Recent Stories
The DIY spiritual practice
A spiritual practice my wife and I cobbled together.
From mother to gypsy
Saying goodbye to the home where I raised my children.
The promised land is under your feet
Communities owe their health to those with the fortitude to stay put.
Graduation day
Parenthood makes life serious and challenges you to push past limitations you have accepted too easily. But those issues don't go away when you decide not to have children.
A little of that human touch
Relationship insights from the Boss.
The devil and Martha Stewart
Don’t give in to the voice that fuels the fires of perfectionism—especially here at the holidays.
How to raise a mensch
Cultivating your child's ethical and spiritual growth.
Letter to a new parent
Your heart will be worn and joyous, wise and beat up, and full of sorrow and amazement.
The daffodil rescue mission
People say, ‘Bloom where you’re planted,’ but things happen.
Adapting to children's needs for 200 years
How Unitarian and Universalist religious education evolved over two centuries.
Home grown Unitarian Universalism
Developing home-based community rituals that root UU adults and children.
The War on Drugs' war on families
A documentary film shows the tragic consequences of mandatory minimum sentences.
On the death of a child
Buddhist wisdom honors a brief life.
The floating life
Going with the flow sounds nice, until the river tries to kill you.
Documenting the gay marriage revolution
The story of legal same-sex marriage in Massachusetts.
UU minister performs Iowa's first same-sex wedding
Gay couple married by Unitarian Universalist minister.
Liberal religion and the working class
Unitarian Universalism has a class problem.
Even secular parents are religious educators
If you don't answer your children's religious questions, someone else will
Jesus for UU children
New book offers a Unitarian Universalist view.
Once and for all
Watching a loved one fade into dementia.
Excess baggage
Nonmaterialists on vacation.
Fireworks at the wedding
Fireworks and church may not seem to go together, but in my family they do.
Help for anxious parents
The world is a dangerous place, but many parents are at risk of overprotecting their children.
Parents' top concerns and what you can do
Advice from 'The Safe Child Handbook.'
Books address adoption's complications
Clear and honest writing about adopting a child.
What demythologizers tell their children
Stories are for everyone.
Legally married same-sex couples--two years later
UU gay and lesbian couples reflect on life after Massachusetts marriage ceremonies.
Book introduces Unitarian Universalism to young children
Full-color illustrations will delight children and adults.
Learning to raise lifelong UUs
We're not just a religion of exiles.
What's spiritual about parenting young children?
A passage from Bless This Child.
Books to honor great occasions
Four new books celebrating life's passages.
Three ways husbands express love
A new book surveys men in heterosexual marriages.
Winter holiday resources for UU families
Recommendations from the UUA's Lifespan Faith Development staff.
Creating UU family Christmas rituals
Finding the right mix of family traditions.
The ceremony of innocence
A ceremony of innocence is a statement of faith and an act of hope.
Rituals for holidays and everyday
Five rituals to try at home.
Creating rituals with and for children
Celebrate your family's values with your own traditions.
Sophia Lyon Fahs, revolutionary educator
Starting in 1937, Fahs helped lead a Unitarian religious education revival.
Are boys getting what they need at church?
When Sunday school isn't boy-friendly.
What do sons really need from their dads?
What losing a father teaches men about fatherhood.
Tips for more confident fathering
Hands-on fathers help children thrive.
Reclaiming the best of fatherhood
Roundtable discussion with Mary Pipher, William Doherty, and Neil Chethik.
E.J. Graff asks what marriage is for
The author of a history of marriage says the time has come for same-sex marriage.
What's distinctive about UU relationships?
Unitarian Universalist principles for healty relationships.
