Moral courage, climate change, and other UU blogging
A lack of moral courage in ‘Happy Valley’ Kelly Kilmer Hall, who grew up in State College, Pennsylvania, reacts to this week’s news from her hometown. I am horrified that these idols of my youth, who represented moral conduct, ethics, and good sportsmanship that informed my entire public school and college experience at State High [...]
‘If you want to change the world,’ and other UU blogging
If you want to change the world At a missional ministry conference, the Rev. Tony Lorenzen learned that “serving breakfast can not only serve your community, but build a church and change the world.” [The Ginghamsburg church] decided they were not going to save the world or the city, but instead work on making a [...]
Speaking up for change, congregational vitality, and other UU blogging
Speaking up for change The Rev. Alane Miles sets up her tent at Occupy Richmond. I am there out of a respect for the American ideal of a balance between communal responsibility and independence. I am there because the process gives me hope. I am there because I have felt hopeless about American politics for [...]
A chaplain’s faith, economic justice, hospitality and more
A chaplain’s faith After listening to the stories of lesbian, gay, and bisexual service members, the Rev. David Pyle considers the role of personal faith in parish ministry and chaplaincy. Many of the behaviors that wounded so many of the service members I spoke with this weekend would have been completely appropriate coming from a [...]
Adaptive protest, a commonwealth of love, and other UU blogging
Adaptive protest For the Rev. David Pyle, the Occupy Movement’s lack of definition is its strength. Not having a clear handle on the meaning of the protests, who is organizing them, and who the leaders are is threatening to institutional power structures, because it means they cannot react to said protests using traditional institutional means. [...]
UU bloggers consider economic justice, Universalism, and more
Unitarian Universalists and economic justice UU bloggers have been thinking deeply about the issues that have led to the “Occupy Wall Street” movement that is spreading across the U.S. The Rev. David Pyle argues that oligarchy is the only form of government that people have ever had. Let us focus on seeing the Oligarchy of [...]
‘Justice GA,’ the Welcome Table, and more UU blogging
‘Justice GA’ planning The Rev. Sean Dennison provides a framework for thinking about next year’s General Assembly in Phoenix. This GA won’t be perfect. It probably won’t be like you imagine it. But it will be a very heartfelt effort to create something that helps create justice and truly partners with the people who need us [...]
Troy Davis, faith lived out, and other UU blogging
Responding to the death penalty Many UU bloggers were profoundly troubled by this week’s execution of Troy Davis. John Beckett calls for us to choose compassion, rather than indulging our evolutionary thirst for vengeance. While it is legal for me to shoot someone breaking into my house or threatening my life, even here in Wild [...]
Voices, vocation, and other UU blogging
Listening to all voices Politywonk writes that in our national discourse, “a universal fear has . . . stopped the ears of many who used to pride themselves on openness to new information.” Covenant means listening with pastoral openness to the stories of people whose stories do not fit with ours. Hearing them out on [...]
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