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Faith Healing Couple Charged With 3rd Degree Murder In Death of Second Child
UPI reports that in Philadelphia, prosecutors yesterday charged Catherine and Herbert Schaible with third degree murder in the faith healing death of their 7-month old son who died of bac... [read more]
Religion Clause
7th Circuit Hears Oral Arguments In 2 Contraceptive Coverage Mandate Cases
The U. S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday heard oral arguments in two cases challenging the Affordable Care Act contraceptive coverage mandate. One was Korte v. U. S. Department o... [read more]
Religion Clause
Arizona State Legislator Objects To Invocation Delivered By Atheist House Member
AP today reports on an unusual controversy in Arizona over the opening prayer offered by one member of the state House of Representatives. Members of the House rotate in offering the invocati... [read more]
Religion Clause
Susan Katz Miller answers questions for interfaith families
Susan Katz Miller is a former Newsweek reporter and former US correspondent for New Scientist. She blogs on interfaith families for the Huffington Post and On Being Both. com. She lives in the Wash... [read more]
Beacon Broadside
The UUA And Religious Groups Press Big Retailers on Safety Overseas
The New York Times reports that the Unitarian Universalist Association has joined with 123 other religious groups and investors to urge retail giants like Wal-Mart, Target, Sears, and Gap to sign o... [read more]
Unitarian Universalist Association: Top Stories
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Southern Region Oklahoma Emergency Relief Fund
Unitarian Universalists send care and prayers to those affected by Monday's devastating tornado in Moore, Oklahoma. Eager to lend a hand to those whose lives have been so disrupted, the Southern R... [read more]
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Order Your Copy of Muhammad: The Story of a Prophet and Reformer
In Sarah Conover's new book from Skinner House, Muhammad: The Story of a Prophet and Reformer , young readers will encounter a man very different from the figure often presented in Western popular... [read more]
Unitarian Universalist Association: Top Stories
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'The only place I can really be me'
LIFE: Summer camps help kids build their Unitarian Universalist identity. [read more]
Life from UU World
Six UUs arrested in 'Moral Monday' protest
NEWS: North Carolinians jailed for protesting conservative legislation; Texas UUs detained, deported after visiting factory in Mexico. [read more]
News from UU World
Now let us sing
LIFE: What is your favorite Unitarian Universalist hymn? [read more]
Life from UU World
Marriage equality gains momentum
NEWS: UUs in Rhode Island, Delaware, and Minnesota celebrate equal marriage rights in rapid succession. [read more]
News from UU World
Unity Temple, All Souls (DC) win big grants, and other UUs in the media
Churches win big grants for restoration The Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Unity Temple UU Congregation in Oak Park, Ill. , won a $10 million grant that will pay for major restoration work on the hist... [read more]
UU’s In the Media
‘You are not the center of the universe,’ and more UU conversation
Living with vulnerability Rebecca Hecking’s forty-seventh birthday brings reflections about mortality. Mortality is our companion on the human journey, whether we acknowledge it or not. . . Lat... [read more]
the interdependent web
Beacon Buzz: How “Snob Zones” keep out affordable housing
The latest news about Beacon authors and books. [read more]
Beacon Broadside
How Gotcha Politics in the Doctor's Office Can Harm Patient Care
When anti-abortion groups secretly film in doctors' offices, what kind of effect will it have on trust between patients and providers? [read more]
Beacon Broadside
Texas congregations form social justice network
NEWS: The Texas UU Justice Ministry seeks to amplify UU voices in the public square. [read more]
News from UU World
Minister calls for compassion, and other UUs in the media
Minister urges compassionate treatment of terror suspect’s body In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings, a dilemma emerged about what to do with the body of deceased suspect Tamerlan... [read more]
UU’s In the Media
Measuring growth, marriage equality, Mother’s Day and more
Measuring growth Conversation continued this week about the proposed consultant who will help the Board and Administration find common ground. The Rev. Tom Schade suggests that we have been shame-... [read more]
the interdependent web
I'm going to have to let me go
SPIRIT: Who is really in control here? [read more]
Spirit from UU World
UU ran marathon for Muslim neighbor, and other UUs in the media
UU recounts memorial Boston Marathon run Listen to Helene Newberg, a Unitarian Universalist from Arlington, Mass. , share the moving story of running in the 2013 Boston Marathon in honor of her ne... [read more]
UU’s In the Media
The $100,000 question, and more UU conversation online
The $100,000 question Much of the heat in this week’s UU conversation online came in reaction to news of the UUA Board’s proposal to budget $100,000 to help the board and administration move pa... [read more]
the interdependent web
Intersections of Immigration and Labor
News from the UUSC
Sacred ground
LIFE: The Boston Marathon bombings desecrated a public ritual and a beloved place. No wonder the attack feels so personal. [read more]
Life from UU World
Statement on Boston Marathon Bombings
News from the UUSC
Writing to the general
SPIRIT: Or, how I realized that copying letters for Amnesty International was a spiritual discipline. [read more]
Spirit from UU World
Metamorphoses
SPIRIT: Grief and celebration are interwoven in this world, like winter and spring. [read more]
Spirit from UU World
Celebrating 40 Years of Empowerment in Rural Haiti
News from the UUSC
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. [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
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]