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UU Children’s Religious Education: Passport to the World of Faith Julie Caran 5/26/13 Good morning. I want to start by addressing the title of this service. “UU Children’s Religious Education: Passport to the World of Faith. In a way, saying that UU RE provides a passport to the world of faith implies that we are not part of that world. Is Unitarian Universalism a faith? I had difficulty answering that question until I became immersed in UU religious education. When I b

May 19, 2013 Sunday service By Chris Edwards Last Fall, in the UU World’s cover story, the Rev. Thandeka explored President Obama's childhood attendance at a Unitarian Universalist Sunday school in Honolulu. She concluded by expressing regret that many who, like him, had early exposure to UU'ism have not remained in the fold. Interestingly, Thandeka gave the first report I’d seen about the opposition portraying UU’ism as the culprit for Obama’s alleged leftist worldview. Hi

May 12, 2013 Ascension Sunday Mother’s Day by Rev. Emma Chattin Lighting the Chalice, Reading We remember our mothers, those who bless us with their presence, those who have gone on before us, and the mothers among us today, our Mother Earth, and those who give birth to new things all over the world, and everywhere in our universe. We lift our gentle thoughts in gratitude, letting them rise above our being, as the flame rises and ascends from the cradle of the chalice. First

Adapted by Les Grady from Active Hope by J. Macy and C. Johnstone Sunday, April 21, 2013 What Aileth Thee Adapted by Les Grady from Active Hope by J. Macy and C. Johnstone In their book Active Hope authors Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone use the story of “Parsifal and the Fisher King to illustrate a situation of great suffering not being acknowledged and of people carrying on as if nothing were wrong. Today we are experiencing a similar situation in climate change. Clima

by Keo Cavalcanti March 24, 2013 Every time I read W. H. Auden’s “The Unknown Citizen poem I am reminded of the unenviable task that befalls us sociologists. We are a funny bunch ¦ We spend a lot of time looking for stable and predictable patterns of behavior in society. We do so by comparing certain groups to other groups, by identifying what members of each group share in common, and how those characteristics influence the way they act and live. The main character in