today.

Continue reading Get In the Way! on UUA.org.

Daily Compass: In Pencil

22 June 2020 at 09:00

“I’ll write it in in pencil.” I understand this is a possibility, but we’re not sure. Of course, few things in life really are sure. And sometimes the erasure is a blessing, and sometimes it’s a tragedy.

What uncertainty in your life is keeping your attention these days?

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Daily Compass: Common Sense

21 June 2020 at 09:00

“Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one’s mistakes.”
― Oscar Wilde

What mistake are you happiest that you made?

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Daily Compass: Undeveloped

20 June 2020 at 09:00

A Polaroid picture comes out of the camera as…nothing. The magic is in the waiting, to see what develops.

What are you watching, to see what develops?

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Daily Compass: Beware

19 June 2020 at 09:00

“Beware of speaking too much, for it increases mistakes and engenders boredom.”
― Hazrat Ali ibn Abu-Talib A.S

In what circumstances have you learned that it is better to speak less?

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Blue Boat: UUA Administration Response to Resignation of GA Youth & Young Adults Volunteer Staff

18 June 2020 at 18:05
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Dear former Youth and Young Adult General Assembly volunteer staff,

In acknowledging your statement and choice to resign from your volunteer staff positions, we regret and are sorry that this experience hasn’t been affirming of you as leaders of our faith. We are grieving the loss of trust expressed in your emails and statement, we feel it personally and deeply.

Continue reading UUA Administration Response to Resignation of GA Youth & Young Adults Volunteer Staff on UUA.org.

BraverWiser: The House My Ancestors Built

17 June 2020 at 09:05
A small child plays with dollhouse furniture in front of a dollhouse.

Heather Rion Starr

"Keep fresh before me the moments of my High Resolve, that in fair weather or in foul, in good times or in tempests… I may not forget that to which my life is committed. Keep fresh before me the moments of my high resolve."
—Rev. Dr. Howard Thurman

When my spouse was a little kid, my mother-in-law's father—Grandpa Carter—made a dollhouse as a special gift. The house is two stories, with a stairwell in the middle, an attic that opens with rooftop hinges, and chimneys at either end.

Continue reading The House My Ancestors Built on UUA.org.

Daily Compass: Dizzy

17 June 2020 at 09:00

“As long as the world is turning and spinning, we’re gonna be dizzy and we’re gonna make mistakes.”
― Mel Brooks

What conditions make you more likely to make mistakes?

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Daily Compass: Marked in Red

16 June 2020 at 09:00

Any writer knows that editing is a crucial part of the process—it’s pretty much unheard of for anything to flow from the brain to page fully-formed and perfect, without so much as a typo. Taking the time to polish and hone our work is an act of dedication and caring. Also, when someone else, unasked, takes a metaphorical red pencil to our work it is annoying as all get out.

What have you learned to check carefully? What have you learned to leave well enough alone?

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Better Together: Farewell from Paula Cole Jones

15 June 2020 at 18:45
Paula Cole Jones

Paula Cole Jones

It is time to say farewell to you as my position with the Congregational Life staff in the Central East Region of our UUA comes to an end on June 30th. I am passing the baton on to Sana Saeed, who will serve you beginning July 6th. Both the global health crisis and the civil rights movement to end racism and reform policing have changed the nature of this farewell. 

Continue reading Farewell from Paula Cole Jones on UUA.org.

Daily Compass: A Step Backward

15 June 2020 at 09:00

“And a step backward, after making a wrong turn, is a step in the right direction.”
― Kurt Vonnegut

When have you reversed course after taking a wrong turn?

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Daily Compass: Confession

14 June 2020 at 09:00

So often, in daily life as much as great cases of national malfeasance, it is the cover up that will get you, rather than the crime. Admitting our mistakes and our failures, apologizing and setting a new course is so much harder—and more useful—than trying to make sure no one finds out how flawed we are.

What mistake do you need to admit to so that you can move on?

