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Spring/Summer 2025 – Vol. XXXIX – No. 1
About Our Cover
For this issue’s cover, photojournalist Ilene Perlman (ileneperlman.com) brought the traditional UUA General Assembly Tree of Life chalice—designed by UU Mordecai Roth—out into the greater world. The image speaks quite literally to the theme, “New Horizons for a Living Tradition,” with a stretching sky representing the future, the horizon of today’s city in the mid-distance, and the bold visual of the chalice representing the living tradition itself.
From the Editor: Honoring Our Roots, Meeting the Moment
by Kristen Cox Roby
From the President: A Time for Finding Purpose
by Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt
PART 1: LIVING LOVE AT THE CENTER
How Congregations are Living Love at the Center
In Alabama, Responding to Tragedies with Community Outreach
by Aisha K. Staggers
Nurturing What’s Missing Through Personal Connection in Massachusetts
by Heather Beasley Doyle
Supporting Reproductive Rights in California
by Debbie Langenbacher
In Colorado, Establishing a Safe Parking Ministry
by Daniel Lawlor
Our Wellspring of Hope and Courage for the Times Ahead
by Your Unitarian Universalist Association
UU the Vote Equipping UUs for Uncharted Territory
by Jeff Milchen
Organizing as a Spiritual Practice
by Antoinette Scully
Picking Up Linzer Torte Cookies for the Quaker Potluck
by Sunu P. Chandy
PART 2: NURTURING OUR LIVING TRADITION
A Radical Sermon, Then and Now
by Elaine McArdle
Frances E.W. Harper: ‘We Are All Bound Up Together’
by Kenny Wiley
Local UUs Help Add Unique Flair to Baltimore GA
by Elaine McArdle
He Said, He Said: A Dramatic Retelling of the American Unitarian Association’s Founding
by Nancy McDonald Ladd
Moment of Reflection
by Louise Green
PART 3: EMBRACING TRANSFORMATION
Revivals Offer New Way of Connecting on Climate Justice
by Jasmine Vaughn-Hall
Elements of Transformation
by Shige Sakurai (they/them)
Come, Come, Whoever You Are!
by Niharika Chibber Joe
Beyond Every Door
by Molly Housh Gordon
PART 4 : UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISM TODAY
At 25, OWL Program Continues to Evolve
by Elaine McArdle
UUA Moderator Election, Candidate Statements
Leadership Institute Broadens Access to Theological Education
by Christian Schmidt
UUA Expands Support for Our Trans, Non-Binary, and Intersex Community+
by Jami A. Yandle
BLUUHavens Feel ‘Like Coming Home’
by Jasmine Vaughn-Hall
Q&A: Rev. Byron Tyler Coles
by Staff
Faith Journey: A Child’s Question Led Me to Unitarian Universalism
by Paula Gribble