More blogs about the first day of General Assembly
We’re following some of the online conversation about this year’s General Assembly. Here are a few blog posts about Wednesday’s events: General Assembly Day 1: Unitarian Universalists of the Holy Spirit: The Rev. David Pyle reflects on the Opening Ceremony: “[W]hat struck me most about the service was how many times the word ‘Spirit’ came [...]
Berry Street lecture focuses on clergy misconduct and its aftermath
The Rev. Dr. Debra Pope-Lance presented this year’s Berry Street address with an essay entitled, “Whence We Come and How and Whither.” The essay examined clergy misconduct within Unitarian Universalist congregations and addressed the many complications of being what she called “after-pastors”—the clergy who serve a congregation after clergy misconduct has occurred. Speaking to the [...]
Blogs about pre-General Assembly ‘Ministry Days’
For more on the two-day “Ministry Days” conference of the UU Ministers Association, which meets just before the start of the UUA General Assembly, here are some recent blog posts: “Growing Grassroots Religious Movements“: The Rev. Naomi King reflects on UUA President Peter Morales’s remarks last night to the UUMA, in which he emphasized “the [...]
Gilbert: ‘First 50 years of ministry are the hardest’
The Rev. Dr. Richard S. Gilbert reflected this morning on his 50 years as a Unitarian Universalist minister during the annual “25/50″ worship service at Ministry Days, the conference of the UU Ministers Association that immediately precedes General Assembly. “The first 50 years of ministry are the hardest,” he quipped as he stepped to the [...]