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Daily Compass: Moving On

13 June 2020 at 09:00

“One mistake does not have to rule a person’s entire life.”
― Joyce Meyer

What is the worst mistake you have forgiven yourself or someone else for?

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#LoveResists Updates: All Prisoners are Political Prisoners

12 June 2020 at 16:10
During the Powwow at the federal prison. Pictured (L to R): Karen Van Fossan, Anonymous, Rattler (NoDAPL Political Prisoner), Sandra Freeman.

The last time Rattler called from Sandstone prison, I had just returned from the first action here in Fargo to commemorate the brutal murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and too many other Black people killed by police. As a political prisoner from the Water Protector Movement at Standing Rock, Rattler spoke of the historic connections between violence against Black people, Indigenous people like himself, and all people of color.

Continue reading All Prisoners are Political Prisoners on UUA.org.

Daily Compass: Fallen

10 June 2020 at 09:00

Christian theology suggests that we live in a fallen world, in which original sin means that we are all sinners. Gravity declares that if you drop something it will fall, because that’s just the way things work.

How do you make sense of the fact that things in the world so often go wrong?

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BraverWiser: Claiming Our Names

10 June 2020 at 08:55
In a sea of protestors wearing black, a person holds a sign reading "Black trans lives matter."

Otto O'Connor

“No pride for some of us without liberation for all of us."
—Marsha P. Johnson

Happy Pride. It feels strange to say that; this moment is anything but happy because of an assault in this country on Black and brown bodies that has never really ended.

Continue reading Claiming Our Names on UUA.org.

Daily Compass: Bad Hair

9 June 2020 at 09:00

“Some of the worst mistakes in my life were haircuts”
― Jim Morrison

What small mistake still bugs you?

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LeaderLab: Keeping Our Children and Youth Safe in Online Programs

8 June 2020 at 22:15
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UUA Congregational Life Staff Group

One way UU congregations live our values is through our Safe Congregations committees and policies to create a safer and more welcoming community for all. Visit the Safe Congregations pages for complete information.

Below are some particular areas to pay attention to during online programming for the safety of children and youth.

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Better Together: Has Your Congregation Updated Your Leadership Information?

8 June 2020 at 18:45
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Central East Region of the UUA

It's that time of the year again. Your congregation has held its annual meeting and elected new officers, or its on your schedule. You have new committee chairs appointed to lead your work for next year. But have you told anyone outside the congregation about these changes?

Continue reading Has Your Congregation Updated Your Leadership Information? on UUA.org.

Daily Compass: Wrong

8 June 2020 at 09:00

The world is full of opinions that are equally valid. But there are other things that are just factually incorrect, no matter how vigorously mistaken people might try to promote them.

What steps do you take to insure that information you share is, in fact, true?

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Daily Compass: Glorious

7 June 2020 at 09:00

“So that’s my wish for you, and all of us, and my wish for myself. Make New Mistakes. Make glorious, amazing mistakes. Make mistakes nobody’s ever made before. Don’t freeze, don’t stop, don’t worry that it isn’t good enough, or it isn’t perfect, whatever it is: art, or love, or work or family or life.”
― Neil Gaiman

What is a glorious, amazing mistake you have made?

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BraverWiser: An Awful, Magnificent Truth

3 June 2020 at 09:30
Two black children run, blurred, in joy and freedom down the street.

Carol Thomas Cissel

"We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist.”
—James Baldwin

Near the end of my sophomore year in high school, I decided to run for junior class secretary. Talked to my guidance counselor, grabbed the required form from the wooden tray on his desk, and took it home for a parental signature.

Continue reading An Awful, Magnificent Truth on UUA.org.

Daily Compass: Freedom

3 June 2020 at 09:00

“Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

When have you wished for more freedom to make mistakes?

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Daily Compass: Lost

2 June 2020 at 09:00

It’s awfully easy to take a wrong turn, and realize all of a sudden that a mistake you made some while back has landed you in completely unfamiliar territory. This is true in both a literal and a metaphorical way.

What helps you to get back on track when you are lost?

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