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(This opinion by Chris Edwards and Robin McNallie is in response to a request for members’ feedback from Bernie Mathes, our delegate to the Jefferson District meeting May 1):

If our UU district drops Thomas Jefferson’s name, we will put ourselves in the company of those on the Texas Board of Education who plan [...]

Rev. Emma spoke at the Williamsburg UU on February 22 as a part of their Diversity / Welcoming Sunday program. She carried greetings to them from the folks at the Harrisonburg UU, and you can hear the return greetings here:

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Scroll down to February 22, and click “Download Podcast”.

Emma’s reflection was entitled: [...]

It fascinated me to learn about the career of the late Congressman Jim Olin when his wife, Phyllis, spoke on “Life of a Unitarian in Congress” at our June 10, 2007 Sunday service. Rep. Olin served our district (Virginia’s 6th – yes, the same district we are in now) from 1982 to 1993. I happened to move here in ’93, shortly after his retirement. It seems amazing, now, to think that someone who was not only a Democrat, self-described “Yankee,” and labeled “liberal,” but a UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST, could get elected for 5 terms from this central Shenandoah Valley whose ham-fisted conservatism we love to lament!

What has changed?
W.B. Yeats, reflecting on the troubles of another place and time, wrote, “The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.” That seems so true here and now. One cause, and/or symptom, may be the recent trend of pushing political candidates to talk “about their faith.” The Religious Right has driven that dialogue, enabled by a shallow and credulous media that seems totally unaware of Jesus’ warning against loud, pious hypocrites in Matthew 6:5. Continue reading Unitarians, politics, faith, values, conviction, confusion

The fellowship recently voted on a new tagline for HUU to use as part of our identification. The majority voted for One Journey, Many Paths. What does that mean to you??

According to Wikipedia, a dialogue (often spelled dialog) is a reciprocal conversation between two or more persons. Want to continue a dialogue that was started during a particular service?

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