Category: Pastoral

A Message of Gratitude for Thanksgiving

November 24, 2016 | Heather Vickery | Pastoral
Lately I’ve been thinking about the different ways we enter into gratitude. Sometimes we come to it as a deliberate practice, as when we get ready for sleep by reviewing the day just ending, with an eye to all that it held for which we’re thankful. Other times we enter gratitude out of surprise: someone […]

Creating Space to Grow Racial Justice

September 1, 2016 | Deva Jones | General Assembly, GROW, Pastoral, Racial Justice, Young Adult
It had happened again. Another black man had been shot dead by police, another life lost to the brutality of racism, another painful reminder of the urgency of the Movement for Black Lives. News of Philando Castile’s death in Minnesota came less than a day after the police shot Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge. They […]

The Ocean Refuses No River

September 25, 2012 | Deva Jones | Pastoral
The following post was written by Deanna Vandiver, executive director of the Center for Ethical Living and Social Justice Renewal in New Orleans, La. With every encounter, discernment emerges.” —Brian Swimme Joy and grief are intimately bound together for those who live on the margins. The people of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast know […]

Additional Information and FAQs about the UU College of Social Justice

April 4, 2012 | Deva Jones | Congregational Trip, Pastoral
At the start, the focus of the UU College of Social Justice (UUCSJ) will specifically be on providing the service-learning and justice-education programs mentioned here. Crafting these into more powerful learning experiences and expanding the portfolio of offerings will certainly consume the bulk of UUCSJ Director Rev. Kathleen McTigue’s and the UUCSJ team’s time initially, […]