Unitarian Universalists Defend Bodily Autonomy in Florida and Texas
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Legal oppressions of vulnerable people motivate UUs to organize, state by state. The Unitarian Universalist Association’s UU the Vote initiative has joined the effort.
Marking 20 Years of Accra Confession: WCRC and CANAAC Celebrate Reformation Sunday in Grand Cayman
The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC), in partnership with the Caribbean and North American Area Council (CANAAC) and the United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, gathered for a vibrant Reformation Sunday worship on October 27, 2024. Held at Elmslie Church in Grand Cayman, the service brought together around 70 participants, including CANAAC […]
Confessions of an AI Sceptic
When it comes to generative artificial intelligence, I am a sceptic. Is it just another Big Tech tool for collecting our personal data? Will it just magnify misinformation in a volatile political climate? Will it perpetuate racist, sexist and cultural stereotypes? Will it seem “smarter”...
Barbara Wheeler, president of Auburn Seminary for 30 years, dies at age 79
October 28, 2024
Barbara G. Wheeler, of New York City and Granville, New York, died on October 24 at Calvary Hospital in New York City, with her husband Sam and her son Isaac at her side. She was 79.
The wisdom of St. Ignatius speaks to Georgians who rode out Hurricane Helene
October 28, 2024
With several tables full of clergy and lay people gathered at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church in Augusta, Georgia, on Saturday as part of Presbyterian Disaster Assistance’s solidarity visit to hurricane-affected communities, the Rev. Jim Kirk set the tone by drawing on the wisdom of consolation and desolation posited by St. Ignatius and taught to Kirk by the Rev. Dr. Laurie Kraus, the PC(USA)’s Director of Humanitarian and Global Ecumenical Engagement and the former director of PDA.
‘Get a plate and then pray for one another’
October 28, 2024
On Sunday following worship, members and friends of Belle-Terrace Presbyterian Church in Augusta, Georgia shared both their food and their hearts with members of a team making a solidarity visit following Hurricane Helene that includes Presbyterian Disaster Assistance and the Synod of South Atlantic’s Executive and Stated Clerk, Valerie Young.
UUA Pushes Back on Congressional Critique of Climate 100+ and ‘Woke’ Investing
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In a letter, the Unitarian Universalist Association affirmed that it is “freely exercising its faith and beliefs and well within its protected free speech rights” by investing with climate justice goals.
Insights from the field: Podcast explores the contribution of the Bahá’ís of Iran to society
Historian Mina Yazdani explores how Iran’s Bahá’í community, despite persecution, has contributed to social progress through education, health, and agriculture.
October 27, 2024: On the Margins
Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost On the Margins One of the most important words for us to notice in this passage comes in verse 51, when Bartimaeus says to Jesus, “My teacher, let me see again.” It helps us to understand that at one point in his life, Bartimaeus was not blind. Living with blindness in […]
New statutory duty to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace – here’s what you need to know
Guidance for churches, business and charities on the Worker Protect (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023