Kimberly French, a former UU World contributing editor, has also written for Salon, Tikkun, Utne Reader, and other publications.
Learn more about Kimberly French on UUA.org.
By Kimberly French
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Pentecostal preacher’s conversion to Universalism now a Netflix feature filmKimberly FrenchFrom IdeasIra Glass first brought the Rev. Carlton Pearson’s story to This American Life. Now, with Chiwetel Ejiofor as Pearson, Glass brings the story to your television.
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A gesture of loveKimberly FrenchFrom IdeasWhen some felt excluded by his lyrics, Jason Shelton chose to reimagine ‘Standing on the Side of Love.’
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Can we be good neighbors in an election year?Kimberly FrenchFrom LifeDemocracy requires disagreement and the skills to manage it. Let’s model the best of that practice.
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Songs when you need themKimberly FrenchFrom EditorialYsaye Barnwell and the music of community, resistance, and power.
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Empty nest, now what?Kimberly FrenchFrom LifeAfter more than two decades, I’ve reached a new parenting milestone.
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Bug-sized solutionsKimberly FrenchFrom LifeThe same gallon of water required by a single California almond—a food I love and eat every day—can grow one pound of crickets.
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Apocalypse soonKimberly FrenchFrom IdeasHow do we live under the cloud of impending apocalypse without giving in to panic?
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Michelle Huneven, back on courseKimberly FrenchFrom EditorialSurviving alcoholism and seminary, a novelist finds depth and comedy in Unitarian Universalism.
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Safe churches need policies and vigilanceKimberly FrenchFrom Editorial‘We want congregations to be as proud of being free of sexual harassment, abuse, and misconduct as they are welcoming of LGBTQ people.’ -
Offenders among usKimberly FrenchFrom EditorialWhether we realize it or not, we likely all know sex abuse victims and offenders. Can we be in community with both? -
Reforms take aim at clergy misconductKimberly FrenchFrom EditorialIt is easy to think of clergy misconduct as a Catholic or evangelical problem. It’s not.
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A moral divideKimberly FrenchFrom IdeasCan we reconcile moral certainties with Unitarian Universalist Principles? -
Fly less, for the earth's sakeKimberly FrenchFrom IdeasOne mode of transportation causes particular ethical angst among folks concerned about climate change.
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Our animal contradictionsKimberly FrenchFrom Editorial
How Unitarian Universalism can help us sort out our place in the animal world.
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Resources for exploring your animal contradictionsKimberly FrenchFrom IdeasAn annotated guide to books and other resources.
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Caring for all creaturesKimberly FrenchFrom LifeUnitarian Universalists are providing comfort for ill or dying pets and their caregivers.
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Disco ball and candlelightKimberly FrenchFrom EditorialAt First Parish in Bedford, worship is ‘holy theater’ and anything but stuffy.
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'Justice for everyone'Kimberly FrenchFrom LifeUnitarian Universalists in Danbury, Connecticut, help immigrants directly every week. -
Tucker rescues women’s voices from archivesKimberly FrenchFrom Ideas‘I wanted to give a voice to all of this experience that has generally been disregarded.’
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Congregations as alliesKimberly FrenchFrom Editorial
How three Unitarian Universalist congregations are pursuing immigration justice.
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Mom, four kids, a year of serviceKimberly FrenchFrom LifeTeresa Keller and four kids are spending a year in service around the globe.
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To listen without judgingKimberly FrenchFrom EditorialInspired by their minister’s story, activists at a New York church launch an abortion hotline that offers support without judgment.
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Natural raptureKimberly FrenchFrom IdeasOnly when we strip away magical thinking can we see the sacred in everything. -
Unitarian values underscore Gaskell's novelsKimberly FrenchFrom IdeasEnglish novelist Elizabeth Gaskell wrote about social issues and the role of women in society.
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‘Radiant genius and fiery heart’Kimberly FrenchFrom EditorialReclaiming the legacy of Margaret Fuller, the forgotten intellectual at the heart of the Transcendentalist movement and the first American theorist of women’s equality.
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Sitting, with a good Buddhist novelKimberly FrenchFrom IdeasTelling stories could be one of the most ‘present’ things we could do.
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Guide to Buddhist fictionKimberly FrenchFrom IdeasA guide to contemporary and classic Buddhist fiction.
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Events to mark Margaret Fuller’s bicentennialKimberly FrenchFrom UU NewsDozens of events scheduled nationwide to celebrate the legacy of noted feminist, journalist, and Transcendentalist.
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A poet's griefKimberly FrenchFrom EditorialKathleen Sheeder Bonanno’s poetry chronicles her passage through grief after her daughter’s murder.
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Rev. Carlton Pearson shares Gospel of Inclusion at All Souls Unitarian Church in TulsaKimberly FrenchFrom EditorialA black Pentecostal bishop embraces Universalism, befriends a Unitarian minister, and shakes up the largest congregation in the UUA.
