By Laura Wallace Like many UUs, I came from a religious background that one day no longer made sense for me. Disillusionment sent me searching, and finally to hovering nervously on a back pew nearly 40 years ago, scared but relieved to have blundered into a community that wouldn’t tell...
Did you ever wonder where our Sunday altars come from? They are created each month by our dedicated altar team. In this post, Maggie Ober explains their creative process. The altar team, Cindy Mick, Michelle Goodrich, Patty Wallens and Maggie Ober, with liberal support from Leia Durland-Jones and Nik Skaggs,...
By Stephanie Lowenhaupt UU-Charlottesville Member Wondering about Christmas Holiday plans and not being able to travel? Here is an opportunity to connect with other UU’s around the country. Are you interested in connecting with a diverse group of friendly and fascinating folks.? SWIM (Southeast Winter Institute Unitarian Universalist...
By Pam McIntire Sometimes in these hard times I struggle among despair, rage, and just feeling befuddled. I find that I am expending large amounts of energy trying to stay calm and centered. Sometimes I feel very alone. And, then comes the TJMC Wednesday email, the Friday email and the Sunday...
By Sara Gondwe, Chair, Racial Justice Steering Committee HaHa Probably you have. Perhaps you are aware that I have sons whom society identifies as African American. Did it occur to you that they also have a White identity so it would make just as much sense to label them as...
By Barbara Kres Beach Karola Torok is the daughter of Istvan and Melinda Torok of our partner church in Romania. She just finished her first year master studies in business information management. Her father, Reverend Torok, modestly tells us, “The results were very good.” To recoup her strength...
By the Racial Justice Steering Committee One of the things I hear over and over again, when it comes to our racial justice work here, is that we love to talk about things (over and over and over), and keep offering consciousness raising, but if that’s all that we do...