SMILE Project helps teens realize their potential
An Illinois congregation’s internship program offers students valuable firsthand workplace experience.
UU values on display in three recent films
A documentary about LGBTQ immigrants, a documentary about progressive religion in Oklahoma, and an animated short film about refugees have Unitarian Universalist connections.
The lawyer fighting for Liberia
Award-winning environmental defender Alfred Brownell found renewed focus and faith in the battle to keep Liberia’s natural resources safe.
‘You are whole and welcome here’
A Virginia Breakthrough Congregation builds community through Pride.
Artful space in Spokane
Many artful touches make the building and grounds of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Spokane memorable.
What are Joys and Sorrows?
We do not light candles because we believe they have a supernatural power to them, but we do believe there is power in standing together in these moments.
‘We must continue to choose each other’
Highlights from the UUA General Assembly in Spokane, Washington, June 19–23.
Gratitude for beginners
Book to note: ‘Goodness Gracious: A Gratitude Book for Children.’
On religious grounds
A congregation fought—and won—a three-year battle to install solar panels on its historic building.
The First Principle at work in prisons
Two prison chaplains who minister together in Oregon’s only women’s prison discuss the need to end the prison-industrial complex and mass incarceration.
Mathematician Karen Uhlenbeck is first woman to win Abel Prize
Karen Uhlenbeck, a Unitarian Universalist, made history this year when she became the first woman to win the prestigious Abel Prize for mathematics.
Conch shell
The tides slowly wear away at the ragged and scraped edges where we tore ourselves out, and what is left behind is as smooth as breath.