Kimberly French, a former UU World contributing editor, has also written for Salon, Tikkun, Utne Reader, and other publications.
Learn more about Kimberly French on UUA.org.
By Kimberly French
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Pentecostal preacher’s conversion to Universalism now a Netflix feature filmKimberly FrenchIra 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.
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A gesture of loveKimberly FrenchWhen some felt excluded by his lyrics, Jason Shelton chose to reimagine ‘Standing on the Side of Love.’
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Can we be good neighbors in an election year?Kimberly FrenchDemocracy requires disagreement and the skills to manage it. Let’s model the best of that practice.
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Songs when you need themKimberly FrenchYsaye Barnwell and the music of community, resistance, and power.
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Empty nest, now what?Kimberly FrenchAfter more than two decades, I’ve reached a new parenting milestone.
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Bug-sized solutionsKimberly FrenchThe same gallon of water required by a single California almond—a food I love and eat every day—can grow one pound of crickets.
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Apocalypse soonKimberly FrenchHow do we live under the cloud of impending apocalypse without giving in to panic?
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Michelle Huneven, back on courseKimberly FrenchSurviving alcoholism and seminary, a novelist finds depth and comedy in Unitarian Universalism.
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Offenders among usKimberly FrenchWhether we realize it or not, we likely all know sex abuse victims and offenders. Can we be in community with both? -
Reforms take aim at clergy misconductKimberly FrenchIt is easy to think of clergy misconduct as a Catholic or evangelical problem. It's not.
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Safe churches need policies and vigilanceKimberly French'We want congregations to be as proud of being free of sexual harassment, abuse, and misconduct as they are welcoming of LGBTQ people.' -
A moral divideKimberly FrenchCan we reconcile moral certainties with Unitarian Universalist Principles? -
Fly less, for the earth's sakeKimberly FrenchOne mode of transportation causes particular ethical angst among folks concerned about climate change.
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Our animal contradictionsKimberly French
How Unitarian Universalism can help us sort out our place in the animal world.
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Resources for exploring your animal contradictionsKimberly FrenchAn annotated guide to books and other resources.
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Caring for all creaturesKimberly FrenchUnitarian Universalists are providing comfort for ill or dying pets and their caregivers.
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Disco ball and candlelightKimberly FrenchAt First Parish in Bedford, worship is ‘holy theater’ and anything but stuffy.
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'Justice for everyone'Kimberly FrenchUnitarian Universalists in Danbury, Connecticut, help immigrants directly every week. -
Tucker rescues women’s voices from archivesKimberly French‘I wanted to give a voice to all of this experience that has generally been disregarded.’
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For love and justiceKimberly FrenchUnitarian Universalists mobilize in response to laws that tear families apart and abuse immigrants. In Denver, the fight is personal.
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Congregations as alliesKimberly French
How three Unitarian Universalist congregations are pursuing immigration justice.
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Mom, four kids, a year of serviceKimberly FrenchTeresa Keller and four kids are spending a year in service around the globe.
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To listen without judgingKimberly FrenchInspired by their minister’s story, activists at a New York church launch an abortion hotline that offers support without judgment.
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Natural raptureKimberly FrenchOnly when we strip away magical thinking can we see the sacred in everything. -
Unitarian values underscore Gaskell's novelsKimberly FrenchEnglish novelist Elizabeth Gaskell wrote about social issues and the role of women in society.
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‘Radiant genius and fiery heart’Kimberly FrenchReclaiming the legacy of Margaret Fuller, the forgotten intellectual at the heart of the Transcendentalist movement and the first American theorist of women’s equality.
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Sitting, with a good Buddhist novelKimberly FrenchTelling stories could be one of the most 'present' things we could do.
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Events to mark Margaret Fuller’s bicentennialKimberly FrenchDozens of events scheduled nationwide to celebrate the legacy of noted feminist, journalist, and Transcendentalist.
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A poet's griefKimberly FrenchKathleen Sheeder Bonanno's poetry chronicles her passage through grief after her daughter's murder.
