A Tale of Two Ministers
For our theme of Mystery we actually have two people to honor. The first is Rev. Dr. Judith Campbell, a UU minister who writes mystery novels about a UU minister named Olympia Brown. The second, of course, is the original Rev. Olympia Brown, who the character is named for.
The Olympia Brown in the murder mysteries is, like her author, a modern woman. But she shares a courageous spirit and a sense of justice with the historical Olympia Brown.
Olympia Brown, Universalist minister
That Olympia Brown was born in 1835, and she was the first woman in the U.S. to graduate from a regular school for the ministry, and she was ordained into the Universalist ministry as the first woman to be fully ordained and recognized by her denomination.
Olympia Brown served as a minister until the age of 53, when she decided to retire from church work in order to work full time on promoting women’s rights.
Judith Campbell, our mystery writer, has been both a professor and a minister before turning to writing murder mysteries as well as other kinds of literature.
Embrace Mystery
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In a sense, what it means to be UU is to continually embrace mystery—mystery of the divine, mystery of the sacred, and even the mystery of what is the right language to grapple with these concepts. Read more →
Did You Know?
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…that you can watch video of many events of the UUA General Assembly online?
The Mysterious
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The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. Read more →
Mystery
June 2016
The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery. —Anaïs Nin
Articles
Searching Among Stones
The other day I found myself in the home of the president of my congregation. The board of trustees was having its annual retreat, welcoming new board members, setting priorities, etc. Read more »
Face to Face with Mystery
So you’ve got a bunch of really pressing, life-changing, love-soaked problems, and you’ve tied yourself up into knots of anxiety. Desperate for relief, perspective and a change, you take yourself to the foothills to walk. Read more »
Mysterious Ways
When my husband Eric and I traded in our old cell phones for iPhones we noticed a subtle but profound change in our lives. Read more »
Embrace Mystery
In a sense, what it means to be UU is to continually embrace mystery—mystery of the divine, mystery of the sacred, and even the mystery of what is the right language to grapple with these concepts. Read more »
god is no noun
god is no noun. and certainly not an adjective. god is at least a verb, and even that shrinks her. Read more »
From Your Minister
My physicist father drove me crazy. I would ask him what rainbows were made of, and by the time he had pontificated for 15 or 20 minutes I would be desperately bored, sorry I asked, squirming to get away. Read more »
REsources for Living
As part of trying to define who we are and what we are called to do, Unitarian Universalists have come up with not only seven Principles that list the things that we “covenant to affirm and promote” but also a list of six Sources of our living tradition. Read more »
Did You Know?
Did you know that you can watch video of many events of the UUA General Assembly online? Read more »
The Mysterious
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. Read more »
Mystery
“The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.” —Anaïs Nin Read more »
146: Happy the App!
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The VUU talks with the founders of Happy, a smartphone app designed to offer emotional support from everyday people on demand. The VUU is hosted by Meg Riley, Aisha Hauser, Tom Schade, Joanna Fontaine Crawford, Hank Peirce, and Bob LaVallee. The VUU airs Thursdays at 11 am ET. This episode first aired May 26, 2016.
145: Black Lives of UU at GA 2016
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Lena Gardner and Leslie MacFadyen talk about the BLUU program track at the Unitarian Universalist Association’s 2016 General Assembly held in Columbus, Ohio.
For more information: http://www.blacklivesuu.com/ga2016/
The VUU is hosted by Meg Riley, Aisha Hauser, Joanna Fontaine Crawford, Tom Schade, Hank Peirce, and Bob LaVallee. The VUU airs Thursdays at 11 am ET. This episode first aired May 19, 2016.
144: What It Means to be White
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Robin DiAngelo joins The VUU to talk about her new book “What it Means to be White”. The VUU is hosted by Meg Riley, Joanna Fontaine Crawford, Tom Schade, Aisha Hauser, Hank Peirce and Bob LaVallee. The VUU airs on Thursdays at 11 am ET. This episode first aired May 12, 2016.
143: Sustainability Summit
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The Rev. Tom Schade and Bob LaVallee sit down with folks who are attending the 2nd Annual Economic Sustainability of Ministry Summit for a special bonus edition of The VUU LIVE from 24 Farnsworth in Boston, MA. The VUU is hosted by Meg Riley, Tom Schade, Joanna Fontaine Crawford, Aisha Hauser, Hank Pierce and Bob LaVallee. It airs Thursdays at 11 am ET. This episode first aired May 5, 2016.
