From @jackjenkins.me at @rns.org - Amid ICE killings, more than 100 clergy from across the US stage protest at Delaney Hall @uua.org religionnews.com/2026/07/14/m...

For Paul George?

The UUA decries today's U.S. Supreme Court decisions in Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. B.P.J., which uphold state laws restricting transgender student athletes. We remain steadfast in affirming the inherent worthiness and dignity of trans people. Full statement at https://bit.ly/4wgs04V #UU

(RNS) — ‘We are called by our faith to put our bodies on the line if that’s the call,’ said the Rev. Robin Tanner, a Unitarian Universalist minister.

For what it is worth, we did not experience the boom on the Cape.

As someone who also had Mr. Grosky in middle school and was a few years behind Montana Miller, it is surreal to read @yabraham.bsky.social's story in @bostonglobe.com Sending best wishes to them both for continued healing. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/19/m...

60 years ago this week, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his historic Ware Lecture, “Don’t Sleep Through the Revolution,” to Unitarian Universalists. This year’s Ware Lecture continues that legacy with Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde. Read more: https://bit.ly/4dvblCO #UU #MLK #GA2026

In 2013, after announcing that he would be the first openly gay player in a major sport, Jason Collins then announced he would march in the Boston Pride parade. It's impossible to describe how big a deal this was, especially for those of us handling media for the parade. I hope he rests in peace.

Today, the UUA calls for an end to the war in Iran. UU leaders named their theological objections in a letter to federal leaders and are inviting UUs to sign on in public opposition. Read the letter at UU World: www.uuworld.org/articles/ira... Add your name: www.uua.org/pressroom/in...

🙏 #ArtemisII

From @nj.com - N.J. faith communities mark Easter and Passover amid shifting religious landscape @uua.org #UUWorld www.nj.com/news/2026/04...

From @kathrynpost.bsky.social at @rns.org - Some churches don't preach a literal resurrection. Here's how they celebrate Easter. @uua.org religionnews.com/2026/04/02/w...

From the MA State House, UUA Publications Editor Larisa Hohenboken reflects on the fight for the freedom to read—and why it matters now. All people deserve to tell their stories. Read more: https://www.uua.org/pressroom/ingoodfaith/ma-freedom-read-advocacy #UU #BannedBooks #Read

Humanity can still do amazing things. #ArtemisII

From @kathrynpost.bsky.social at @rns.org - LGBTQ faith leaders say Supreme Court's conversion therapy ruling will harm youth @uua.org religionnews.com/2026/04/01/l...

A daffodil wakes up, yawns, and stretches it petals on this first day of Spring.

In Maine—one of the least religious states in the country—Unitarian Universalist congregations are growing. Portland ministers Rev. Norm Allen and Rev. Tara Humphries reflect on why people are seeking UU community and what congregations can learn about “doing church well.” https://bit.ly/3NrWiAX

This looks better than it is.

OPINION: How we feel about empathy itself has become part of the political argument, especially as the administration clamps down on immigration. https://religionnews.com/2026/02/12/how-magas-anti-empathy-campaign-upends-christian-morality4244897/ 

US Capitol Police arrest demonstrators, including many clergy members with the group Faith in Action, as they hold a prayer protest against funding for ICE and DHS ahead of a possible government shutdown on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC 📸 Saul Loeb

NEW from me: Every morning for the past week or so, a group of ~24 clergy in Portland, Maine drive out to a business. They form a line near a door, shielding a group of mostly immigrant workers as they exit their shift. Then faith leaders stare down DHS agents. religionnews.com/2026/01/29/m...

From UU World - UUA President Arrested During D.C. Protest Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt joined other religious leaders at U.S. Capitol Complex to protest Homeland Security budget. @uua.org www.uuworld.org/articles/uua...

UUs answered the call by the hundreds, joining other people of faith to march, sing & pray in Minneapolis on Friday, sending a powerful, unified message: Love is greater than ICE. Get pictures and first-person accounts in this story from UU World. www.uuworld.org/articles/min... #IceOut #UU

NEW: I was one of 3 reporters granted access to the convening of 600+ clergy in Minneapolis this week. It was a striking show of solidarity with MN clergy resisting ICE, but heralded something else: the emergence of a vast, faith-based network trained to resist ICE. religionnews.com/2026/01/23/i...

