Ideas

What do we mean when we talk about the UU First Principle and inherent dignity?

A discussion of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s provocative new book Between the World and Me.

The Unitarian famous for writing ‘Over the River and Through the Wood’ was also an ardent anti-slavery activist.

Why have so many ‘geeks’ found their spiritual home in Unitarian Universalism?

Even in the ‘natural’ world, some things are better than others.

The ashes of Clyde Tombaugh are traveling the cosmos on NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft.

The doubt industry doesn’t have to convince the public that a product is harmless, only that the harm is in doubt, and the cost of change may be high.

A Portland women’s group sewed its way to a religious home.

Who receives the benefits of shiny new technology, and who bears its risks?

‘Depression is way too hard without also thinking you’re alone. I want youth and kids to know it’s okay, even good sometimes, to struggle.’

Without ‘God,’ a liberal theologian focuses on transcendent resources of grace and judgment.

A little playfulness can go a long way.