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The floating life
Going with the flow sounds nice, until the river tries to kill you.
By Meg Barnhouse 9.17.07

Documenting the gay marriage revolution
The story of legal same-sex marriage in Massachusetts.
By Christopher L. Walton 9.17.07

Even secular parents are religious educators
If you don't answer your children's religious questions, someone else will
By Roberta M. Nelson 8.27.07

Midweek church nights build spirit
Dinner, programs, and worship for all ages bring people together on weeknights.
By Tom Stites 7.30.07

Fireworks at the wedding
Fireworks and church may not seem to go together, but in my family they do.
By Meg Barnhouse 7.2.07

Excess baggage
Nonmaterialists on vacation.
By Barbara Merritt 7.2.07

Our calling, Summer 2007
The unfulfilled promise of a racially and culturally diverse Unitarian Universalism.
By William G. Sinkford 6.11.07

Unitarian Universalists on the Eightfold Path
Buddhism puts down roots in American congregations.
By Rick Heller 5.21.07

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.
By Jon Luoma 4.23.07

John S. Dacey, the anxiety pro
Psychologist John Dacey's own struggle with anxiety inspired a career helping others.
By Kimberly French 4.2.07

Help for anxious parents
The world is a dangerous place, but many parents are at risk of overprotecting their children.
By Kimberly French 4.2.07

Interfaith community groups leverage power
Hundreds of people gathered on a specific issue can have a strong impact on elected leaders.
By Donald E. Skinner 3.26.07

Religious reality in a virtual world
Second Life, the much-hyped online virtual reality world, is home to a growing Unitarian Universalist congregation.
By Kenneth Sutton 2.19.07

Books address adoption's complications
Clear and honest writing about adopting a child.
By Jane Greer 2.5.07

Congregations for the environment
Turning the UUA's Seventh Principle into a call to action.
By Donald E. Skinner 1.15.07

Stick your neck out
How you can make a difference.
By John Graham 1.1.07

Partners in the Gulf
Helping marginalized communities rebuild along the Gulf Coast.
By Michelle Bates Deakin 12.11.06

Tyrone Edwards leads his town back to life
A hurricane-battered Louisiana town comes back to life, with Unitarian Universalist help.
By Michelle Bates Deakin 12.11.06

Writers, join the planet's rescue team
Don't turn language into a weapon.
By Mary Pipher 11.27.06

Why the Pentagon Papers still matter
Why Beacon Press's Pentagon Papers still matter.
By Allison Trzop 10.23.06

UU songwriters hit a nerve with SUV song
Meet Rozanne Gates and Suzanne Sheridan.
By Neil Miller 10.2.06

Why I am fasting for Ramadan
A Unitarian Universalist embraces a month-long discipline of letting go.
By Abhi Janamanchi 10.2.06

Sexuality education is a religious issue
Fight for comprehensive sexuality education.
By William G. Sinkford 9.18.06

UU tackles patient safety after tragedy
Ilene Corina became an activist after her son's death in 1990.
By Jane Greer 9.4.06

Musicians’ network offers children’s songbook
Thirty songs for children's choirs and worship services.
By Christopher L. Walton 8.21.06

Summer UU religious education programs
Children need religious education in the summer, too.
By Donald E. Skinner 8.21.06

Learning to resist reasonable atrocity
Too often 'commonsense' truths lead people into calamity.
By David R. Schwartz 7.24.06

Community ministers help build bridges
Ministry to youth on an organic farm in Los Angeles links church to larger community.
By Donald E. Skinner 7.3.06

Music vs. AIDS in Africa
The music of a pandemic.
By Jonah Eller-Isaacs 5.22.06

The other mother in the delivery room
Complications confront the lesbian mom.
By Hillary Goodridge 5.8.06

Community investing plants seeds of opportunity
Unitarian Universalist congregations are joining in to help.
By Dorothy May Emerson 4.3.06

