Kimberly French

Ira Glass first brought the Rev. Carlton Pearson’s story to This American Life. Now, with Chiwetel Ejiofor as Pearson, Glass brings the story to your television.

When some felt excluded by his lyrics, Jason Shelton chose to reimagine ‘Standing on the Side of Love.’

The young women in my life help me rise up.

Democracy requires disagreement and the skills to manage it. Let’s model the best of that practice.

Ysaye Barnwell and the music of community, resistance, and power.

After more than two decades, I’ve reached a new parenting milestone.

The same gallon of water required by a single California almond—a food I love and eat every day—can grow one pound of crickets.

How do we live under the cloud of impending apocalypse without giving in to panic?

Surviving alcoholism and seminary, a novelist finds depth and comedy in Unitarian Universalism.

It is easy to think of clergy misconduct as a Catholic or evangelical problem. It's not.

One mode of transportation causes particular ethical angst among folks concerned about climate change.

How Unitarian Universalism can help us sort out our place in the animal world.

At First Parish in Bedford, worship is ‘holy theater’ and anything but stuffy.

‘I wanted to give a voice to all of this experience that has generally been disregarded.’

Unitarian Universalists mobilize in response to laws that tear families apart and abuse immigrants. In Denver, the fight is personal.

Teresa Keller and four kids are spending a year in service around the globe.

Inspired by their minister’s story, activists at a New York church launch an abortion hotline that offers support without judgment.

Reclaiming the legacy of Margaret Fuller, the forgotten intellectual at the heart of the Transcendentalist movement and the first American theorist of women’s equality.

Kathleen Sheeder Bonanno's poetry chronicles her passage through grief after her daughter's murder.

A black Pentecostal bishop embraces Universalism, befriends a Unitarian minister, and shakes up the largest congregation in the UUA.

Unitarian Universalism’s most beloved song, the woman who wrote it, and the communities that sustain her spirit.

The world is a dangerous place, but many parents are at risk of overprotecting their children.

The congregation established by the Pilgrims in 1620 belongs to the Unitarian Universalist Association today.

Son of slaves invented key elements of lightbulb.

At 24, Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto. He later helped found a Unitarian Universalist church.

Chuck Collins, who gave away his inheritance, defends the estate tax.

For decades, Tom Andrews has been at the forefront of movements for human rights, international peace, disabled people’s rights, tax reform, and more.