Building the Beloved Community

On this page we will curate content, including videos, to inspire ways of Building the Beloved Community that will Heal the Loneliness that Exists in the World.

There is a movement in our midst to create a Common Ethics Panel to hold fellowshipped clergy accountable to all non-fellowshipped UU professionals and laity. Doing so will take us long strides towards building the beloved community that is spiritually mature and safe for all. Yet, that will only be possible if the “ethics panel” is ethical. May such be so.

Media Outreach as a way of Building The Beloved Community

The Congregation is the People

The Beloved Community Playlist

What If?

Alternative theology: no more hope or fear

Your Welcome Mat to the World – PeaceBang’s Church Website Rant

Allow Congregants to be safe and come outside their spiritual closets – UUA GA 2015 Living Tradition Service by Rev. Marlin Lavenhar

Rev. Thandeka’s Love Beyond Belief

Where are You From? A message about belonging by Rev. Lara Fuchs

Prophetic Evangelism by Rev. Ian White Maher

Stewardship for the Living Church by Rev. Victoria Weinstein (PeaceBang)

Notes about Consensus

Shifting Resources – Rev. Alison Miller’s thoughts

The Spiritual Practice of Right Relationship by Rev. David Miller

The Legacy of Dominant Culture

Rev. Ian White Maher

Blessed are the Crazy – Small Group Study – by Rev. Sarah Griffith Lund

Just Like Roller Derby – All in it Together – by Rev. Dawn Cooley

Rev. Dr. Daniel O’Connell about How to Respond to Complaints at Church

Don’t send Pulpit Committee to Hell

What it means to be Unitarian Universalist by Rev. Dena McPhetres

The Sacred LEGO by Liz James   …

Religious Ecology – Rev. Michael Dowd

UU Way of Life: Gentleness by David G. Markham

We Shall Overcome: Love Will Rise Again

Cathie Stiver’s Indigenous Soul Revival book and her Blog

Transcending Systemic Patriarchy 

Compassionate Resolutions to Conflict:

https://www.uua.org/leadership/blog/compassion-first-finding-jackals-without-and-within

Youtube link to Rev. LoraKim Joyner’s Webinar

Congregational Polity and the Myth of Congregational Autonomy by Sue Phillips 

Wonderful Resource from our UU siblings in Ireland:

Recordings

Beautiful Music that Inspires:

Vapor by The Liturgists