Best-selling author interviewed, youth travel to Europe, and more
Best-selling UU author Braestrup on Maine TV
"Conversations With Maine" host Frank Ferrel interviews the Rev. Kate Braestrup, a chaplain for the Maine Warden Service and author of the best-selling memoir Here If You Need Me. (interview length is 26:46) (MPBN News - 8.6.09)
Youth visit Europe for Unitarian exchange program
A reporter with the Lower Hudson Journal interviews a group of UU youth from New York preparing to participate in a Unitarian exchange program in Europe. (Lower Hudson Journal - NY 8.1.09)
A letter to the editor from one of the youth's mothers praises the article overall, but takes issue with the use of the phrase "religion-lite." (Lower Hudson Journal - NY 8.4.09)
The UUA's Advocacy and Witness blog "Inspired Faith, Effective Action" also wrote about the group in July. (7.20.09)
Harvard Divinity's Emerson chair inauguration
The Summer 2009 issue of Harvard Divinity Today (not available online as far as I can tell) had a story about the inauguration of the Ralph Waldo Emerson Chair and featured a photo of Ralph Waldo Emerson Unitarian Universalist Association Senior Lecturer in Divinity Dan McKanan, who delivered the inaugural lecture, and former UUA President William G. Sinkford. You can watch McKanan's lecture, "Unless a Seed Falls: Cultivating Liberal Institutions," online. (5.7.09)
Also in the media:
Jason Tippitt, a UU and editor with the Jackson Sun, writes about the anniversary of the shootings at the Tennessee Valley UU Church in Knoxville, and how there is "no more constructive way to stand up to a hate-filled terrorist than with love and support across religious, political, and cultural barriers." (Jackson Sun - 8.2.09)
The First UU Church of Wausau, Wisc., celebrated the state’s adoption of a domestic partnership registry that will ensure many legal protections for same-sex couples. (Wausau Daily Herald - Wausau, WI 8.4.09)
Members of the First UU Church of Wausau, Wisc., traveled to Utah to attend this year's General Assembly in Salt Lake City. (Wausau Daily Herald - Wasau, WI 7.31.09)
Christopher L. Walton contributed to this week's blog.
"Conversations With Maine" host Frank Ferrel interviews the Rev. Kate Braestrup, a chaplain for the Maine Warden Service and author of the best-selling memoir Here If You Need Me. (interview length is 26:46) (MPBN News - 8.6.09)
Youth visit Europe for Unitarian exchange program
A reporter with the Lower Hudson Journal interviews a group of UU youth from New York preparing to participate in a Unitarian exchange program in Europe. (Lower Hudson Journal - NY 8.1.09)
A letter to the editor from one of the youth's mothers praises the article overall, but takes issue with the use of the phrase "religion-lite." (Lower Hudson Journal - NY 8.4.09)
The UUA's Advocacy and Witness blog "Inspired Faith, Effective Action" also wrote about the group in July. (7.20.09)
Harvard Divinity's Emerson chair inauguration
The Summer 2009 issue of Harvard Divinity Today (not available online as far as I can tell) had a story about the inauguration of the Ralph Waldo Emerson Chair and featured a photo of Ralph Waldo Emerson Unitarian Universalist Association Senior Lecturer in Divinity Dan McKanan, who delivered the inaugural lecture, and former UUA President William G. Sinkford. You can watch McKanan's lecture, "Unless a Seed Falls: Cultivating Liberal Institutions," online. (5.7.09)
Also in the media:
Jason Tippitt, a UU and editor with the Jackson Sun, writes about the anniversary of the shootings at the Tennessee Valley UU Church in Knoxville, and how there is "no more constructive way to stand up to a hate-filled terrorist than with love and support across religious, political, and cultural barriers." (Jackson Sun - 8.2.09)
The First UU Church of Wausau, Wisc., celebrated the state’s adoption of a domestic partnership registry that will ensure many legal protections for same-sex couples. (Wausau Daily Herald - Wausau, WI 8.4.09)
Members of the First UU Church of Wausau, Wisc., traveled to Utah to attend this year's General Assembly in Salt Lake City. (Wausau Daily Herald - Wasau, WI 7.31.09)
Christopher L. Walton contributed to this week's blog.
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