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Opinion: Why More Unitarian Universalists Should Campaign for Elected Office
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In this column, UU Justice Communications Associate Jeff Milchen interviews two UUs who campaigned and offers resources for those who want to explore their options.
Imara Jones Announced as 2025 Ware Lecturer
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Learn more about the award-winning journalist and trans rights activist who will speak at the UUA General Assembly this June.
Faith Journey: A Child’s Question Led Me to Unitarian Universalism
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Paula Gribble recalls how aligning with her pluralistic beliefs drew her, a friend, and their kids to a UU church.
Moment of Reflection: ‘Picking Up Linzer Torte Cookies for the Quaker Potluck’
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In this poem, Sunu P. Chandy recalls a sweet memory of generosity from her childhood.
Revivals Offer New Ways for UUs to Connect on Climate Justice
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“Climate Justice Revival: Reimagine Together from an Extractive Age to a New Era,” invited UUs to explore joyful and collaborative transformation.
Trans Day of Visibility 2025: 'We Are Loved Beyond All Measure'
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A chalice lighting in memory of trans and non-binary ancestors.
‘Call to Love’: Alabama UU Church Provides Aid and Hope after Tragedies Strike
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Following a damaging hailstorm and a mass shooting, First Universalist Church in Camp Hill showed unwavering faith in their community.
Moment of Reflection: Interconnection
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Read an excerpt from Rev. Louise Green’s sermon “The Ecosystem of Congregational Care.”
Leadership Institute Provides New Pathways for Theological Education
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Meadville Lombard president hopes LIGHT will create communities for religious leaders across denominations and religious traditions.
Video: Baltimore UUs Add ‘Local Touches and Flair’ to 2025 General Assembly
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The annual UUA multiplatform gathering will be held online and in the Maryland city from June 18–22.
UUs Build Beloved Community Beyond the Binary in New York
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Since 2017, First Unitarian Universalist Society of Syracuse has hosted an annual transformative conference supporting transgender, intersex inclusion and spiritual growth in Unitarian Universalism.
‘Turn to Your Neighbor’: Church Helps UUs Reconnect After Pandemic Through Guided Conversation
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Congregants at First Church in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, were given prompts to discuss with pewmates.
Transform Your Community with These Five Spiritual Practices
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In this quick guide, Rev. Shige Sakurai uses elemental symbolism to represent each area of focus designed to facilitate long-term change.
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.