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Writing to his brother, G’Ra Asim reflects on building his own identity while navigating Blackness, masculinity, and young adulthood - all through wry social commentary and music/pop culture critique...Book | By G'Ra Asim | March 29, 2022Tagged as: Class, Culture, Gender, SexualityProduct -
Now is the time for our financial offering. [Particular donation info, e.g. Donations can be made directly into the baskets being passed around, or online through our website, by mail, or by email. If you donate to the loose collection, then half of your donation will go to the congregation while...Offering | By Frances Koziar | January 13, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Class, Diversity, Money, Stewardship, WorshipWeb, WorshipWorship element
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An approachable guide to being an informed, compassionate, and socially conscious person today - from discussions of race, gender, and sexual orientation to disability, class, and beyond - from critically acclaimed historian, educator, and author Blair Imani...Book | By Blair Imani | October 29, 2021Tagged as: Class, Disability, Family, Gender, Oppression, Race/Ethnicity, Relationships, Social JusticeProduct -
The assumption that all people remember the same set of events, or enjoy the same set of things, puts enormous burdens of assimilation onto members of marginalized communities.Reflection | By Yuri Yamamoto | July 15, 2020 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: Anti-Oppression, Children, Class, Culture, Direct Experience, Diversity, Inclusion, MulticulturalismPage/Article -
Sometimes the simplest language can be the most effective.By Liz James | June 1, 2020 | From UU WorldTagged as: Class, Diversity, Simplicity, Membership Growth & OutreachPage/Article -
It's hard to feel gratitude for something when you're focusing on what’s wrong with it.Reflection | By Kat Liu | May 1, 2019 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: Arrogance, Arts & Music, Class, Humility, SearchingPage/Article -
Susan Frederick-Gray condemns tax bill as part of ‘all-out violent assault’ on poor, working class, and middle class people; interfaith movement plans nationwide campaign of nonviolent civil disobedience.By Christopher L. Walton | December 7, 2017 | From UU WorldTagged as: Class, Economy, Politics, Poverty, Social JusticePage/Article -
I pull another basket of steaming dishes out of the dishwasher in our church basement. My partner in kitchen clean-up grabs a clean dish towel to dab the pools of water from the upturned soup bowls. They ask, “So, what’s your undergrad in?” The conversations that happen in church kitchens are...Reflection | By Kari Kopnick | July 13, 2017 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Anti-Oppression, Class, Direct Experience, Education, Self-Respect, Work, WorthWorship element -
The 2017 Commission on Appraisal report looks at the cultural and structural forces that make up class and classism in our society and their impact on Unitarian Universalism.Book | By Commission On Appraisal | May 4, 2017 | From inSpirit: The UU Book and Gift ShopTagged as: Class, Unitarian Universalism, Economic Justice, Vision for UUismProduct -
Unitarian Universalist ministers say their community ministry—which provides food and community space—will not slow down.By Elaine McArdle | March 3, 2017 | From UU WorldTagged as: Class, Food Justice, Service, NewsPage/Article -
We bow our heads in order to imagine not one path, but many. We imagine a path forward for those who cannot imagine any path forward, because of poor health, financial hardship, family crises, and other roadblocks we cannot begin to understand or imagine. We struggle to imagine a path forward for...Prayer | By D. Scott Cooper | January 18, 2017 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 6th Principle (World Community), Advent, Anti-Oppression, Class, Conflict, Hope, Immigration, Journey, Justice Sunday, Searching, Unitarian Universalism, WorryWorship element -
What we would like to do is change the world—make it a little simpler for people to feed, clothe, and shelter themselves... by fighting for better conditions, by crying out unceasingly for the rights of the workers, the poor, of the destitute... [W]e can, to a certain extent, change the world; we...Quote | By Dorothy Day | December 19, 2016 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 6th Principle (World Community), Activism, Christianity, Class, Justice, Poverty, Service, Transformation, WorkWorship element
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Three books explore the white working-class experience in America.By Doug Muder | November 1, 2016 | From UU WorldTagged as: Class, Politics, Economic JusticePage/Article -
Our locks tell us a lot about our lives. Locks of all kinds hold my attention because of a dream I had when I was thirteen. In the dream a gray-haired woman in a white coat sat behind a desk. I knew she was me, far in the future. Behind her on the wall was a cross-stitched sampler with a motto. I...Meditation | By Meg Barnhouse | May 28, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Class, Courage, Fear, Meaning, Purpose, Race/Ethnicity, Relationships, Trust, Vision, VulnerabilityWorship element -
A Celtic pagan story from Ireland, told by Erica Helm Meade in her book of wisdom tales, The Moon in the Well (Peru, Illinois: Open Court/Carus, 2001). Permission pending....Story | May 18, 2015 | For Multigenerational | From MiraclesTagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), Arrogance, Challenge, Character, Class, Commitment, Conscience, Courage, Food Justice, Generosity, Paganism, Redemption, ThanksgivingCurriculum page
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Gathered in our varied faiths, We give thanks for the blessings of world community As we share our common dream: Homes and schools where children thrive, Neighborhoods that are safe and clean, A city rich in colors and cultures, An economy where no one is expendable, A beloved community where ric...Benediction | By Gary Kowalski | February 23, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 6th Principle (World Community), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Class, Diversity, Economy, Interdependence, Service, Unitarian Universalism, UnityWorship element
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First, let me bring you greetings from the larger family of faith of which you are a part. The Unitarian Universalist Association is the coming together of, now, 1055 free, liberal religious congregations in North America....Sermon | By William G. Sinkford | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Class, Race/Ethnicity, ReconciliationWorship element
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My friend Marcy and her boyfriend Brian recently ate dinner at a local Chinese restaurant. As they enjoyed a plate of lo mein, engrossed in conversation, a hand reached down and ushered away their platter of noodles....Reading | By Kaaren Solveig Anderson | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), Class, Compassion, Empathy, Poverty, PrivilegeWorship element
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Readings 1: The Gospel of Mark, Chapter 14, verses 3-91 While he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the Leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came in with an alabaster jar of very costly ointment of nard, and she broke open the jar and poured the ointment on his head....Sermon | By Joanne Giannino | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Class, Humanism, PrivilegeWorship element
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What is the value of a gift given? Is it just the dollar amount on the price tag or are some gifts worth much more? Let me tell you about a gift that was not worth much monetarily, but which made a wealthy woman richer than she could have imagined....Story | October 29, 2014 | For High School | From Virtue EthicsTagged as: Class, Generosity, Humility, Poverty, WealthCurriculum page