Guest Blog by Betty Oppenheimer Betty Oppenheimer has been a QUUF member for 25 years and has served in more capacities than we can count, including Board President, Youth Group Advisor, two Search Committees (for Bruce Bode and Nan Geer), Coming of Age Mentor, Welcoming Congregation, and just about every committee that has to do … Continue reading On Being Our Best Selves
Guest Blog by Rosemary Adang I joined QUUF for the same reason so many of us are here – a sense of community: spiritual community, community support, community action. QUUF is, as Paula Jones spoke of in her sermon earlier this year, a community of communities. At QUUF, I’ve found communities within our larger community … Continue reading Our Community of Communities
Guest Blog by Christina Tweed We just celebrated our Homecoming Sunday service. I don’t think it was how any of us hoped it would be… together in the sanctuary, even if it was limited capacity. But I am grateful. I am grateful for those who have our safety in the forefront of their minds in … Continue reading Keeping Connected in These COVID Times
Guest Blog by Nan Toby Tyrrell For me, when the Jewish holiday Rosh Hashanah comes in September, it’s a time that I relish. It provides me a chance to look into the deepest parts of myself and examine what changes I can make to live a better life. How can I find ways to honor … Continue reading Sacred Times ~ Rosh Hashanah
Guest Blog by Diane Haas This latest UU General Assembly was the 4th that I have attended. I especially like the workshops. They are educational and often inspiring. One that interested me this year was on Discernment Circles. Sitting in a circle comes naturally – it has been done for millennia. A circle equalizes power … Continue reading Discernment Circles
Guest Blog by Jo Blair This was the third year I’ve attended UUA General Assembly – once in person and twice online – and the first time I was a delegate. The other two times I participated in GA, my goal was to learn from UUs involved in Native Social and Environmental Justice issues to … Continue reading The Rights of Nature: Who Speaks for the Earth?
Guest Blog by Joyce Francis Beware! My account of General Assembly might be a downer! I volunteered to be a delegate to this year’s GA out of concern with declining democracy within the UUA, as documented in the new book Used to Be UU (referencing change within the UUA, not the authors) by Jay Kiskel … Continue reading Bothered and Bewildered
Guest Blog by Shawn Risley Why did I attend GA this June? I’m a lifelong member, sure, with long-acquired historical facts, but my education had stopped there. This was a faith I cared about, yet felt this was a now-or-never opportunity for intense learning. I signed up online about a week before GA, glad that … Continue reading GA21: Inclusive Communication for the Road Ahead
Guest blog by Brad Offutt I was really wondering what she’d say in her Ware Lecture to all the virtually assembled UUs at the end of the General Assembly. Stacey Abrams is brilliant and well-informed, so she certainly would know to whom she was to speak – a liberal group professing no creed and identifying … Continue reading Stacey Abrams talks to UUs
Guest Author: Julia Cochrane I was one of QUUF’s delegates to the Unitarian Universalist Association’s 2021 annual national meeting which is called the General Assembly. Besides attending all the business meetings as a delegate, I also attended a smattering of events and workshops, and am listening to more after the fact, which is a benefit … Continue reading Praxis in the Borderlands: Solidarity vs Charity
