Throughout much of American history, there has been a rivalry between science and religion. From the Scopes Monkey trial to the second Bush administration’s efforts to block stem cell research, the two have often been at odds. According to the fifth source of Unitarian Universalism, however, we affirm and promote “Humanist teachings which counsel us […]
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The Our Whole Lives Comprehensive Sexuality Education courses mean a lot to me. I’ve taken 7th-9th grade and Young Adult OWL. I’ve facilitated Kindergarten-2nd grade OWL, Middle School OWL, and Adult OWL. It’s an important part of my connection to Unitarian Universalism, not just in terms of lifestyle or politics, but theologically as well. Laura
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When I was 11 years old, I stole my friend Chris’ basketball cards. I remember how old I was because this was ahead of the 1996 Olympics, held right here in Atlanta. The cards were of members of the Dream Team II, the American men’s basketball team that was stacked with superstars. They weren’t as
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When I was in high school, my dad and I used to get up really early to go running. For some of these 5:30am runs, we met up with his friend from church, another local attorney named Bill. Bill was always in really good shape, and he was quite the extrovert, so we never had
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At the building site of a skyscraper one time, there were three construction workers who used to get together every day and eat lunch, sitting sixty floors up in the air on one of the girders of the skyscraper. They’d sit there all in a row, with their hard hats on, discussing the best beard
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