Guest Blog by Nan Toby Tyrrell For me, when the Jewish holiday Rosh Hashanah comes in September, it’s a time that I relish. It provides me a chance to look into the deepest parts of myself and examine what changes I can make to live a better life. How can I find ways to honor … Continue reading Sacred Times ~ Rosh Hashanah
Guest Blog by Diane Haas This latest UU General Assembly was the 4th that I have attended. I especially like the workshops. They are educational and often inspiring. One that interested me this year was on Discernment Circles. Sitting in a circle comes naturally – it has been done for millennia. A circle equalizes power … Continue reading Discernment Circles
Guest Blog by Jo Blair This was the third year I’ve attended UUA General Assembly – once in person and twice online – and the first time I was a delegate. The other two times I participated in GA, my goal was to learn from UUs involved in Native Social and Environmental Justice issues to … Continue reading The Rights of Nature: Who Speaks for the Earth?
Guest Blog by Joyce Francis Beware! My account of General Assembly might be a downer! I volunteered to be a delegate to this year’s GA out of concern with declining democracy within the UUA, as documented in the new book Used to Be UU (referencing change within the UUA, not the authors) by Jay Kiskel … Continue reading Bothered and Bewildered
Guest Blog by Shawn Risley Why did I attend GA this June? I’m a lifelong member, sure, with long-acquired historical facts, but my education had stopped there. This was a faith I cared about, yet felt this was a now-or-never opportunity for intense learning. I signed up online about a week before GA, glad that … Continue reading GA21: Inclusive Communication for the Road Ahead
Guest blog by Brad Offutt I was really wondering what she’d say in her Ware Lecture to all the virtually assembled UUs at the end of the General Assembly. Stacey Abrams is brilliant and well-informed, so she certainly would know to whom she was to speak – a liberal group professing no creed and identifying … Continue reading Stacey Abrams talks to UUs
Guest Author: Julia Cochrane I was one of QUUF’s delegates to the Unitarian Universalist Association’s 2021 annual national meeting which is called the General Assembly. Besides attending all the business meetings as a delegate, I also attended a smattering of events and workshops, and am listening to more after the fact, which is a benefit … Continue reading Praxis in the Borderlands: Solidarity vs Charity
Guest Author: Maria Mendes So what happened? There were a wide range of workshops, educational sessions, worship services, entertainment, and lively chat rooms, as well as business meetings at the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) General Assembly (GA) available virtually from Milwaukee in June. This year, 622 congregations were represented, primarily from the US, but also … Continue reading What Happened at General Assembly…and Why It Matters
Guest Blog by Bobbie Hasselbring When Rev. Kate asked me if I’d write a guest blog, I thought, “Oh, I don’t have anything to talk about.” Then, dear friends started losing loved ones and I watched their deep pain. First, it was someone’s mother dying from COVID-19. Then it was a husband who lived in … Continue reading The Grief Marathon
Guest Blog by Doug Rodgers I woke up the other day with a message from God in my mind. It went something like this. Dear humans, You seem more troubled than usual these days, so let me try to help you find a way forward. First of all, I do love you, always have and … Continue reading A Message From God
