More so than anything that has come out of a General Assembly or the UUA offices in Boston, my personal ministry, the I Am UU project, has been shaped by James Luther Adams and his “5 Smooth Stones of Liberal Religion”. I firmly believe that they are part of the theological foundation of my religion, […]
5 years ago, though it seems like much more, I started a project called I Am UU. This wasn’t my attempt to claim the mantle, as a few very misguided souls have accused me of, but an effort to build a community of people who were proud to tell the world “I am UU”. Others […]
If we value liberal religion and want it to be vibrant and powerful in the world, we need to look at ministry in new ways. There are so many ways that more fundamentalist ideas are spread, from preachers on a soap box on the local college campus to the blogs and YouTube channels of Islamic […]
The Beloved Community is, perhaps, the closest Unitarian Universalists get to agreeing on Heaven; it is the idea that one day our Principles will be realized here on Earth, and all people will be treated in accordance with their inherent worth and dignity, afforded their right of conscience, and that we will have a world […]
It is often said that ours is a free faith. Every adult sitting in a Unitarian Universalist church has come there of their own choosing. Even those born to UU parents grow up expected to examine their faith and the commitments that come with being part of a UU congregation. And there are commitments which […]
Wearing a t-shirt or drinking from a mug with a flaming chalice on it is a very low-pressure way to invite questions and conversation about liberal religion.
