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Sin is personal, not just systemic

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Sin is personal, not just systemic

Does the sin of white supremacy live in us or in the systems beyond us? 

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The Rev. Robin Tanner, her hands ziptied, is led away by a police officer
Arrested as an act of moral obedience
Robin Tanner
UUA Acting Chief Operating Officer Carey McDonald

UUA president names McDonald acting chief operating officer

Christopher L. Walton
Elandria Williams and Barb Greve at the 2013 UUA General Assembly

UUA Board of Trustees appoints two co-moderators

Elaine McArdle

The Breakthrough Congregation reimagined

Michael Hart

Interdependent Web: Living through uncertain times, ignorance is dangerous, fighting the truth

Heather Christensen

Media roundup: Unitarian minister, partner attacked outside their London home

Rachel Walden

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UUA Board of Trustees appoints two co-moderators

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Elandria Williams and Barb Greve at the 2013 UUA General Assembly

UUA Board of Trustees appoints two co-moderators

Co-Moderators Barb Greve and Elandria Williams will serve together until special election in 2018.

Elaine McArdle | 8/9/2017

‘Leaving no one out’

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The Rev. Nathan Woodliff-Stanley, executive director of the ACLU of Colorado, holds a copy of the U.S. Constitution.

‘Leaving no one out’

Unitarian Universalist minister who heads Colorado ACLU sees complentary values in civil liberties work and in UU communities.

Alexandra Varney McDonald | 7/31/2017 | Summer 2017

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The essence of spiritual activism

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The essence of spiritual activism

Hope and compassion can be a critical part of political and spiritual resistance for Unitarian Universalists.

Christine Organ | 7/24/2017 | Summer 2017

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Why I don’t fly

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Why I don’t fly

Figuring out the ethics of long-distance travel is a challenge.

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UUA president names new acting chief operating officer

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UUA Acting Chief Operating Officer Carey McDonald

UUA president names new acting chief operating officer

President Susan Frederick-Gray names outreach director Carey McDonald to one-year term as acting chief operating officer.

Christopher L. Walton | 7/17/2017

Coming of age in an American internment camp

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Rose and Floyd Tanaka in 2007.

Coming of age in an American internment camp

Rose Tanaka, a Denver UU, graduated high school at Manzanar, the infamous American internment camp for people of Japanese descent.

Kenny Wiley | 7/17/2017 | Summer 2017

Three commandments: stay, learn, go

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Three commandments: stay, learn, go

A Gary Snyder poem helps me find my way in our messed-up world.

Jeffrey A. Lockwood | 7/17/2017

Henry David Thoreau, the original none

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Drawing of Henry David Thoreau by Dwight C. Sturges.

Henry David Thoreau, the original none

He wanted nothing to do with the Unitarian church that baptized him, but today’s Unitarian Universalism has embraced his revolutionary ecological, conscientious, and spiritually open approach.

Richard Higgins | 7/10/2017 | Summer 2017

Roger Nash Baldwin, Unitarian co-founder of ACLU

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Roger Nash Baldwin visits the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., in 1970.

Roger Nash Baldwin, Unitarian co-founder of ACLU

Unitarian co-founder of the ACLU helped to define and defend civil liberties.

Kris Willcox | 7/3/2017 | Summer 2017

Two UUA employees violently robbed in New Orleans

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Two UUA employees violently robbed in New Orleans

One employee, in New Orleans for UUA General Assembly, was critically injured in June 24 attack, is slowly improving; four suspects arrested.

Christopher L. Walton | 6/30/2017

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