UUCP is so lucky to be getting a Ministerial Intern! Read here to learn more about Brigitta, if you haven’t heard the good news. I remember my Ministerial Internship so well as it was a transformative experience in building my ministerial identity. The congregation took so much pride in creating an environment where I could

I got so much reaction on this past Sunday’s service on ableism and disability theology. It seemed to resonate with so many of you with your personal stories of disability AND your stories about what you were taught in your early religious days. Like racism, misogyny, heteronormativity, ageism, and all the other isms that separate

I’ve been thinking a lot about love lately. I’ve been thinking about it because it is the value that is in the center of our new proposed Unitarian Universalist values that would replace our current 8 Principles. I’ve been thinking about it because the UUA is hosting the 30 Days of Love between MLK Day

The rush of the holidays are over. And there are a lot of things that myself, the staff and UUCP teams and committees said, “Oh, we’ll look at that after the holidays” or “We’ll explore that in the New Year. Well, guess what? We’re there. This time of the year is always exciting and daunting to

For the most part, I believe that New Year’s Day is just another day and that marking it as a day of resolutions or notable annual change is a societal construct that doesn’t work well for me. I mostly believe that resolutions are premeditated ways to feel guilt and shame in about a month when

“Have The Christmas That You’ll Have.” This has become one of my signature phrases. My friends quote me and say it back to me when needed. It has been amended to “have the holiday you will have,” “have the birthday you will have,” “have the family that you’ll have” and more.  It comes from a