Friday, 03 September 2010, 04:41 pm PDT
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Marriage, theodicy, 30 days of poetry, and other UU blogging
Marriage Jacqueline Wolven reflects on the difference between the Puritan Work Ethic by which her husband was raised and how she was raised. Now, I was raised by wolves (not really, just self abso... [read more]
the interdependent web
Unitarian’s quotes grace Oval Office rug, and other UUs in the media
Quotes on new Oval Office rug have Unitarian origin Two of the five quotes woven into a new rug for President Barack Obama’s Oval Office are ones usually attributed to Abraham Lincoln and Mar... [read more]
UU’s In the Media
As Pakistan Floods Continue, UUSC Partner Supports Women and Children
News from the UUSC
Court OKs Menorah Display, But Not Use of City Personnel and Equipment To Light It
In Chabad of Mid-Hudson Valley v. City of Poughkeepsie, (NY App. Div. , Aug. 31, 2010), a New York state appellate court held that the display of an 18-foot high menorah on public property in downt... [read more]
Religion Clause
White House Press Secretary: President Is a Committed Mainstream Christian
The Christian Science Monitor reported last week that Fox News commentator Glenn Beck is accusing President Obama of not being a true Christian, but instead of believing in Marxist-based "Li... [read more]
Religion Clause
Mormon Church Talks With China Will Likely Lead To Regualarizing LDS Operations In China
In Salt Lake City (UT) this week, the Mormon Church announced that recent meetings with an official of the People's Republic of China are expected to lead to regularizing of the Church's operatio... [read more]
Religion Clause
Many Joining Hands in Action: Thanking Our Volunteers and Interns
News from the UUSC
Remembering the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship winner (2008), Builder Levy has photographed in New York City’s inner city communities where he was a New York City teacher of at-risk adolesc... [read more]
Beacon Broadside
The Kids Are All Right
A mom reflects on the critically-acclaimed movie and her own family's anonymous sperm donor. [read more]
Beacon Broadside
Link Roundup: Market-Driven Medicine, Judges Who Think, and Feminism and Conservatism
A look at recent Beacon media. [read more]
Beacon Broadside
New Orleans UU churches alive—and struggling
NEWS: Three New Orleans churches and a Gulfport, Miss. , congregation struggle to regain members five years after Katrina. [read more]
News from UU World
UUSC and UUA form Pakistani flood relief fund
NEWS: Money will support UUSC partners helping women, children, and refugee families. [read more]
News from UU World
Morales visits Unitarian Universalists in the Philippines
NEWS: UUA president’s visit will renew historic ties with UU Church of the Philippines. [read more]
News from UU World
Ministers defend NYC Islamic center, and other UUs in the media
Religious leaders defend proposed NYC Islamic center CNN reports that a group of 60 interfaith leaders, including the Rev. Anne Felton Hines, minister of Emerson Unitarian Universalist Church in Ca... [read more]
UU’s In the Media
Believing, defining jihad, and other UU blogger concerns
UUs and believing The Rev. Fred L. Hammond has a pet peeve about people who say UUs can believe whatever they want. We have very specific beliefs. These beliefs are as foundational to who we are a... [read more]
the interdependent web
UUSC and UUA Launch Joint Pakistan Flood Relief Fund
In response to the massive flooding in Pakistan, the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) and the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) have launched the UUSC-UUA Joint Pakistan Flood... [read more]
Unitarian Universalist Association: Top Stories
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UUSC, UUA Launch Pakistan Flood Relief Fund
News from the UUSC
Mosques, culture, joys and concerns, and more on UU blogs
Mosques, Islam, and September 11 Deb Weiner defends the Cordoba Initiative’s plans to build a community center (which will include a mosque) in lower Manhattan: We have an opportunity, with t... [read more]
the interdependent web
There is enough
LIFE: There's enough for you. There's enough for me. We don't have to throw anybody under the bus. [read more]
Life from UU World
Embrace spiritual complexity
LIFE: Our minds are open; our hearts and hands are not. [read more]
Life from UU World
Huge beehive found in church, and other UUs in the media
Workers find 100,000 bees in UU church The Boston Globe reports that construction workers doing restoration work on the roof of the historic First Church of Christ Unitarian in Lancaster, Mass. , d... [read more]
UU’s In the Media
Our ability to break keeps us alive
SPIRIT: Our ability to break and heal keeps us alive and makes us stronger. [read more]
Spirit from UU World
Change vision, not culture
LIFE: There are people like us in every community. [read more]
Life from UU World
UUSC, UUA Declare Support for Lower Manhattan Mosque
On August 9, 2010, the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) and the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) sent a joint letter to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg expressing stron... [read more]
Unitarian Universalist Association: Top Stories
