Nurturing Our Spirit
Multiple Voices one Faith
It’s right there in our name: Unitarian Universalism. But the layers go deeper than the consolidation of two American religious traditions. Theological Unitarianism from the radical Reformation in Eastern Europe meets eighteenth-century King’s Chapel in Boston. From John Murray at the...
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Embracing an Ethic of Love
Being raised a Unitarian Universalist and like many little kids, I had lots of questions about life and death, God and existence. One night, I asked my mom, “Do you believe in God?” She told me she didn’t, but that if she did, she’d believe that God is Love. That message shaped my early...
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Q&A: Public Theologian Jé Exodus Hooper
Dr. Jé Exodus Hooper (they/them) is a non-binary preacher who is clergy at First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis and within the Ethical Culture Movement. Here, they share some perspectives on Unitarian Universalism. On being a public theologian I have found it’s best to identify as a public...
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Moment of Reflection: The Flaw
The best thing about a hand-made pattern is the flaw. Sooner or later in a hand-loomed rug, among the squares and flattened triangles, a little red nub might soar above a blue field, or a purple cross might sneak in between the neat ochre teeth of the border. The flaw we live by, the wrong color...
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Moment of Reflection – Blessing: Do Not Fear Agitation / No temas a la agitación
You carry within the center of your understanding the compass to show you the way.
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Shedding Old Skins
On the threshold of change, we need to learn to let go.
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Leadership in Unprecedented Times
Reflections on the transformational presidency of Susan Frederick-Gray.
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