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Cricket's song shows life's fragility
There is a cricket playing the violin in my bathroom.
Be the change
We must become, and learn to think of ourselves as, forces of history.
A spark of understanding
My first encounter with Unitarianism.
Death barged in
He has been here ever since.
Practice gratitude
Like hope, trust, and love, gratitude is both a feeling and a spiritual practice.
The liberal saints
Andrene Kauffman’s murals in Chicago’s Third Unitarian Church honor heroes of the liberal spirit.
Growing up in a UU family
People probably thought my parents were hippies because we were out-of-the-closet Unitarian Universalists.
Prayer for the people of Iran
An Iranian-American holds her breath as hundreds of thousands march for democracy in Iran.
Finding relief in the storm
The complexity of asking for, and offering, help.
Lessons from an elephant sage
Speak from a place of distraction, and the elephant will not move.
