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From mother to gypsy
Saying goodbye to the home where I raised my children.
Their spirit is still with us
One year after a gunman opened fire in the Unitarian Universalist church in Knoxville.
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.
President Sinkford's public witness
President William G. Sinkford looks back on eight years of leadership.
Congregations organize to combat recession
Tightening their own belts, Unitarian Universalist churches help members in need.
Graduation day
Parenthood makes life serious and challenges you to push past limitations you have accepted too easily. But those issues don't go away when you decide not to have children.
Expanding a landmark
A green addition to a Frank Lloyd Wright landmark.
The love truck
The Karma Fairy is laughing her head off at the SUV in my driveway.
True to my lineage
The Rev. Mark Morrison-Reed's quest for spiritual integration.
Working together to create common security
Sharing each other's burdens in a time of economic crisis.
Congregations remain hopeful in face of recession
Most are worried about finding ways to support members in need.
The mini-golf church
Unitarian Universalists congregation in Colorado Springs bought an amusement park in 2007.
A little of that human touch
Relationship insights from the Boss.
Watching the evidence change
A meditation on the inauguration of President Barack Obama, in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Hold on: The wisdom of endurance
Suffering and anxiety are usually just as finite and
time-limited as high passion and unalloyed joy.
The devil and Martha Stewart
Don’t give in to the voice that fuels the fires of perfectionism—especially here at the holidays.
The ghosts of Unitarian Christmas
'A Christmas Carol,' updated.
Congregations develop programs for seniors
What Unitarian Universalist congregations can do to make churches friendlier places for seniors.
More congregations create addiction ministries
125 Unitarian Universalist congregations now offer ministries to people struggling with addiction.
Ted Sorensen, JFK's Unitarian speechwriter
An interview with President Kennedy's counselor and speechwriter.
Do you have just enough anxiety?
Anxiety can be a major source of energy in our lives and our organizations.
How to raise a mensch
Cultivating your child's ethical and spiritual growth.
General Assembly: 'The threshold of a new era'
UUA General Assembly resounds with calls for liberal leadership.
Congregations helping other congregations
Aiding another congregation gives 'sense of supporting a larger vision of Unitarian Universalism.'
The avatar's advantage
Cast your goals in mythic terms to make a lasting difference.
The call of self
Finding my path when the choices I made in my twenties didn't work out.
The stages of rest
Four stages of burnout and recovery as the church year draws to a close.
The story of the 'Sources' cantata
Music celebrating the Six Sources of Unitarian Universalism.
The daffodil rescue mission
People say, ‘Bloom where you’re planted,’ but things happen.
Music programs key to congregational life
Growing diversity in music characterizes Unitarian Universalism today.
Home grown Unitarian Universalism
Developing home-based community rituals that root UU adults and children.
Was your town a sundown town?
How to find out if your community intentionally excluded African Americans.
Sketches of Crete
A sense of humor builds a bridge across cultures.
Recycling an old church
Elements from a 1911 church are incorporated into a new sanctuary.
Spirited defender
Karen Tse's human rights ministry is helping to eradicate torture.
'Twilight Zone' writer challenged prejudice
Rod Serling, a Unitarian, confronted prejudice with innovative television scripts.
Spiritual landmark in Second Life
Building a church in virtual reality.
Starting a new congregation from scratch
How three new congregations began.
Carolyn McDade's spirit of life
The story of Unitarian Universalism's most beloved song.
Documenting the gay marriage revolution
The story of legal same-sex marriage in Massachusetts.
The floating life
Going with the flow sounds nice, until the river tries to kill you.
Even secular parents are religious educators
If you don't answer your children's religious questions, someone else will
Midweek church nights build spirit
Dinner, programs, and worship for all ages bring people together on weeknights.
Excess baggage
Nonmaterialists on vacation.
Fireworks at the wedding
Fireworks and church may not seem to go together, but in my family they do.
Our calling, Summer 2007
The unfulfilled promise of a racially and culturally diverse Unitarian Universalism.
Unitarian Universalists on the Eightfold Path
Buddhism puts down roots in American congregations.
What you can do about global warming
The global warming problem is too global for a few simple steps to solve it, but there are actions you can take.
Help for anxious parents
The world is a dangerous place, but many parents are at risk of overprotecting their children.
John S. Dacey, the anxiety pro
Psychologist John Dacey's own struggle with anxiety inspired a career helping others.
Interfaith community groups leverage power
Hundreds of people gathered on a specific issue can have a strong impact on elected leaders.
Religious reality in a virtual world
Second Life, the much-hyped online virtual reality world, is home to a growing Unitarian Universalist congregation.
Books address adoption's complications
Clear and honest writing about adopting a child.
Congregations for the environment
Turning the UUA's Seventh Principle into a call to action.
Stick your neck out
How you can make a difference.
Tyrone Edwards leads his town back to life
A hurricane-battered Louisiana town comes back to life, with Unitarian Universalist help.
Partners in the Gulf
Helping marginalized communities rebuild along the Gulf Coast.
Writers, join the planet's rescue team
Don't turn language into a weapon.
Why the Pentagon Papers still matter
Why Beacon Press's Pentagon Papers still matter.
UU songwriters hit a nerve with SUV song
Meet Rozanne Gates and Suzanne Sheridan.
Why I am fasting for Ramadan
A Unitarian Universalist embraces a month-long discipline of letting go.
Sexuality education is a religious issue
Fight for comprehensive sexuality education.
UU tackles patient safety after tragedy
Ilene Corina became an activist after her son's death in 1990.
Summer UU religious education programs
Children need religious education in the summer, too.
Musicians’ network offers children’s songbook
Thirty songs for children's choirs and worship services.
