UU World Online Archives

FEATURES Nights can be tough A man with a gun tells you you’re fighting and trying to walk away as you stand still. by Kenny Wiley; Rejoice and struggle An emotionally intense UUA General Assembly celebrates marriage equality and affirms the Black Lives Matter movement.

Features Reckoning with history After fifty years, the families and friends of three civil rights martyrs return to Selma, still weighing the price they had to pay. By Amy K….

Features The radical King we don’t know Does America have the capacity to heed the radical Martin Luther King Jr., or must America sanitize King in order to evade and avoid his challenge?

Features Offenders among us Whether we realize it or not, we likely all know sex abuse victims and offenders. Can we be in community with both?

Features Challenging the surveillance state First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles is suing the National Security Agency. The church knows from experience how invasive government surveillance can be.

Features Into the beyond Changing how we do church is scary, but not changing means decline and a lost opportunity. By Terasa Cooley in Ideas; Seminary 3.0 Meadville Lombard has transformed its approach to theological education….

Features War zone sabbatical I went to Afghanistan and Iraq to learn something about hope. By Tim Kutzmark in Ideas; The other General Assembly Unitarian Universalists get hooked on SUUSI, a high-energy, thinking-person’s family camp….

Features Political empathy Demonizing your political opponents doesn’t change anyone’s mind, but empathy can. By Doug Muder in Ideas; Religious community is not enough Unitarian Universalism’s purpose is much bigger than gathering with like-minded people for mutual support.

Features Our animal contradictions How Unitarian Universalism can help us sort out our place in the animal world. By Kimberly French in Spirit; Gini’s revolution The UUA’s longest serving moderator reflects on a legacy of volunteer leadership. By Christopher L….

Features Adaptation and defiance Climate change requires adaptation, but it also calls for defiance. By Jeffrey A. Lockwood in Ideas; Bound in covenant Congregational covenants are declarations of interdependence.