UUs get major media attention, and more
UUs give 'Gift of the Week'
The Wall Street Journal's "Gift of the Week" came from Alice Schulman and her late husband, the Rev. Frank Schulman, who recently gave the UUA $2 million to support several professorships and scholarships relating to Unitarian Universalism. (Wall Street Journal - 8.24.07)
UU books noted by mainstream media
The Rev. Kate Braestrup's memoir, Here if You Need Me, continues to garner positive reviews. The Washington Post says it "can be read as a superbly crafted memoir of love, loss, grief, hope and the complex subtleties of faith. Or it can be read as the journey of a strong-minded, warmhearted woman through tragedy to grace." And the New York Daily News says, "Braestrup is both funny and pragmatic in telling the story of how she came to serve God and man in combat-style pants and a pop-in clerical collar." (Washington Post - 8.29.07; New York Daily News - 8.26.07)
CNN also picked up an AP story about Braestrup. (CNN.com - 8.17.07)
See also: Chaplain in the wilderness (UU World - May/June 2005)
The Washington Post talks to Ellery Schempp, who as a teenager was involved in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that outlawed school-sponsored prayer. (Washington Post - 8.23.07)
Schempp's story is also told in a new book, Ellery's Protest: How One Young Man Defied Tradition and Sparked the Battle over School Prayer.
See also: A victory for the heretics (UU World - Jan/Feb 2003)
A stand of conscience
The Lincoln Journal Star and Democracy Now! report on Mary Pipher—the noted psychologist, bestselling author, and UU World contributor—who has protested a decision by the American Psychological Association not to forbid its members from working with CIA and military interrogators who use "enhanced interrogation techniques," including many that are considered torture by human rights groups and many governments. In protest, Pipher returned the Presidential Award she received from the APA in 2006, which honored her work with refugee populations. (UU World published an excerpt from the book she wrote about working with refugees: "The Middle of Everywhere," July/August 2002.) (Lincoln Journal Star, 8.23.07; Democracy Now, 8.28.07)
Unitarian Universalism in Second Life
The First Unitarian Universalist Church of Second Life and UU minister the Rev. Christine Robinson both appear in this article about Second Life, an increasingly popular online virtual reality world. (Albuquerque Journal - 8.26.07 registration required)
See also:
Going to church in Second Life (uuworld.org – 2.19.07)
Spiritual landmark in Second Life (UU World - Fall 2007)
Also in the media:
Virginia Republican Rep. Tom Davis received a less-than-warm welcome when he attended a meeting of Americans Against Escalation in Iraq at the Accotink UU Church in Burke, Va. (The Washington Post - 8.24.07)
See also: "Republican Suggests White House Will 'tweak' Petraeus Report" (CBS News - 8.23.07)
About 40 people attended an antiwar protest at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Augusta, Ga. (Augusta Chronicle - GA 8.29.07 registration required)
The Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo, Calif., partners with a sister congregation in the Philippines. (San Mateo County Times - San Mateo, CA 8.27.07)
An environmental group at the Allegheny, Pa., UU Church is using a book called Low Carbon Diet: A 30-Day Program to Lose 5,000 Pounds, which applies diet program techniques to carbon reduction. (Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh, PA 8.23.07)
The UU Church of St. Petersburg, Fla., gets a mention in an article about how more couples in the area are choosing to wed at downtown churches. (St. Petersburg Times - FL 8.29.07)
The annual Littleton, Mass., Country Fair was originally organized by women's groups within the local First Church Unitarian. (Littleton Independent - Concord, MA 8.28.07)
Chris Walton contributed to this week's blog.
The Wall Street Journal's "Gift of the Week" came from Alice Schulman and her late husband, the Rev. Frank Schulman, who recently gave the UUA $2 million to support several professorships and scholarships relating to Unitarian Universalism. (Wall Street Journal - 8.24.07)
UU books noted by mainstream media
The Rev. Kate Braestrup's memoir, Here if You Need Me, continues to garner positive reviews. The Washington Post says it "can be read as a superbly crafted memoir of love, loss, grief, hope and the complex subtleties of faith. Or it can be read as the journey of a strong-minded, warmhearted woman through tragedy to grace." And the New York Daily News says, "Braestrup is both funny and pragmatic in telling the story of how she came to serve God and man in combat-style pants and a pop-in clerical collar." (Washington Post - 8.29.07; New York Daily News - 8.26.07)
CNN also picked up an AP story about Braestrup. (CNN.com - 8.17.07)
See also: Chaplain in the wilderness (UU World - May/June 2005)
The Washington Post talks to Ellery Schempp, who as a teenager was involved in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that outlawed school-sponsored prayer. (Washington Post - 8.23.07)
Schempp's story is also told in a new book, Ellery's Protest: How One Young Man Defied Tradition and Sparked the Battle over School Prayer.
See also: A victory for the heretics (UU World - Jan/Feb 2003)
A stand of conscience
The Lincoln Journal Star and Democracy Now! report on Mary Pipher—the noted psychologist, bestselling author, and UU World contributor—who has protested a decision by the American Psychological Association not to forbid its members from working with CIA and military interrogators who use "enhanced interrogation techniques," including many that are considered torture by human rights groups and many governments. In protest, Pipher returned the Presidential Award she received from the APA in 2006, which honored her work with refugee populations. (UU World published an excerpt from the book she wrote about working with refugees: "The Middle of Everywhere," July/August 2002.) (Lincoln Journal Star, 8.23.07; Democracy Now, 8.28.07)
Unitarian Universalism in Second Life
The First Unitarian Universalist Church of Second Life and UU minister the Rev. Christine Robinson both appear in this article about Second Life, an increasingly popular online virtual reality world. (Albuquerque Journal - 8.26.07 registration required)
See also:
Going to church in Second Life (uuworld.org – 2.19.07)
Spiritual landmark in Second Life (UU World - Fall 2007)
Also in the media:
Virginia Republican Rep. Tom Davis received a less-than-warm welcome when he attended a meeting of Americans Against Escalation in Iraq at the Accotink UU Church in Burke, Va. (The Washington Post - 8.24.07)
See also: "Republican Suggests White House Will 'tweak' Petraeus Report" (CBS News - 8.23.07)
About 40 people attended an antiwar protest at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Augusta, Ga. (Augusta Chronicle - GA 8.29.07 registration required)
The Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo, Calif., partners with a sister congregation in the Philippines. (San Mateo County Times - San Mateo, CA 8.27.07)
An environmental group at the Allegheny, Pa., UU Church is using a book called Low Carbon Diet: A 30-Day Program to Lose 5,000 Pounds, which applies diet program techniques to carbon reduction. (Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh, PA 8.23.07)
The UU Church of St. Petersburg, Fla., gets a mention in an article about how more couples in the area are choosing to wed at downtown churches. (St. Petersburg Times - FL 8.29.07)
The annual Littleton, Mass., Country Fair was originally organized by women's groups within the local First Church Unitarian. (Littleton Independent - Concord, MA 8.28.07)
Chris Walton contributed to this week's blog.
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