Keep the Faith As dissident Unitarian Universalists (UUs) seek to create sustainable liberal religious institutions, they should remember what led to the UUA’s mistakes. For many years and many UUs, liberal religion was understood as “anything goes”. This is unattractive and misunderstands liberalism. As a result, UUism was vulnerable to replacing the “nothing” of … Read more

Seeing What We Want to See In a management training course years ago, we were shown a video.  The instructor asked us to count the number of times people in the video passed a ball amongst themselves.  Most folks in the class counted the same number of passes.  None of us saw the man in the brown bear … Read more

Since 2017, when the UUA Board of Trustees declared that the Association and denomination were allegedly complicit with white supremacy culture, UU leadership has been able to further this discussion on their home court. For example, after alleging the prevalence of white supremacy culture, the Board created its vehicle, the Commission on Institutional Change, to … Read more

A Month of Commentary We are seeking four to five guest contributors who would like to submit a commentary on the recent vote to implement Article II in the Unitarian Universalist Association. We would like to publish a weekly Commentary starting July 7. We are seeking Commentary on Reflections on the recent June General Assembly … Read more

Please Join Us UU the Conversation is sponsoring a Post General Assembly Zoom Town Hall meeting. Regardless of the voting outcome, it is expected that UUs would like to talk with one another. All are invited. Pre-registration is required. Date: Wednesday, June 26, 2024 Time: 8:00 PM Eastern, 7:00 PM Central, 6:00 PM, 5:00 PM … Read more

Because we know that there is much attention to and interest in the results of yesterday’s voting, we are sending the results now so that you can absorb and process them before today’s general session. The results will also be announced at today’s general session.   Bill Young, UUA Secretary Ballot Results All Items on Saturday’s … Read more

Discussion and voting on the proposed Article II language occurred on Saturday, June 22, at General Session IV. Announcement of Results The voting result is expected to be announced at the start of General Session V, which will begin on Sunday, June 23 at 3:00 PM Eastern. You can see voting results at this link. … Read more

Final Vote on Article II The discussion and final vote on the proposed language of Article II will be held today (Saturday, June 22) To be adopted, the proposed Article II language must receive 2/3 support from voting delegates. All delegates are urged to vote NO (opposed) on the proposed changes to Article II. If unsure, do … Read more

We are providing an abbreviated update on Day One of General Assembly that opened on Thursday, June 20, 2024. This General Assembly is all virtual, so all activities, discussions, and voting are done exclusively online. Friday General Assembly Meet-up UU the Conversation is sponsoring another 30-minute Zoom Meet-Up. All are invited. No pre-registration is required. … Read more

The 2024 UUA General Assembly will begin on Thursday, June 20.  Below is a calendar of dates and times for GA Zoom Meet-Up sessions and important votes. General Assembly Zoom Meet-Up Sessions UU the Conversation is sponsoring two 30-minute Zoom Meet-Up Sessions.  No pre-registration is required. All are invited. Simply click the Zoom link below … Read more