Gilbert: ‘First 50 years of ministry are the hardest’
The Rev. Dr. Richard S. Gilbert reflected this morning on his 50 years as a Unitarian Universalist minister during the annual “25/50″ worship service at Ministry Days, the conference of the UU...
View ArticleBerry Street lecture focuses on clergy misconduct and its aftermath
The Rev. Dr. Debra Pope-Lance presented this year’s Berry Street address with an essay entitled, “Whence We Come and How and Whither.” The essay examined clergy misconduct within Unitarian Universalist...
View ArticleWorkshop invites UUs to ask, ‘Whose are we?’
“What transcends our small, individual being? Whose are we?” asked the Rev. Don Southworth, executive director of the UU Ministers Association, at the start of a workshop on spiritual discernment and...
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Ministry honored, examined in Service of the Living Tradition
Watch live streaming video from uuaga at livestream.com The Rev. Michael A. Schuler offered an appraisal of ministerial authority during his sermon at the Service of the Living Tradition Thursday...
View ArticleWorkshop: ‘Difficult to be a UU and a person of color’
“It is difficult to be a UU and a person of color,” said Gregory Boyd, panelist at the “Views from the Pews” workshop on race and Unitarian Universalism. This sentiment was echoed by the rest of the...
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Joy abounds at revival, bridging ceremony
“‘God’ is not a noun, it’s a verb!” declared song leader Nick Page at the start of the “New Epiphany Revival,” which took place just before the “Synergy Bridging Ceremony” at the UUA General Assembly...
View Article‘You have to take some risks’ in social media
“I wanted to help people fall in love with church,” said the Rev. Dr. Victoria Weinstein of her inspiration to engage with social media as a minister. Weinstein joined fellow panelists the Rev. Meg...
View ArticleSunday worship: ‘We’ve found our center’
Watch live streaming video from uuaga at livestream.com The Rev. Peter Morales, president of the Unitarian Universalist Association, welcomed GA attendees and visitors from the Charlotte community...
View Article‘We are not here to implement iChurch’
“We are the iChurch,” said the Rev. Dr. Fredric J. Muir in his 2012 Berry Street Lecture, “From iChurch to Beloved Community: Ecclesiology and Justice,” in which he offered a strong critique of what he...
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Crestwell: ‘Go home and start a little trouble’
The Rev. John Crestwell preached at Sunday morning’s worship service. (©Nancy Pierce) Plenary Hall was nearly filled to capacity on Sunday morning as General Assembly attendees gathered to worship...
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