UUA Top Stories https://www.uua.org/ Top Stories from the Unitarian Universalist Association en https://www.uua.org/files/styles/max_992x992/public/logos/uua_logo_gradient_on_white.png?itok=zTEG1IXI UUA Top Stories https://www.uua.org/ Love’s Power Between Us https://www.uua.org/braverwiser/love-s-power-between-us A group of adults gathers, as if ending a meeting. Four people in the background smile--three standing and one sitting--as two more adults hug warmly in front of them.

Anonymous

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Shared ministry is all about creating the conditions for genuine and sacred connections to be made.
]]> Wed, 20 May 2026 05:52:12 -0400 Anonymous https://www.uua.org/braverwiser/love-s-power-between-us Safer Use of Tapestry of Faith Webinar https://www.uua.org/lifespan/re-sources/safer-use-tapestry-faith-webinar The sun is setting over the dark blue Atlantic ocean. The sun is a glowing yellow ball, surrounded by a halo of hot orange. Clouds, grey with shadows, float above the sun.
Designed for religious education professionals, committees, and volunteers, this 90 minute recorded webinar will: help participants understand the challenges and risks involved in ToF — and choose better options.
]]> Wed, 13 May 2026 14:50:49 -0400 https://www.uua.org/lifespan/re-sources/safer-use-tapestry-faith-webinar UUA New Communities Fund: Sanctuary Boston Offers ‘Music-Centered,’ ‘Embodied’ Worship for Unitarian Universalists https://www.uuworld.org/articles/new-communities-fund-sanctuary-boston © Heather Parker Photography

Ethan Loewi

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How prototype groups are daring to reimagine Unitarian Universalism
]]> Wed, 13 May 2026 08:00:00 -0400 Ethan Loewi https://www.uuworld.org/articles/new-communities-fund-sanctuary-boston Ministry is Collective https://www.uua.org/braverwiser/ministry-collective Inside what appears to be a church sanctuary, with their backs to the camera, a multiracial group of five adults forms a warm huddle. They have their arms wrapped around each others' shoulders; one person rests their head on another's shoulder.

Antoinette Hollamon

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Our shared ministry is making this life livable in the best and worst of times; we can only do that together.
]]> Wed, 13 May 2026 04:49:40 -0400 Antoinette Hollamon https://www.uua.org/braverwiser/ministry-collective What Makes Us Human https://www.uua.org/braverwiser/what-makes-us-humanwhat-makes-us-human In the background, people are sitting in wooden church pews. In the foreground and in profile, a Black person wearing a suit jacket clasps his hands in front of him.

Joy Berry

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The most important thing for any of us to do is to stay soft, whole-hearted, and open to the world, in all its beauty and its terror.
]]> Wed, 06 May 2026 05:48:39 -0400 Joy Berry https://www.uua.org/braverwiser/what-makes-us-humanwhat-makes-us-human 2026 Contested Election for UUA Board of Trustees Position #5 https://www.uua.org/uuagovernance/elections/2026-contested-board-election Terry Grim (on the left) and Larry Ladd (on the right) are smiling under a banner which reads, "Contested Election for UUA Board of Trustees Position #5."
There will be a contested election for Position #5 on the UUA Board of Trustees. Terry Grim, nominated by the UUA Nominating Committee for Position #5 on the UUA Board of Trustees, will run against Larry Ladd, petition candidate for Position #5 on the UUA Board of Trustees.
]]> Mon, 04 May 2026 15:14:54 -0400 https://www.uua.org/uuagovernance/elections/2026-contested-board-election Transformational Love https://www.uua.org/braverwiser/transformational-love On a grey couch, a Black woman reclines back, though out of focus. On her denim-clad knee, and the center of focus, is a shaggy white dog resting its head. She has one hand wrapped affectionately in the fur on the back of the dog's head.

Melissa Jeter

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Care is the soil we prepare so that the roots of authentic relationship can grow.
]]> Wed, 29 Apr 2026 04:02:59 -0400 Melissa Jeter https://www.uua.org/braverwiser/transformational-love Unitarian Universalists Reject Christian Nationalist Theology Underpinning Conflict with Iran https://www.uua.org/pressroom/press-releases/uus-reject-war-iran About 20 small lit tea lights are arranged, in the dark, in a peace symbol.
Unitarian Universalist leaders register their theological objections to the Christian Nationalist ideologies bolstering the war with Iran.
]]> Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0400 https://www.uua.org/pressroom/press-releases/uus-reject-war-iran Congregations as Employers https://www.uua.org/leaderlab/congregations-as-employers Grayscale image of two people hugging in a congregational reception setting. Deep violet vertical stripe on left edge

Congregational Life

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Well-equipped staff provide consistent, skilled, accountable leadership, which in turn builds capacity and ownership among the laity. We provide guidance on hiring, paying, supporting, and structuring your staff team while helping you ensure that your congregation is legally compliant, as well.
]]> Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:30:54 -0400 Congregational Life https://www.uua.org/leaderlab/congregations-as-employers An Update on Unitarian Universalism from UUA President Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt https://www.uuworld.org/articles/uua-president-sofia-betancourt-update-unitarian-universalism © Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt

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Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt shares how the UUA is adapting, investing, and collaborating in this challenging time.
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