Sunday, June 4 ~ Finding Our Center Through Play and Joy ~ 10:30 a.m.
“Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.” ― Henri J.M. Nouwen (Photo by Robert Collins on Unsplash) Sunday, June 4, 10:30 a.m. Finding Our Center Throug
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Recording: Preparing for Pride - a webinar for religious professionals
As UU congregations are increasingly being targeted by right wing hate, we anticipate an uptick in attention and disruptive tactics heading into Pride month. In this informal space for religious profe
webinar UPLIFT Action
Some Truth About “Part-Time” Ministry
You’re hiring or calling a minister for the next year, starting July 1. Say your congregation really can’t afford a full-time minister with all the benefits. That’s okay. You have to be honest and rea
Clergy Tensions & Transitions
Putting Something In the Bucket
When I taught 3rd grade I used to read to them daily from one of Shel Silverstein’s books. I love his work and have his books in our library. Look at this one from A Light in the Attic (Shel … Continu
Delight What can you add to your bucket of delight today?
Recording for Abolitionist Visions on Climate Justice
Imagine it's 2050 and we've achieved all of our wildest hopes for climate justice...what does it look like? The abolitionist movement imagines a future without police and prisons, drawing on deep conv
webinar
June 1, 2023
FROM BAPTIST PREACHER’S KID TO UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST MINISTER Rev. Kit Ketcham, June 4, 2023, 1 st Presbyterian church, Astoria Nancy Cole invited me to speak with you today about Unitarian Uni
Memory
I awakened this morning in the grip of an unpleasant memory. The memory was from the end of the last semester of my last year of undergraduate study. I had majored in philosophy because it had the lea
Memoir
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Today I'm making wooden boxes with veneered panel lids. The ones shown are white oak with lacewood and white oak with walnut burl. The interior surfaces of the top panels are also veneered. Your tools
Affirmations — for spellwork and mundane life — direct your con
Affirmations can help you create a successful spell. Not too long ago I said that spellwork is not just waving your hands; rattle off some words and voila. I focused on the importance of intent and ef
Spiritual practice Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair Three Fires Grove Rev. Foxxy Pullen Hermotimus spwllwork
U.S. Supreme Court Cases that Impact UU Principles
Jeff Milchen The Unitarian Universalist Association and UU World are following several U.S. Supreme Court cases that address core UU principles and affect the rights of oppressed groups.
Unity and Diversity in Religion
In 1960, while being interviewed on the television show “Meet the Press,” Dr Martin Luther King, Jr, observed, “I think it is one of the tragedies of our nation, one of the shameful trag
Religion Uncategorized mysticism unity unity in diversity Relationships and religion History and Religion Society and religion culture and religion social cohesion
June Share the Plate Partner- FUUN Trans Affirming Collective
announcement Social Justice Blog Trans Affirming Collective
UUA Presidents, 1961–2023
Staff Writer A brief look at the people who have led the Unitarian Universalist Association since its founding.
Magical Ethics: How You Do Anything is How You Do Everything
Magic often presents ethical conundrums, but at the end of the day, there’s no such thing as magical ethics. There are just ethics. How you do anything is how you do everything.
Paganism Pagan Ethics Magic Foundations and Context John Wick
Courage for Us All
Li Kynvi I belong, and you belong, and we belong—just as we are. Continue reading "Courage for Us All"
Wednesday Photo: David's Bookshop, Cambridge, on a spring day
Taken with a Fuji X100V using Anders Lindborg and John Sevigny’s Kodak T-Max P3200 recipe Just click on the photo to enlarge it
Cambridge black and white photography street photography Fuji X100V Wednesday Photo Anders Lindborg John Sevigny Kodak T-Max P3200
May Action Alert: Expand Brady Background Checks
“Evidence proves background checks are highly effective. States that require background checks on all handgun sales suffer less than half as many mass shooting incidents as those without the require
Action Alerts Curb Gun Violence
Annual Congregation Meeting Scheduled for June 4 at 11:15 a.m.
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