When women and historically underrepresented minorities contribute to science, outcomes are improved. Science is more innovative, outcomes are more equitable, and technology improves when science teams are diverse.  While UUs…

With a vaccine rollout in progress, we can expect an eventual easing-up of the uncertainty of pandemic life.  As UUs begin to reorient ourselves toward the future of our tradition,…

According to Wikipedia, “chronocentrism” was coined by sociologist Jib Fowles in an article in the journal Futures in February, 1974.  Fowles described chronocentrism as “the belief that one’s own times…

Scientists use the term ecological disturbance to describe a temporary change in environmental conditions that causes a pronounced change in an ecosystem. We are living in a disturbance of our…

Martin Luther King Jr. has been, and will always be, an icon of the Civil Rights movement, and his words are ever important today as we confront the challenges of…

The topic of this Forum will focus on our responses to what happened at the Capitol in Washington D.C. on January 6th. We will call upon our UU values to…

Across the UUA congregations are responding to a comprehensive report from the Commission on Institutional Change. The report is entitled "Widening the Circle" and it is available as a PDF.  It's a…

Truth, as a concept, is changing and we're pretty uncomfortable about that.  There's lots of hunkering down around "our truth."  Plenty of folks are shaking their heads and thinking "Well…

SPIRITUAL SOCIAL JUSTICE IN REMEBRANCE AND ACTION Amy L. Howard 11-15-2020 Change is the only thing we can expect in life. Change is what happens whether we’re ready for it…

According to a 2018 study, over the next 45 years 12 million Americans will have to relocate because of climate influences.  Primarily moving South to the North.  What can be…