239: ARE: Allies for Racial Equity
On this episode of The VUU we talk with Lori Stone Sirtosky, Chris Jimmerson, and Elizabeth Carrier-Ladd about Allies for Racial Equity. ARE is building an anti-racist movement among white unitarian universalists to confront and dismantle white supremacy in ourselves, congregations, and communities.
Read MoreHumility and Hubris
My first impulse in trying to describe the essence and practice of humility was simply to say: Look at the current U.S. president and then think about his opposite in personality and behavior—that will pretty well define humility.
Read MoreChristmas
It was all so complicated: The questionable parentage, the awkward journey, the not knowing where you will sleep…
Read MoreWhen Hope and History Rhyme
Martin Luther King Jr. and other leaders were rather demoralized that spring of 1963. They had started a campaign to end segregation in Birmingham, Alabama and it wasn’t going well.
Read MoreYou Might Be Wrong
I grew up Catholic, even pondered becoming a nun, and studied theology with awesomely radical social justice Jesuits before following the theological thread of my life right into Unitarian Universalist seminary.
Read MoreOn Humility
From Hasidic tradition we have a little story about Rabbi Simcha Bunim Bonhart, who lived in the Polish village of Peshischa at the turn of the 19th century.
Read More236: Post-Election Roundup with Alison Miller
2018-11-08 Join us live this Thursday at 11am ET as we chat on The VUU with Rev. Alison Miller about all that’s current in the post-election news. Rev. Alison Miller is the Senior Minister at Morristown Unitarian Fellowship in Morristown, NJ. — The VUU is hosted by Meg Riley, Michael Tino, Aisha Hauser and Christina…
Read More237: LREDA with Annie Scott and Sheila Schuh
2018-11-15 On this episode we chatted with Annie Scott and Sheila Schuh about what’s new with LREDA, our Unitarian Universalist Liberal Religious Educators Association. Annie Scott is the President of the LREDA Board of Trustees and has served multiple congregations as a Credentialed Religious Educator as well as a longtime leader at the district level.…
Read MoreHumility
Humility is to make a right estimate of oneself. —Charles H. Spurgeon
Read MoreFrom Your Minister
Perhaps you watched the comedy special on Netflix by Australian comedian Hannah Gadsby, entitled “Nanette.” If you didn’t, perhaps you’ve seen some of the media coverage about it, using words like “game-changing” and “comedic revolution.”
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