Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911) was a an abolitionist, feminist, lecturer, author (the first Black American woman to publish a short story) and a Unitarian. If the way we are all taught American history was just, her story would be well-known. Since it isn’t we’ll spend one Sunday with the inspiring story of this religious … Continue reading Remembering Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
At the 2026 General Assembly, Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, the Episcopal Bishop of Washington DC. described being first as ‘the special vocation of Unitarian Universalists.’ Unitarian Universalists have been first in many areas of American religious life – the first tradition to ordain women through regularly processes (1863), the first predominantly straight religious tradition … Continue reading The Burden of Being First
“What Now?” — Rev. Jill McAllister, minister emerita It seems like this question keeps coming and coming — perhaps that has always been true. Certainly we face it on an almost daily basis, if we keep tuning in to what is assumed to be “the news.” And, many humans in many places have been faced … Continue reading What Now?
