Wonder, Connection, and Transformation: The Answer to Today’s UU Trivia Quiz

The UUA Board of Directors is making a major shift toward a policy governance model.  In the process they are working on a new “global ends policy,” i.e. a mission statement.  Still in draft form, it has two components: core values and a statements.  Today’s Unitarian Universalist Trivia Question of the Day asked what these [...]

UU Trivia Question of the Day #56

The Board of the Unitarian Universalist Association is undergoing a major culture shift right now, essentially a shift toward what is known as “policy governance.”  Essentially, this means that the Board will no longer be involved in the micromanaging of UUA policies and procedures.  Instead, the function of the Board will be to provide vision [...]

Universalist Quote of the Day #130

“Time by moments steals away
First the hour, and then the day;
Small the daily loss appears,
Yet it soon amounts to years.
Thus another year is flown;
Now it is no more our own,
If it brought or promised good,
Than the years before the flood.
But may none of us forget
It has left us much in debt;
Who can tell the vast [...]

UU Gay Caucus, aka Interweave, was Founded in 1971: The Answer to Today’s UU Trivia Quiz

Today’s UU Trivia Question of the Day asked when Interweave was founded.  Actually, it was founded first under the name “UU Gay Caucus” (also sometimes called “Unitarian Universalists for Gay Concerns”) in 1971.  In the beginning it was a support group for homosexual UUs, but it expanded pretty quickly into advocacy as well (successfully lobbying [...]

UU Trivia Question of the Day #55

Merry Christmas!  Now, with that out of the way, on to today’s Unitarian Universalist Trivia Question of the Day.  The answer to Tuesday’s question was Interweave, the queer UU advocacy and support organization.  Originally devoted to gay men’s issue, Interweave has expanded to encompass a wide range of sexual and gender identities.  Today’s question is [...]

Universalist Quote of the Day #129

“Let party names no more
The Christian world o’erspread;
Gentile and Jew, and bond and free,
Are one in Christ their head.
Among the saints on earth
Let mutual love be found;
Heirs of the same inheritance,
With mutual blessings crowned.
Let envy and ill-will
Be banished far away;
Those should in holy friendship dwell
Who the same Lord obey.
Thus will the Church below
Resemble that above;
Where [...]

There are 7 Independent Affiliates: The Answer to Today’s UU Trivia Quiz

A couple of years ago there were about 60 Independent Affiliates of the UUA; today there are 7.  They are, in no particular order: Interweave Continental, Universalist Convocations, Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry, Council of UU Camps and Conferences, Diverse & Revolutionary Multicultural UU Ministries, Unitarian Universalist Ministry for the Earth, and Unitarian Universalist Partner Church [...]

UU Trivia Question of the Day #54

Yesterday’s UU Trvia Question of the Day asked who was the most recently re-affiliated of the Independent Affiliate groups of the Unitarian Universalist Association (the answer was Interweave, the queer UU advocacy and support organization).  Before last year, the number of Independent Affiliates was approximately 60 and growing, but the UUA decided to disaffilate nearly [...]

Universalist Quote of the Day #128

“THE BIBLE IS A UNIVERSALIST BOOK. . . Who will not confess the perfect propriety of calling that a Universalist book, which so profusely teaches of us a Universal Creator, a Universal Father, a Universal Governor, a Universal Redeemer, a Universal Familyhood, a Universal Gospel, a Universal, Omnipresent Spirit, a Universal Resurrection, a Universal Re-Creation, [...]

Interweave Continental: The Answer to Today’s UU Trivia Quiz

Congratulations to Steven R., who correctly guessed the answer to today’s UU trivia question of the day.  The most recently re-affiliated Independent Affiliate (welcomed back in at the October meeting of the UUA Board) is Interweave, the organization for queer Unitarian-Universalists.