195: Dismantling Oppression in Governance
2017-10-21 Join our hosts as they chat with UUA Co-moderators Elandria Williams and Mr. Barb Greve about dismantling oppression in governance. ***** For the best listening experience: – subscribe to the audio podcast on iTunes, Android, Stitcher or your favorite app: http://www.questformeaning.org/subscribe-to-vuu-podcast/ – listen directly at: http://www.questformeaning.org/vuu/ ***** The VUU streams live on Thursdays at…
Read MoreTo Be a Blessing
I love my job. I love driving to the hospital each morning, having no idea of what will happen that day—who I’ll meet, what I’ll do, whether there will be triumphs or tragedies, joy or heartbreak, setbacks, small signs of progress or holding patterns.
Read More196: UUs, Music and Appropriation
2017-10-26 Join our hosts as they chat about Unitarian Universalists, music and appropriation with guests DeReau K. Farrar, Director of Music at First Unitarian in Portland, and Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout, Director of Music and Worship at First UU of Ann Arbor. Links mentioned on the show: * Decentering Whiteness in Worship, UUA Webinar: https://www.uua.org/worship/words/decentering-whiteness-worship-webinar…
Read More194: Testimony: The Transformative Power of Unitarian Universalism
2017-10-13 Join our hosts as they chat with Joanne Fontaine Crawford and Mandy Goheen about the book Testimony: The Transformative Power of Unitarian Universalism. What are your stories of UU testimony? ***** For the best listening experience: – subscribe to the audio podcast on iTunes, Android, Stitcher or your favorite app: http://www.questformeaning.org/subscribe-to-vuu-podcast/ – listen directly…
Read MoreInhabiting Vulnerability
Vulnerability is not a weakness, a passing indisposition, or something we can arrange to do without; vulnerability is not a choice.
Read MoreSustenance During Vulnerability
One of the things that can sustain us in our moments of greatest vulnerability is belonging to a community that we can trust to support us and give us the spiritual resources to continue on.
Read MoreVulnerability
October 2017 edition of Quest Monthly – We are at our most powerful the moment we no longer need to be powerful. ―Eric Micha’el Leventhal
Read More191: White Supremacy Teach-in 2
2017-09-21 191: White Supremacy Teach-in 2 Last year, two-thirds of UU congregations participated in the White Supremacy Teach-In. This year the VUU is back to discuss the second White Supremacy Teach-In with Aisha Ansano, Tracy Breneman, Josh Pawelek, Christina Rivera and Krista Taves. Through public witness, education, and introspection, our faith is coming to understand…
Read MoreSacred Vulnerability
Vulnerability is the core of all emotions and feelings. To feel is to be vulnerable.
Read More192: BLUU with Lena Gardner, Didi Delgado and Rev. Mykal Slack
Join our hosts this week as they chat with Lena Gardner, Didi Delgado and Rev. Mykal Slack from BLUU. BLUU stands for Black Lives of Unitarian Universalism. Its mission is to provide information, resources and support for Black Unitarian Universalists and it works to expand the role & visibility of Black UUs within the UU faith.
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