Love what you love
We can be cheerleaders for people’s simple joys—even if we don’t share them.
Kindness to the thousandth generation
We matter and our actions matter in ways much broader and deeper than we could ever know.
A map to spiritual growth
New self-assessment tool is helping UUs identify their spiritual priorities.
Exemplar: Gwendolyn Howard
Unitarian Universalism has not always made space for the work of trans ministers, but the work of trans ministers has been precious and irreplaceable just the same.
The invisible woman
‘You said it was for the best if my soul remained hidden. . . . I believed you for a time.’
Exactly me
‘I thought I had to be what other people wanted me to be, but it didn’t work.’
Queering faith
At the core of Unitarian Universalism is the idea that my truth and your truth can both be true, even if they contradict each other.
Your stories belong to you
no one can rename you Other, it can’t stick, as you offer the gift of being and saying who you are.
Assumed identities: A personal history of passing
I want to tell the truth now, about how I passed—and how people passed me off—as an American Indian.
Choosing a stubborn love
Why I returned to my mostly white UU congregation.
My tender places are a source of strength
Out of the blue, the 5-year-old turned to me and said matter-of-factly, ‘You’re fat.’
Even acknowledging my own racism is controversial
Seeing my own racism is like any other kind of self-knowledge: Unpleasant, but very real.