Recent Stories
Waiting for a great novel about UU ministry
Contemporary authors have yet to plumb the true depths of Unitarian Universalist ministers' lives.
Religion and science can be partners
An atheist sees a shared commitment to human advancement in science and in religion.
Photographic tour of Wright's Unity Temple
New book celebrates Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpiece for an Illinois Unitarian Universalist congregation.
Forrest Church's Universalism
For Church, 'E pluribus unum' was a civic ideal and a religious insight.
Reach out to become a public church
A Unitarian Universalist church should see the greater good as its primary purpose.
Message or culture?
Is Unitarian Universalism about sharing a message or preserving a culture?
Unitarian Universalism in Africa
Unitarian Universalism is growing rapidly in Africa, uniting people from many tribes to serve the poor.
The promised land is under your feet
Communities owe their health to those with the fortitude to stay put.
Prayer for the people of Iran
An Iranian-American holds her breath as hundreds of thousands march for democracy in Iran.
Holding the center against sectarianism and secularity
Religious liberals reject the idea that a religion is a collection of beliefs that are either true or false.
Our inner ape
How deeply rooted is our Unitarian Universalist
belief in peace and justice for all?
Working together to create common security
Sharing each other's burdens in a time of economic crisis.
A little of that human touch
Relationship insights from the Boss.
Reason for alarm
Books about reason in religion, environmentalism, and U.S. culture.
A broken hallelujah
Praise in the midst of a broken world and a broken heart?
The ghosts of Unitarian Christmas
'A Christmas Carol,' updated.
Can spirituality help at work?
Spirituality is packaged as if it's a pep pill for overworked managers.
A bench by the road
The author of 'Beloved' wrote her novel because there was 'no suitable memorial' to slaves.
Transcendentalism divided
Some Transcendentalists emphasized self-reliance, but others stressed social reform.
Three in a thousand identify as Unitarians
A new survey estimates that 0.3 percent of American adults identify as Unitarians.
The story of the 'Sources' cantata
Music celebrating the Six Sources of Unitarian Universalism.
Why I'm sticking with classics
My reasons for reading Hawthorne, Melville, and Dante are hardly noble.
Was your town a sundown town?
How to find out if your community intentionally excluded African Americans.
Forgotten story of America's whites-only towns
James Loewen documents the rise of 'sundown towns' and their enduring legacy.
Liberal religion and the working class
Unitarian Universalism has a class problem.
Drops of water turn a mill
Does the Internet Age augur a revival of liberal religion?
Louisa May Alcott's Unitarian legacy
Did 'Little Women' plant the seeds of my own Unitarian Universalism?
Help for anxious parents
The world is a dangerous place, but many parents are at risk of overprotecting their children.
Books address adoption's complications
Clear and honest writing about adopting a child.
Straight to Jesus
Inside the Evangelical gay-conversion movement.
We are what we eat
Michael Pollan's 'Omnivore's Dilemma' challenges our eating habits.
American myths reconsidered
Five years after 9/11.
Five years of 9-11 articles
Selections from UU World's archives, 2001-2006.
Secularism and tolerance after 9-11
Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, and Reza Aslan.
Sam Harris challenges liberal religious tolerance
Sam Harris has good news and bad news for Unitarian Universalists.
Unitarian minister's TV special celebrates 'American Creed'
The Rev. Forrest Church writes Hallmark Channel documentary.
Newbery winner reflects author's liberal faith
Thoughtful teen novel weaves in themes from various world religions.
UUA marks Welcoming program milestone
500th UU church completes Welcoming Congregation program.
The quest for the historical Mary Magdalene
The church fathers and 'The Da Vinci Code' both get Mary Magdalene wrong.
Church offers classes on science of evolution
Kansas UU church offers refresher biology course to public.
Counterculture and liberal religion
20th-century transformations of liberal religion.
Halloween's ritual roots
Even in its secular and commercial form, Halloween ritualizes our inescapable destination.
Competing worldviews of fundamentalists and religious liberals
Why fundamentalists fear liberal family values.
Two new books about the urge to mend
What can we do to help?
Students surveyed on spirituality
Study: Unitarian Universalist college students stand out for spiritual curiosity, volunteerism, social justice work, compassion, and respect for religious diversity.
Don't just say no
Abstinence-only programs hurt kids and society.
The spiritual in science fiction
A Unitarian Universalist take on science fiction and fantasy.
Podcasting helps spread UU message
Ministers use new technology to reach the masses.
The fear patrol
Unitarian Universalists offer insights into the cultural and personal sources of fear
The pages of sin
Greed, envy, gluttony, and lust reconsidered.
Orthodox Jewish wisdom for religious liberals
Engaging my ancestral Judaism enriches my Unitarian Universalism.
Visit to the Kasambala Medical Clinic
An American minister visits the African clinic his church supports.
Human origins and human futures
Looking back at Darwin and ahead at genetic engineering.
The fundamentalist agenda
Fundamentalism may be absolutely natural, ancient, and powerful—but the liberal impulse makes us humane.
Science and its metaphors
How far does the authority of science go?
Religious dialogue in a divided world
The urgent need for Muslim dialogue and a Jew's quest to pray with Christians and Muslims.
The middle of everywhere
How Lincoln, Nebraska, came to be the picture of America's multicultural future.
How to be a cultural broker
Things you can to help refugees in your town.
An urgent encounter with Islam
A reading list in the aftermath of 9/11.
Special issue: Life with terrorism
A guide to stories from UU World's special issue responding to the attacks of 9/11.
Unshakable foundations
What endures in a time of terror: A sermon from the week of 9/11.
A brief introduction to India's caste system
India's constitution outlawed castes in 1950, but millions are still treated as outcastes.
E.J. Graff asks what marriage is for
The author of a history of marriage says the time has come for same-sex marriage.