Learning to resist reasonable atrocity
Too often 'commonsense' truths lead people into calamity.
Community ministers help build bridges
Ministry to youth on an organic farm in Los Angeles links church to larger community.
Music vs. AIDS in Africa
The music of a pandemic.
Community investing plants seeds of opportunity
Unitarian Universalist congregations are joining in to help.
Learning to raise lifelong UUs
We're not just a religion of exiles.
Outdoor labyrinth
Virginia church practices a centuries-old tradition.
Fairbanks home to northernmost UU congregation
New building puts Alaska congregation 'on the map.'
Reviving a 227-year-old church
How the oldest Universalist church in America came back to life.
Three ways husbands express love
A new book surveys men in heterosexual marriages.
The joys and challenges of covenant groups
Not all small groups are covenant groups.
World War II novel connects with today's headlines
A 40-year-old novel asks unnervingly relevant questions about soldiers in the moral chaos of war.
Frederick Lawrence Keefe
A brief biography of the author of The Investigating Officer.
UUs join interfaith efforts to shelter homeless
Unitarian Universalist congregations shelter the homeless.
Poet laureate Ted Kooser's this-worldly faith
The U.S. poet laureate and winner of this year’s Pulitzer Prize in poetry is a Unitarian Universalist.
Philip Simmons's wisdom
A documentary follows contributing editor Philip Simmons through his final months.
Acts of kindness in a hurricane's aftermath
Unitarian Universalists work tirelessly to help
the displaced residents of the Gulf Coast states.
A death in Iraq; a church changed
An opponent becomes an ally after losing his soldier son.
The Veatch story
A generous gift has provided millions for Unitarian Universalist and social justice programs.
UU Veatch grants support justice programs
A few modest corrections won't fix the injustice in our society; radical change is needed.
Parents crusade to end the death penalty
A Texas couple's crusade to end capital punishment.
Tombaugh discovered Pluto, co-founded church
At 24, Clyde Tombaugh discovered the elusive ninth planet.
Jason Shelton's music aims for transformation
Nashville music ministry brings new energy to Unitarian Universalist worship.
Film documents law's effect on same-sex couple
A Unitarian Universalist couple leaves Virginia to preserve their rights.
Don't just say no
Abstinence-only programs hurt kids and society.
Spiritual lessons from running
Ten spiritual lessons that running has taught me.
Frank Lloyd Wright's Unitarian Universalist churches
Architect with Unitarian roots designed two famous UU churches.
Raising money through home hospitality
Congregations turn to creative fundraisers.
UU awarded MacArthur 'genius grant'
Amy Smith, an instructor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a lifelong member of Follen Church in Lexington, Massachusetts.
Joseph Nye, soft-power theorist
An expert on international relations praises the 'soft power' of attraction.
Meet today's UU abolitionists
Four Unitarian Universalist groups confront modern slavery.
Ric Masten, dancing through life
A poet responds to cancer the way he knows best.
Addictions ministry moves beyond AA
The Rev. Denis Meacham creates new ministry at First Parish Brewster, Mass.
Same-sex marriage comes to Massachusetts
Deeper and broader trends make the rest of the country more tolerant, too.
Reconciliation as a spiritual discipline
In our own souls, between individuals, within groups, and between groups.
Enduring bond between American church and African clinic
Unity Church-Unitarian and the Nyirongo family.
Visit to the Kasambala Medical Clinic
An American minister visits the African clinic his church supports.
The practice of reconciliation
A personal guide.
Resetting the worry alarm
Psychologically and spiritually, we don't have to live in Code Orange.
Rituals for holidays and everyday
Five rituals to try at home.
Sharing the plate increases giving
More congregations give their Sunday offering to charity.
Creating rituals with and for children
Celebrate your family's values with your own traditions.
10 ways to make your religious education program boy-friendly
Are boys getting what they need at church?
When Sunday school isn't boy-friendly.
Philip Simmons, 1957-2002
A tribute to Philip Simmons by his editor at UU World.
Congregations commit to civil liberties
UUA champions civil liberties as U.S. responds to 9/11.
Liberal evangelists on campus
Young Unitarian Universalists are sharing their faith and building worship groups on college campuses — and the UUA and local congregations are scurrying to support them.
A step toward racial reconciliation
A Cincinnati church reaches out to the family of a black Unitarian minister it rejected many years ago.
Grassroots work joins Unitarian Universalists, others
Faith-based community organizing builds alliances to make change.
Ministers bring blessing to Ground Zero
'We went into a nightmare.'
9-11 postcard from Brooklyn
One minister describes a day of shock and mourning.
UU churches in cities attacked on 9-11
Houses of hope.
Congregation's wall of remembrance
Sharing the grief of 9/11.
Unitarian Universalist responses to 9-11
Congregations near and far respond to 9/11.
UUs open their hearts in 9-11's aftermath
UU congregations and volunteers respond.
Eleven UUs died in 9-11 attacks
In memoriam.
Transforming the lives of India's 'broken people'
How the UU Holdeen India Program helps India's outcastes.
Unfinished journey: Selma 1965
Unitarian Universalists responded to Martin Luther King Jr.'s call to Selma. Two gave their lives.
Reclaiming the best of fatherhood
Roundtable discussion with Mary Pipher, William Doherty, and Neil Chethik.
Tips for more confident fathering
Hands-on fathers help children thrive.
What do sons really need from their dads?
What losing a father teaches men about fatherhood.
What's distinctive about UU relationships?
Unitarian Universalist principles for healty relationships.
Universalism: 200 years and growing
The spirit of Universalism and the future of Unitarian Universalism.