Learning to raise lifelong UUs
We're not just a religion of exiles.
By Barbara Wells ten Hove 3.27.06

Outdoor labyrinth
Virginia church practices a centuries-old tradition.
By Jane Greer 3.20.06

Fairbanks home to northernmost UU congregation
New building puts Alaska congregation 'on the map.'
By Jane Greer 3.6.06

Reviving a 227-year-old church
How the oldest Universalist church in America came back to life.
By Jane Greer 2.27.06

Three ways husbands express love
A new book surveys men in heterosexual marriages.
By Neil Chethik 2.13.06

The joys and challenges of covenant groups
Not all small groups are covenant groups.
By Donald E. Skinner 1.30.06

Frederick Lawrence Keefe
A brief biography of the author of The Investigating Officer.
By Barbara W. Carlson 1.23.06

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.
By Barbara W. Carlson 1.23.06

UUs join interfaith efforts to shelter homeless
Unitarian Universalist congregations shelter the homeless.
By Sonja L. Cohen 12.12.05

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.
By Dan Cryer 12.5.05

Philip Simmons's wisdom
A documentary follows contributing editor Philip Simmons through his final months.
By Tom Stites 11.28.05

Visit to Darfur refugee camp in Chad
The UUA president reports from a fact-finding trip.
By William G. Sinkford 11.21.05

Acts of kindness in a hurricane's aftermath
Unitarian Universalists work tirelessly to help the displaced residents of the Gulf Coast states.
By Michelle Bates Deakin 11.7.05

A death in Iraq; a church changed
An opponent becomes an ally after losing his soldier son.
By Jane Greer 10.31.05

The Veatch story
A generous gift has provided millions for Unitarian Universalist and social justice programs.
By Warren R. Ross 10.24.05

UU Veatch grants support justice programs
A few modest corrections won't fix the injustice in our society; radical change is needed.
By Warren R. Ross 10.24.05

Parents crusade to end the death penalty
A Texas couple's crusade to end capital punishment.
By Donald E. Skinner 10.17.05

Tombaugh discovered Pluto, co-founded church
At 24, Clyde Tombaugh discovered the elusive ninth planet.
By Kimberly French 10.3.05

Jason Shelton's music aims for transformation
Nashville music ministry brings new energy to Unitarian Universalist worship.
By Donald E. Skinner 9.26.05

Film documents law's effect on same-sex couple
A Unitarian Universalist couple leaves Virginia to preserve their rights.
By Amelia Koford 9.12.05

Don't just say no
Abstinence-only programs hurt kids and society.
By Cynthia Kuhn 8.14.05

Spiritual lessons from running
Ten spiritual lessons that running has taught me.
By Lisa Watts 8.8.05

A new theology of marriage
Religious liberals are poised to take a new look at marriage.
By William J. Doherty 8.6.05

Ambitious first book at 21
Paul Kendrick talks about Sarah's Long Walk.
By Christopher L. Walton 8.1.05

Unitarian Universalists reach out to prisoners
Pen pals and chaplains reach out to inmates with a message of each person's inherent worth and dignity.
By Warren R. Ross 7.25.05

Two CDs offer inspired performances
Two recordings for your UU music collection.
By Christopher L. Walton 7.18.05

Chaplain in the wilderness
Kate Braestrup's ministry in the Maine woods.
By Donald E. Skinner 7.4.05

Frank Lloyd Wright's Unitarian Universalist churches
Architect with Unitarian roots designed two famous UU churches.
By Jane Greer 6.30.05

Raising money through home hospitality
Congregations turn to creative fundraisers.
By Donald E. Skinner 5.1.05

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.
By Donald E. Skinner 3.1.05

Microlending resources for your congregation
What you and your congregation can do.
By Dorothy May Emerson 3.1.05

Joseph Nye, soft-power theorist
An expert on international relations praises the 'soft power' of attraction.
By Michelle Bates Deakin 1.1.05

