Bob came from upstate Troy, New York. He majored in history and philosophy at West Virginia Wesleyan College then majored in theology at Yale Divinity School. While in college and seminary, he worked small churches to support his young family. He did graduate work in intellectual history at Temple University and in theology at Drew University. He was ordained in the New York Conference of the United Methodist Church. In 2006, he retired and a year later, discovered the TCUUC, where started the book club. In 2008, he began seven years of part-time ministry at the TCUUC then retired again and moved to Asheville, NC. A year later, Bob and his wife returned to the area, and the TCUUC. Elaine McArdle Two UUA employees who were violently robbed during the 2017 General Assembly urged leniency in case against four attackers, who were sentenced to prison terms. Source: UUA World from UUA.org
Trudi Frazel As metaphorical scuba divers, we can control the depths to which we dive and grow more skilled through experience. Source: UUA World from UUA.org
Colin Bossen Unitarians and Universalists haven’t always challenged white supremacy. Sometimes they’ve championed it. Source: UUA World from UUA.org
Seth Fisher We wanted to let people know about everything we had to offer without making them sit through a Sunday service. We started inviting people directly to the coffee hour. Source: UUA World from UUA.org
Bruce T. Marshall Be present to other people as they are, not as you want them to be. Source: UUA World from UUA.org
Air Nonken In Nicaragua, women cultivate power and share their wisdom with UU feminists from the United States. Source: UUA World from UUA.org
Michael Hart Actions protesting U.S. treatment of migrants and asylum seekers were organized by the Latinx organization Mijente in San Diego on July 2. Source: UUA World from UUA.org
Christopher L. Walton UUA General Assembly continues focus on dismantling white supremacy. Resolutions condemn criminalization of migrants, call for end to private prisons, and urge support for indigenous water protectors. Source: UUA World from UUA.org
Alexandra Varney McDonald Climate activists turn to civil disobedience at the risk of serving prison time. Source: UUA World from UUA.org
Sonja L. Cohen Over fifty-seven years of ministry, the Rev. Charles Gaines has ‘modeled a Unitarian Universalism that can be.’ Source: UUA World from UUA.org