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UUA President Applauds California Prop 8 Ruling
(Boston) Rev. Peter Morales, President of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations (UUA), today issued the following statement:The ruling today by Chief U. S. District Judge Vaughn W... [read more]
Unitarian Universalist Association: Top Stories
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The wisdom tree
SPIRIT: Sometimes the place where you used to find wisdom gets destroyed. [read more]
Spirit from UU World
Broken Buddha
SPIRIT: The enlightened one as imperfect, cracked, and chipped. [read more]
Spirit from UU World
Newly Adopted Mission and Vision
. Our Vision TRUUs T advocates for the gifts, safety, liberation, and leadership of transgender religious professionals in Unitarian Universalist ministries and institutions. Our Mission Born out... [read more]
Transgender Religious professional UUs Together
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Moving to truust.wordpress.com
Please change your bookmarks and RSS feeds. We’re moving to truust. wordpress. com This should be our new permanent address. Oh, and we have a retreat coming up next month, so updates should... [read more]
Transgender Religious professional UUs Together
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Olbermann: GOP self-destruction imminent
In a Special Comment, Countdown’s Keith Olbermann advises Republicans that clinging to obsolete ideas and resorting to extremist rhetoric will only undermine the party's relevance and America wi... [read more]
Countdown w/ Keith Olbermann
An American cry for help
In a Special Comment, Countdown’s Keith Olbermann shares his personal experience with a real life 'death panel' situation and scorns the unfairness of health insurance in America. K... [read more]
Countdown w/ Keith Olbermann
Action Alert: Gaza
Sadly, the dismal conditions in Gaza are causing enormous hardship for the people there, with particularly harsh effects on children. Churches for Middle East Peace, a coalition founded in part by ... [read more]
Inspired Faith, Effective Action
Olbermann: Beware fear's racist temptation
In a Special Comment, Keith Olbermann explores the relationship between fear and racism and encourages Americans who are distressed about the nation's future to avoid political groups that appeal ... [read more]
Countdown w/ Keith Olbermann
Creating Change
I hadn’t been in 15 years! But last week I packed up and headed for Dallas to the Creating Change Conference, an annual gathering of the glbtq clan. My 13 year old said, “I don’t get it. W... [read more]
Inspired Faith, Effective Action
American Prayer Hour a Success
Hundreds of people of faith gathered on Thursday, February 4th in more than 20 cities around the country for the American Prayer Hour, an interfaith response to the National Prayer Breakfast, which... [read more]
Inspired Faith, Effective Action
New Survey
Want to do this survey of 18+ individuals who grew up in a UU religious education program and/or participated in YRUU/LRY? All responses are anonymous and confidential. No personal or private info... [read more]
YRUUlogy
Media Nation's new home
I ended up moving a little more quickly on this than I had intended. But Media Nation, hosted on Blogspot. com since 2005, has now moved to its own server. Please click here to keep reading. And ad... [read more]
Media Nation
Alpha-testers wanted
Shhhh . .. no one is supposed to know. But would you mind taking a peek at an early version of what may wind up as the new Media Nation? It's built with Word Press, and you'll find it here. Don'... [read more]
Media Nation
A Taylor-made Globe?
In what may prove to be very good news for readers of the Boston Globe, a group led by Stephen Taylor — a prominent member of the family that sold the paper to the New York Times Co. in 1993 — ... [read more]
Media Nation
Rev. Sean Speaks at Rally on Utah Capitol
Video Courtesy of KSL. com (Sorry about the commercial. I couldn’t find a way around it. ) Remarks for the Rally for the Common Ground Inititative January 24, 2009 Rev. Sean Parker Dennison... [read more]
Transgender Religious professional UUs Together
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Letter from Bill Sinkford acknowledging end of YRUU - September 13, 2008
Dear Friends,I am excited to share with you recent positive developments in the transition in our Unitarian Universalist (UU) youth ministry. Based on feedback from the UU youth community and othe... [read more]
YRUUlogy
URGENT: Committed youth advocates needed!
Hello All,I have just returned from General Assembly in Fort Lauderdale, FL, the UUA's annual business meeting. The Youth and Young Adult Empowerment Resolution which you may have heard of was pas... [read more]
YRUUlogy
Duncan Metcalfe
Okay. I have spent a lot of time thinking about how I feel about this. I have spent a lot of time thinking about what I want to add to this discussion, and I want people to read these things as org... [read more]
YRUU Institutional Memory Project
Consultation History...
UUA HISTORY OF CONSULTATION ON MINISTRY TO AND WITH YOUTH [read more]
YRUU Institutional Memory Project
Ben Alexander
Thanks to the bloggers for recognizing the importance of an institutional memory for YRUU. I wish we had this technology during LRY's existence. I am so sad that the UUA still seems to have it's ... [read more]