Parents

Spirit

Loss, Poetry, and the Ballast of Faith

My UU faith—and my parents’ lived examples—informed my thinking about living and dying, sustaining and influencing me more than I realized.

Kathryn Hamilton Warren 3/1/2020
Ideas

Give Me Children, and I (and They) Shall Die

As the fight over reproductive rights continues, not enough is being said about racial disparities in health care.

Kim Hampton 11/1/2019
Spirit

A flower grew

What my young daughter taught me about the meaning of death.

Carl Johnson 11/1/2018
Life

Holiday traditions, tangled up like lights

The holiday season can be a tangled web of memory, tradition, longing, and joy.

Meg Barnhouse 12/21/2017
Ideas

Greta Gerwig, a ‘fly on the wall for my adolescence’

Three young ministers discuss Lady Bird, powerful storytelling, and hopes and possibilities for Unitarian Universalist ritual.

Aisha Ansano, Abigail Clauhs, Hannah Roberts Villnave 12/14/2017
Life

Roo, exactly as he is

When we invite children to tell the truth about themselves, when we meet them with compassion and acceptance, we become a sanctuary.

Jen Shattuck 11/1/2016
Life

Raising UU interfaith ambassadors

We must help Unitarian Universalist children and youth engage deeply with a variety of faith traditions.

Michelle Richards 10/3/2016
Life

Saving ants

As their spiritual educator, I’m teaching my kids the importance of authenticity.

Christine Organ 5/23/2016
Life

Empty nest, now what?

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

Kimberly French 2/22/2016
Starting over

Despite our best intentions, all parents make mistakes, act inconsistently, and generally fall short of our goals. But we can also model asking for forgiveness.

Michelle Richards 1/9/2014
Life

Choice words

Hands-off parenting gives kids choices they aren’t ready to make.

Marcy Campbell 8/26/2013
What’s a UU family to do on Easter?

Michelle Richards 3/24/2013