Literary UUs, a Gulf Coast reminder, and more
UUs on the bookshelf
The Christian Century gave the Rev. Kate Braestrup's best-selling memoir, Here If You Need Me, a positive review in its March 25 issue, now available online. (The Christian Century - 3.25.08)
Mingling Souls upon Paper: An Eighteenth-Century Love Story, a new book by Bonnie Hurd Smith, explores the romance between feminist and writer Judith Sargent Murray (1751-1820) and her second husband, Universalist preacher John Murray (1741-1815). (Gloucester Daily Times - MA 4.2.08)
FEMA trailer is reminder of work still to do
A FEMA trailer, identical to the ones people displaced by Hurricane Katrina live in, stopped by the Unitarian Church of Westport, Ct., as part of a UUSC campaign to raise awareness about the Gulf Coast Housing Recovery Act. (Wilton Villager - CT 4.4.08)
Also in the media:
The UU Congregation of Danbury, Ct., is preparing to vote on whether it should join the New Sanctuary Movement, meaning it would provide help and potentially offer sanctuary to illegal immigrants. (Danbury News Times - Danbury, CT 3.30.08)
See also:
County Fair: Universal Love (fairfieldweekly.com - Norwalk, CT 4.3.08)
New immigrant sanctuary movement calls for 'prophetic hospitality' (uuworld.org - 5.25.07)
A small group of community members in Winters, Calif., marked the fifth anniversary of the Iraq invasion with a protest as well as a vigil at the nearby Sacramento UU Society. (Sacramento Bee - CA 3.30.08)
The Witness the Cost of War memorial at the UU Church in Rutland, Vt., remembers U.S. troops killed in Iraq with a small gold star; the number of stars recently hit 4,000. (Rutland Herald - Rutland, VT 3.28.08)
Lynne Readett joined the fewer than 60 active Unitarian ministers in the UK after her ordination at the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches. (Wigan Today - Wigan, England, UK 4.1.08)
Several clergy members in Maryland, including some UU ministers, say they won't sign marriage licenses until same-sex marriage is made legal in their state. (Baltimore Sun - 3.31.08)
A four-person panel of religious leaders at a “Homosexuality and Religion” discussion, including UU minister Carolyn Brown, said that God doesn't condemn homosexuality or other alternative lifestyles. (University of Evansville Crescent online - Indiana 3.28.08)
The UU Fellowship of Fayetteville, Ark., a Welcoming Congregation, gets a brief mention in this article about a city's quarterly Diversity Weekend. (Arkansas Democrat Gazette - AR 3.30.08)
"Evolutionary evangelist" husband and wife team the Rev. Michael Dowd and Connie Barlow continues to get press. (Inside Bay Area - Oakland, CA 3.29.08)
See also: Welcome to the Ecozoic Era (UU World - Spring 2006)
The Christian Century gave the Rev. Kate Braestrup's best-selling memoir, Here If You Need Me, a positive review in its March 25 issue, now available online. (The Christian Century - 3.25.08)
Mingling Souls upon Paper: An Eighteenth-Century Love Story, a new book by Bonnie Hurd Smith, explores the romance between feminist and writer Judith Sargent Murray (1751-1820) and her second husband, Universalist preacher John Murray (1741-1815). (Gloucester Daily Times - MA 4.2.08)
FEMA trailer is reminder of work still to do
A FEMA trailer, identical to the ones people displaced by Hurricane Katrina live in, stopped by the Unitarian Church of Westport, Ct., as part of a UUSC campaign to raise awareness about the Gulf Coast Housing Recovery Act. (Wilton Villager - CT 4.4.08)
Also in the media:
The UU Congregation of Danbury, Ct., is preparing to vote on whether it should join the New Sanctuary Movement, meaning it would provide help and potentially offer sanctuary to illegal immigrants. (Danbury News Times - Danbury, CT 3.30.08)
See also:
County Fair: Universal Love (fairfieldweekly.com - Norwalk, CT 4.3.08)
New immigrant sanctuary movement calls for 'prophetic hospitality' (uuworld.org - 5.25.07)
A small group of community members in Winters, Calif., marked the fifth anniversary of the Iraq invasion with a protest as well as a vigil at the nearby Sacramento UU Society. (Sacramento Bee - CA 3.30.08)
The Witness the Cost of War memorial at the UU Church in Rutland, Vt., remembers U.S. troops killed in Iraq with a small gold star; the number of stars recently hit 4,000. (Rutland Herald - Rutland, VT 3.28.08)
Lynne Readett joined the fewer than 60 active Unitarian ministers in the UK after her ordination at the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches. (Wigan Today - Wigan, England, UK 4.1.08)
Several clergy members in Maryland, including some UU ministers, say they won't sign marriage licenses until same-sex marriage is made legal in their state. (Baltimore Sun - 3.31.08)
A four-person panel of religious leaders at a “Homosexuality and Religion” discussion, including UU minister Carolyn Brown, said that God doesn't condemn homosexuality or other alternative lifestyles. (University of Evansville Crescent online - Indiana 3.28.08)
The UU Fellowship of Fayetteville, Ark., a Welcoming Congregation, gets a brief mention in this article about a city's quarterly Diversity Weekend. (Arkansas Democrat Gazette - AR 3.30.08)
"Evolutionary evangelist" husband and wife team the Rev. Michael Dowd and Connie Barlow continues to get press. (Inside Bay Area - Oakland, CA 3.29.08)
See also: Welcome to the Ecozoic Era (UU World - Spring 2006)
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