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Rev. Carlton Pearson shares Gospel of Inclusion at All Souls Unitarian Church in TulsaKimberly FrenchA black Pentecostal bishop embraces Universalism, befriends a Unitarian minister, and shakes up the largest congregation in the UUA.
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Fifty years after the vote to form the UUAKimberly FrenchThe Unitarian and Universalist consolidation process continues to this day.
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John Murray's conversion to UniversalismKimberly FrenchHow an 18th-century Calvinist embraced Universalism and became the first minister of a Universalist church in America.
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Adlai Stevenson, the original eggheadKimberly FrenchThe last Unitarian nominated for president of the United States.
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Biggest coffee hour imaginableKimberly FrenchFirst impressions of a first-time General Assembly goer.
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'The threshold of a new era'Kimberly French
Unitarian Universalist Association's General Assembly resounds with calls for liberal leadership.
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The Sources singKimberly French
The ‘Sources’ cantata by Jason Shelton and Kendyl Gibbons celebrates the Six Sources of Unitarian Universalism.
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Adapting to children's needs for 200 yearsKimberly FrenchHow Unitarian and Universalist religious education evolved over two centuries.
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'Twilight Zone' writer challenged prejudiceKimberly FrenchRod Serling, a Unitarian, confronted prejudice with innovative television scripts.
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Quillen Shinn, Universalist circuit riderKimberly FrenchOur Universalist forebears ranged far and wide.
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Carolyn McDade’s Spirit of LifeKimberly FrenchUnitarian Universalism’s most beloved song, the woman who wrote it, and the communities that sustain her spirit.
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Thirty years of feminist transformationKimberly French
The 1977 Women and Religion resolution transformed the Unitarian Universalist Association.
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America's first cemetery, Unitarian-styleKimberly French
Boston's 175-year-old Mount Auburn Cemetery reflects Unitarian views of death.
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The anxiety proKimberly FrenchPsychologist John Dacey's own struggle with anxiety inspired a career helping others.
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Help for anxious parentsKimberly FrenchThe world is a dangerous place, but many parents are at risk of overprotecting their children.
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Lost and foundKimberly French
I am astonished at how quickly I was jerked from my usual, grounded self into floundering and fearfulness.
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UU Urban Ministry mourns six deathsKimberly FrenchMinistry tries to counter rising tide of violence in Boston.
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Pilgrims’ 400-year legacy alive in PlymouthKimberly FrenchThe congregation established by the Pilgrims in 1620 belongs to the Unitarian Universalist Association today.
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Black inventor helped found Queens churchKimberly FrenchSon of slaves invented key elements of lightbulb.
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He found a planet and founded a churchKimberly FrenchAt 24, Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto. He later helped found a Unitarian Universalist church.
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Meet today's UU abolitionistsKimberly FrenchFour Unitarian Universalist groups confront modern slavery.
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Boycotts don't always help, but you canKimberly FrenchHow to harness consumer power against modern slavery.
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A victory for the hereticsKimberly FrenchEllery Schempp's lawsuit ended compulsory Bible readings in public schools.
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Taking on the systemKimberly FrenchWard Morehouse took on Union Carbide after a chemical spill killed 15,000 people in India in 1984. What he learned helped chart a new course for the movement that wants to make corporations accountable to the people.
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High-profile advocate for human rightsKimberly French
The Rev. William F. Schulz looks back on twelve years at Amnesty International.
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Ethical Culture's humanist legacyKimberly FrenchUnitarianism and Universalism have been liberal religious cousins to the Ethical Culture movement since its founding in 1876. Now an Ethical Society has joined the UUA.
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Soul matesKimberly FrenchUUA President Dana Greeley and Rissho Kosei-kai founder Nikkyo Niwano's great friendship transcended national identity, culture, and religion.
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A life committed to justiceKimberly FrenchFor decades, Tom Andrews has been at the forefront of movements for human rights, international peace, disabled people’s rights, tax reform, and more.
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After L, G, and BKimberly French
Listening to transgender and nonbinary people is about respect, relationship, and whether we can be a truly inclusive faith.
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From riches to responsibilityKimberly FrenchChuck Collins, who gave away his inheritance, defends the estate tax.