Hey, all! Quick note to let you know that I have been blocked from Facebook today for posting a social justice piece. They didn’t like me calling out people of privilege, even though I was merely linking to something off-site. This is not an April Fools joke, and I don’t even know that this link […]
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Tolerance and the Quest for Justice
We must not forget that, even while we aspire to accept and encourage every person who enters a UU space, whether online or in person, we are a covenantal religion; covenant means that responsibility and respect must go both ways. While we affirm the worth and dignity of every person, we do not need to […]
A Letter to Unitarian Universalism RE: “After L, G, and B”
The following submission is printed without edits. Rev. KC Slack has shared the view of a nonbinary individual reacting to an article in the latest edition of UU World. We will not link directly to it, so that it does not gain standing on search engines or social media. It is on Page 30 of […]
Curiosity and Awe as Spiritual Practice
One of the common reasons people find themselves in a Unitarian Universalist church is “curiosity”. It might be curiosity about what goes on there, or about different ways to worship. Ultimately, I think a lot of us stay because we are curious about one another and who we view the divine. A healthy curiosity is […]
Failure is Essential
“Nothing ventured, nothing gained.” It is an old saying. Put more simply, if we aren’t risking anything, we aren’t likely to see much in the way of results. You can’t be great at everything the first time you try; you have to be willing to risk failure. You learn from failure. You get better. A […]
Save Our Site and Get a Neat Shirt for Your Troubles:
IAmUU.net is currently more than 300 pages devoted to Unitarian Universalist outreach and faith development. We have people from all over the world who rely on our website to help keep them connected to Unitarian Universalism (something one international patron said just last week). We are really proud of what we’ve published there. We want […]
T-Shirt Evangelism: Wearing Your Faith Openly
To “Wear you heart on your sleeve” is to make your emotions, however raw, visible and to leave yourself exposed. If you say, “I am putting on my chairperson’s hat”, we all know that you are going to assume the responsibility of your position and advocate for the cause or the process used to make […]
Tolerance Must Not Become Silence
We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. – Elie Wiesel Silence encourages the tormentor. If we allow bigotry to go unrebuked, then we are emboldening the bigot. It is not enough to be tolerant and open-minded yourself if our goal is to make the […]
Let Your Life Be Wonder-full
“There is an anaesthetic of familiarity, a sedative of ordinariness which dulls the senses and hides the wonder of existence.” ― Richard Dawkins It is unusual for us to quote Dr. Dawkins here, but in this, we agree absolutely. It is easy to become unobservant, to focus on what needs to be done or what […]
I Am UU: Where 5 Years of Accidental Ministry has brought me.
I was asked to give a talk to an adult RE group, and since I needed to organize my thoughts in order to do that, I am putting those thoughts here on the blog so that they can be shared freely. This talk is about my experience with the I Am UU project, what it […]