NEW from me: Hundreds of clergy descend on Minneapolis and go on lookout for ICE —> religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...

From @theguardian.com - Make no mistake, this is an occupation’: ICE’s deadly presence casts long shadow over Minneapolis @uua.org www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

NEW from me: Yesterday, I rode along with an ICE observer patrolling the same neighborhood where Renee Good was killed. It only took a few minutes until Rev. Horan, who is a Unitarian Universalist minister, spotted suspected ICE vehicles. religionnews.com/2026/01/14/i...

From @jackjenkins.me at @rns.org - 'She could have been any of us': Faith leaders mourn Renee Good in Minneapolis @uua.org @revashleyhoran.bsky.social religionnews.com/2026/01/09/p...

NEW from me: At least two clergy were among those shoved, shot at with pepper rounds and exposed to pepper spray while protesting the actions of in Minnesota after an ICE agent shot and killed a woman who had been observing them. religionnews.com/2026/01/07/m...

Welcome 2026

Faith communities are often portrayed as uniformly opposed to trans, intersex, & nonbinary people. The response to a recent landmark interfaith statement tells a different story — with 1,000+ people of faith and major religious leaders speaking out. Read more & add your voice: https://bit.ly/4qjrlNk

That's a wrap on Christmas Day.

Winter Solstice 2025

In addition to directing some of the most beloved films of our youth, I'm thinking of how Rob Reiner introduced many members of Generation X to the music of the 50s and early 60s (Stand by Me soundtrack) & the great American songbook (When Harry Met Sally soundtrack). Incredible cultural legacy.

By @samames.bsky.social and @adrianshanker.bsky.social at @newsweek.com -Bad Medicine—How Secretary Kennedy Is Jeopardizing LGBTQ Lives www.newsweek.com/bad-medicine...

Yvonne Abraham approaches this story with compassion and asks important questions about the way our criminal justice system addresses those with mental health challenges. It's very much worth reading.

From @eocieslik.bsky.social at @washblade.bsky.social - "Faith leaders denounce anti-transgender attacks; ‘You are holy. You are sacred. We love you.’" @uua.org www.washingtonblade.com/2025/12/02/f...

Amid the SNAP crisis, MA local news highlighted how faith communities are rising to meet the moment. Rev. Wil Darcangelo of First Church Unitarian in Lancaster shared how kids from a neighboring church filled their little free pantry. Read the story at bit.ly/4i8YyYP #UU #FoodJustice

UU President Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt joins faith leaders across traditions in proclaiming: transgender, intersex, and nonbinary people are holy, whole, and worthy of love. Together, we call out the misuse of religion to justify harm. www.uuworld.org/articles/uua...

From @uua.org's blog, In Good Faith - UUs Are Helping During the SNAP Crisis: "But people’s vulnerability is everyone’s responsibility, so how we support to the extent that we can the people in need is a direct implication of what it means to keep love at the center.” www.uua.org/pressroom/in...

From @jackjenkins.me at @rns.org - After clergy arrests, religious pushback to ICE expands in Chicago religionnews.com/2025/10/21/a...

On Oct 18, UUs turned out en masse to say: In the U.S., we have no kings! In Boston, UUA leaders, UU Mass Action & others joined 125,000 community members to resist growing authoritarianism. 📸 Share a No Kings rally photo in the comments! 🔗 Photos and more: bit.ly/3WjC8tR #NoKings #UU

“Why am I going to Broadview? Because what is happening to this city I love is terrible. ICE is deliberately sowing terror.” — Rev. Roger Bertschausen, Unity Temple UU. UUs are joining an interfaith response to ICE’s disgraceful escalation in Chicago: https://bit.ly/3Lon0ZO #ImmigrantJustice #UU

This was important for Pope Leo to do. cruxnow.com/vatican/2025...

I was at Boston Common on Saturday. I was trying to get a picture of the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man but instead got a picture of green trees (and the crowd, of course). Yes, green, not fall colors because the weather hasn't been cool enough. And, yes, the crowd was the largest I have seen.

Get to know NETWORK's new Executive Director, Laurie Carafone. In this first of a two-part interview, she shares her background and vision with the @uua.org: www.uua.org/pressroom/in...