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Read the 2025 UUA Moderator and Co-Moderator Candidate Q&As
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The election for the new moderator or co-moderators, who serve for a term of six years, concludes at General Assembly 2025.
Organizing as a Spiritual Practice
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‘Organizers have never changed the world without groups of people who trusted them to hold that future imagining.’
‘Feels Like Coming Home’: BLUUHavens Help Connect Black UUs for Socializing, Worship, and Beyond
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Introduced in 2019, BLUUHavens immediately garnered interest in about a dozen areas, including Chicago, Philadelphia, and Minneapolis.
UUA, Other Religious Groups Sue Trump Administration to Halt Immigration Arrests at Houses of Worship
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The Trump policy allowing raids in houses of worship violates the First Amendment and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), the lawsuit argues.
'Gateway to Rest': UU Church in Colorado Partnered on Safe Parking Lot Program
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Learn how the First Universalist Church of Denver provided a safe haven for people without housing.
Opinion: Direct Democracy Advances Unitarian Universalist Values. Now It's Under Attack
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Seventeen states have hosted ballot questions that gave voters direct power to shape abortion policy, and ten of them were presented last year alone.
Read the 2025 UUA Moderator and Co-Moderator Candidate Statements
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The election for the new moderator or co-moderators, who serve for a term of six years, concludes at General Assembly 2025.
Beauty from Ashes: How Art and Community Helped a Unitarian Universalist Church Heal from a Firebombing Attack
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Community Unitarian Universalist Church in Plano, Texas, created banners from the messages of love and support sent from other UUs.
Try This: ‘Ritual for a Hospitalization’
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Create a chalice for someone before a hospital stay to remind them they are loved.
Showing Up for Social Justice in 2025: Your Guide to 30 Days of Love
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What to know, where to go, and how to get involved with Side with Love’s annual campaign.
Moment of Reflection: A Poem for a Day Like This
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You must be willing / to dream a dream / that carries forward / your community
From the Pulpit to Prime Time: Rev. Kimberley Debus Brings Unitarian Universalism to the ‘Jeopardy!’ Spotlight
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In an interview with UU World, Debus shares how she became a contestant, what it felt like to impress host Ken Jennings, and why trivia brings out her spiritual side.
People Above Ideas: Rev. Nancy McDonald Ladd on Grief and Anxiety in the Wake of the Election
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Grief work helps us find “devotion, courage, and resistance” going forward, writes Ladd.
Upholding Justice: UUs Confronted Challenges to Democracy in 2024
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Across the country, Unitarian Universalists collaborated with community partners to advocate for reproductive rights, LGBTQ+ rights, and other values central to the faith.
‘It’s Go-Time’: How to Donate to the Pink Haven Campaign on Faithify
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The coalition provides potentially life-saving aid to transgender, two-spirit, and other gender-expansive people who live under hostile governments in the United States.
Meet the Artist Behind ‘An Indigenous People’s History of the United States’ Graphic Novel
The Beacon Press project is an illustrated retelling of the award-winning book by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz.
UU World's inSpirit Bookstore Holiday Gift Guide: Last-Minute Picks for Your Loved Ones
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Find the perfect gifts for everyone on your list this holiday season with these hand-picked offerings, featuring books, clothing, and more
UUA Expands Support for Our Trans, Non-Binary, and Intersex Community+
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Dedicated staff, updated programming, and increased resources are among the new offerings.
Video: After Her Viral GA Moment, Rev. JeKaren Olaoya Has More to Say About Love
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In a conversation with UU World, Rev. Olaoya challenges UUs to unapologetically center love and set aside intellectualism.