My thumbs, encouraged by the growth, found an empty pot and now I have the daily joy of seeing the plants take root. I have no idea what kind of flowers will result, or if it will blossom at all, but the small shoots remind me daily that sometimes growth happens in forgotten spaces, spaces we might have created but in ways we never imagined.
With thanks to the good work of Rev. Darrick Jackson before he concluded his employment with the UUMA, we now have a Communities of Practice…
I hope that we can take a moment to appreciate the many and varied ways in which we continue to learn and grow in this faith and celebrate the living tradition that grows and changes, too.
Several years ago, the Committee on Anti-racism, Anti-oppression, and Multiculturalism (CARAOM) was moved from the Bylaws to the Executive Team. Important work has happened there and it was the right thing to do at the time. And the world has changed and our UUMA professional organization has changed since that wise move. The Committee on Widening the Circle will be given a clear charge connected with our mission and purpose towards a liberatory Unitarian Universalism.
Don’t let finances deter you from being a part of this opportunity to connect with colleagues through worship, collegial conversations, spiritual practices and social gatherings.
Whether or not we agree with what they have to say, I hope we can all remember the grave risks that come from police and military suppression of student voices and organizing.
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How are you connecting with colleagues? What is feeding your need for connection? Let us know what is working, and not working, for you. We need one another and finding ways to meet that need is an important role of the UUMA.
The UUMA Nominating Committee submit the following list of nominees for the UUMA Board and the Nominating Committee:
To use one of my mom’s most favorite sayings, what’s true is that most of us don’t know how our lives will unfold. In the midst of all that unknowing, may we all live lives that lead us to enough, to living lives of abundance and saying yes to life.
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