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Fifty years after the vote to form the UUAKimberly FrenchFrom IdeasThe Unitarian and Universalist consolidation process continues to this day.
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John Murray's conversion to UniversalismKimberly FrenchFrom IdeasHow an 18th-century Calvinist embraced Universalism and became the first minister of a Universalist church in America.
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'True to my lineage'Kimberly FrenchFrom EditorialThe Rev. Mark Morrison-Reed’s quest for spiritual integration.
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Adlai Stevenson, the original eggheadKimberly FrenchFrom IdeasThe last Unitarian nominated for president of the United States.
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'The threshold of a new era'Kimberly FrenchFrom Editorial
Unitarian Universalist Association’s General Assembly resounds with calls for liberal leadership.
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Biggest coffee hour imaginableKimberly FrenchFrom EditorialFirst impressions of a first-time General Assembly goer.
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The Sources singKimberly FrenchFrom Editorial
The ‘Sources’ cantata by Jason Shelton and Kendyl Gibbons celebrates the Six Sources of Unitarian Universalism.
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Adapting to children's needs for 200 yearsKimberly FrenchFrom IdeasHow Unitarian and Universalist religious education evolved over two centuries.
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'Twilight Zone' writer challenged prejudiceKimberly FrenchFrom Ideas
Rod Serling, a Unitarian, confronted prejudice with innovative television scripts.
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Quillen Shinn, Universalist circuit riderKimberly FrenchFrom IdeasOur Universalist forebears ranged far and wide.
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Carolyn McDade’s Spirit of LifeKimberly FrenchFrom SpiritUnitarian Universalism’s most beloved song, the woman who wrote it, and the communities that sustain her spirit.
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Thirty years of feminist transformationKimberly FrenchFrom Ideas
The 1977 Women and Religion resolution transformed the Unitarian Universalist Association.
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America's first cemetery, Unitarian-styleKimberly FrenchFrom Ideas
Boston’s 175-year-old Mount Auburn Cemetery reflects Unitarian views of death.
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The anxiety proKimberly FrenchFrom EditorialPsychologist John Dacey’s own struggle with anxiety inspired a career helping others.
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Help for anxious parentsKimberly FrenchFrom EditorialThe world is a dangerous place, but many parents are at risk of overprotecting their children.
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Lost and foundKimberly FrenchFrom Spirit
I am astonished at how quickly I was jerked from my usual, grounded self into floundering and fearfulness.
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UU Urban Ministry mourns six deathsKimberly FrenchFrom UU NewsMinistry tries to counter rising tide of violence in Boston.
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Pilgrims’ 400-year legacy alive in PlymouthKimberly FrenchFrom IdeasThe congregation established by the Pilgrims in 1620 belongs to the Unitarian Universalist Association today.
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Black inventor helped found Queens churchKimberly FrenchFrom IdeasSon of slaves invented key elements of lightbulb.
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He found a planet and founded a churchKimberly FrenchFrom IdeasAt 24, Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto. He later helped found a Unitarian Universalist church.
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Meet today's UU abolitionistsKimberly FrenchFrom EditorialFour Unitarian Universalist groups confront modern slavery.
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What you and your congregation can doKimberly FrenchFrom EditorialSteps you can take to end modern slavery.
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Boycotts don't always help, but you canKimberly FrenchFrom EditorialHow to harness consumer power against modern slavery.
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A victory for the hereticsKimberly FrenchFrom EditorialEllery Schempp’s lawsuit ended compulsory Bible readings in public schools.
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From riches to responsibilityKimberly FrenchFrom EditorialChuck Collins, who gave away his inheritance, defends the estate tax.
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Parents' top concerns and what you can doKimberly FrenchFrom EditorialAdvice from ‘The Safe Child Handbook.’
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High-profile advocate for human rightsKimberly FrenchFrom Editorial
The Rev. William F. Schulz looks back on twelve years at Amnesty International.
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Ethical Culture's humanist legacyKimberly FrenchFrom IdeasUnitarianism and Universalism have been liberal religious cousins to the Ethical Culture movement since its founding in 1876. Now an Ethical Society has joined the UUA.
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Soul matesKimberly FrenchFrom EditorialUUA President Dana Greeley and Rissho Kosei-kai founder Nikkyo Niwano’s great friendship transcended national identity, culture, and religion.
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A life committed to justiceKimberly FrenchFrom EditorialFor decades, Tom Andrews has been at the forefront of movements for human rights, international peace, disabled people’s rights, tax reform, and more.
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After L, G, and BKimberly FrenchFrom Editorial
Listening to transgender and nonbinary people is about respect, relationship, and whether we can be a truly inclusive faith.
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Taking on the systemKimberly FrenchFrom EditorialWard Morehouse took on Union Carbide after a chemical spill killed 15,000 people in India in 1984. What he learned helped chart a new course for the movement that wants to make corporations accountable to the people.