Tag: Unitarian Universalism
Racism is an Honest Mistake
I want to tell you what I mean when I say that racism is an honest mistake, but first I want to be clear about some assumptions I’m making. The first is that I’m contributing to a conversation amo... Read More
Statues Will Never Be Enough
It was the summer of 2012. I was nineteen years old, working as an intern in Washington, DC—that swamp of politics, and humidity, and the slow-moving Potomac. The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial ha... Read More
Family, Like Faith, Is What You Make It
I have launched a campaign to have all of my loved ones move to New York City. Ideally, they’ll all move to Queens (one of the most diverse counties in the country!), but I’ll take any borough rea... Read More
This Seminarian Tried to Covert His Parents to Unitarian Universalism (and Failed)
My parents recently moved to a new city, so naturally they are making lots of new friends. Often they are asked about their family. The conversation inevitably goes something like this: New friend: Do... Read More
A Call to Prayer; A Call to Interfaith
Every morning for fourteen months the call to prayer woke me before the sun had climbed over the horizon. Every day, five times a day, the call to prayer rang out in Sirakoro where I was serving as... Read More
The Work Compels Us to Interfaith
Managing Editor’s note: all Contributing Scholars begin writing by answering the following question as their first post: Why are you committed to building relationships with those from different... Read More
#SelmaIsNow: Interfaith Justice Work
On March 8, 2015, I was in Selma, Alabama, along with about 70,000 other people. Together, we were marching, consecrating the act that brave women and men had engaged in 50 years before to march for... Read More
When did “never again” become “not again?”
I should be an optimist. Every movie and TV show shows the big guy as jolly, right? Furthermore, I’m a socialist who believes another world is possible through collective action, and a humanist ... Read More