Personal Stories

  • Spirit
    People probably thought my parents were hippies because we were out-of-the-closet Unitarian Universalists.
    Laura Pedersen
  • Spirit

    Volunteering in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina—and the aftermath of my diagnosis with ALS—has helped me appreciate the complexity of asking for, and offering, help.

    Mary J Harrington
  • Spirit
    The most important thing Samboon taught me was how to speak from my deepest and most grounded place.
    Rain T. Van Den Berg
  • Life

    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.

    Doug Muder
  • Life
    The Karma Fairy is laughing her head off at the SUV in my driveway.
    Meg Barnhouse
  • Spirit
    I worshiped the gods of comedy and tragedy long before I worshiped Jesus's God, and I have never stopped leaving gifts at the altar of Dionysus.
    Victoria Weinstein
  • Editorial
    Coming face to face and heart to heart with the reality of slavery.
    William G Sinkford
  • Ideas
    What do Unitarian Universalists need to go deeper?
    Doug Muder
  • Editorial
    Suffering and anxiety are usually just as finite and time-limited as high passion and unalloyed joy.
    William F. Schulz

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