Ric Masten, dancing through life
A poet responds to cancer the way he knows best.
By Frances Cerra Whittelsey 11.1.04

Addictions ministry moves beyond AA
The Rev. Denis Meacham creates new ministry at First Parish Brewster, Mass.
By Michelle Bates Deakin 7.1.04

Same-sex marriage comes to Massachusetts
Deeper and broader trends make the rest of the country more tolerant, too.
By Neil Miller 5.1.04

Enduring bond between American church and African clinic
Unity Church-Unitarian and the Nyirongo family.
By Warren R. Ross 3.1.04

Reconciliation as a spiritual discipline
In our own souls, between individuals, within groups, and between groups.
By Paula Cole Jones 3.1.04

The practice of reconciliation
A personal guide.
By Paula Cole Jones 3.1.04

Visit to the Kasambala Medical Clinic
An American minister visits the African clinic his church supports.
By Robert L. Eller-Isaacs 3.1.04

Resetting the worry alarm
Psychologically and spiritually, we don't have to live in Code Orange.
By Forrest Church 1.1.04

Sharing the plate increases giving
More congregations give their Sunday offering to charity.
By Donald E. Skinner 7.1.03

Creating rituals with and for children
Celebrate your family's values with your own traditions.
By Meg Cox 7.1.03

Rituals for holidays and everyday
Five rituals to try at home.
By Meg Cox 7.1.03

Are boys getting what they need at church?
When Sunday school isn't boy-friendly.
By Neil Chethik 1.1.03

10 ways to make your religious education program boy-friendly
By Staff Writer 1.1.03

Philip Simmons, 1957-2002
A tribute to Philip Simmons by his editor at UU World.
By David Reich 11.1.02

Congregations commit to civil liberties
UUA champions civil liberties as U.S. responds to 9/11.
By Donald E. Skinner 11.1.02

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.
By Neil Shister 9.2.02

A step toward racial reconciliation
A Cincinnati church reaches out to the family of a black Unitarian minister it rejected many years ago.
By David Whitford 5.1.02

Grassroots work joins Unitarian Universalists, others
Faith-based community organizing builds alliances to make change.
By Donald E. Skinner 3.1.02

UUs open their hearts in 9-11's aftermath
UU congregations and volunteers respond.
By Donald E. Skinner 1.1.02

9-11 postcard from Brooklyn
One minister describes a day of shock and mourning.
By W. Frederick Wooden 1.1.02

Unitarian Universalist responses to 9-11
Congregations near and far respond to 9/11.
By Donald E. Skinner 1.1.02

UU churches in cities attacked on 9-11
Houses of hope.
By Donald E. Skinner 1.1.02

Congregation's wall of remembrance
Sharing the grief of 9/11.
By Donald E. Skinner 1.1.02

Ministers bring blessing to Ground Zero
'We went into a nightmare.'
By Donald E. Skinner 1.1.02

Eleven UUs died in 9-11 attacks
In memoriam.
By Donald E. Skinner 1.1.02

Transforming the lives of India's 'broken people'
How the UU Holdeen India Program helps India's outcastes.
By David Zucchino 7.1.01

Unfinished journey: Selma 1965
Unitarian Universalists responded to Martin Luther King Jr.'s call to Selma. Two gave their lives.
By Christopher L. Walton 5.1.01

Reclaiming the best of fatherhood
Roundtable discussion with Mary Pipher, William Doherty, and Neil Chethik.
By David Whitford 1.1.01

What do sons really need from their dads?
What losing a father teaches men about fatherhood.
By Neil Chethik 1.1.01

Tips for more confident fathering
Hands-on fathers help children thrive.
By William J. Doherty 1.1.01

What's distinctive about UU relationships?
Unitarian Universalist principles for healty relationships.
By Neil Chethik and Kelly Flood 3.1.99

Universalism: 200 years and growing
The spirit of Universalism and the future of Unitarian Universalism.
By John Lovell 7.1.93