Author: Chloë Westerfield
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Welcome Theo, the Honey Badger!
For years the honey badger has served as an unofficial mascot for students. It’s been a source of memes and comfort. And it’s a rare mascot, indeed. While many schools have taken on the role of bulldogs, eagles, and tigers, the honey badger may be one of the least popular mascots. But why a honey…
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Creating Theology Together in 2024
What are you and your congregation doing this 2024? Ready for an unforgettable experience? Creating Theology Together (CTT) curriculum is now available! Dive into a transformative journey of shared Unitarian Universalist (UU) theology, shaped by lived experiences. Inspired by Rev. John Morehouse’s Creating Theology Together and building on the renowned Building Your Own Theology by…
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Rev. Jim Foti, MDiv ’13, Wins 2023 Skinner Sermon Award
Rev. Jim Foti, MDiv ’13, won the UUA’s 2023 Skinner Sermon Award for his sermon, Resisting Tyranny. According to the UUA website, the award is “open to any Unitarian Universalist layperson, religious educator, or minister, [it] was established to stimulate preaching concerned with the social implications of religion—particularly needed in this period of history.” Congratulations, Jim! Below is the…
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A Place of Refuge
I recall my first summer trip back home after my first year of college. I needed those few weeks at my parents’ kitchen table, the long walks with high school friends, and the pickup game with my neighbors. After a year of many adjustments brought about by the college experience of being away from home,…
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MLTS enters into Cooperative MDiv with Hartford International University for Religion and Peace
Meadville Lombard is pleased to announce the establishment of a new cooperative MDiv arrangement with Hartford International University for Religion and Peace (HIU). Students in Hartford’s Master of Arts in Interreligious Studies may take courses at HIU (either remotely or in person) and transfer them to MLTS as part of our MDiv curriculum. David D.…
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Appointed as UUA’s Director of Human Resources
The Unitarian Universalist Association Announces Ebony C. Peace Appointed Director of Human Resources Boston, Mass. (April 26, 2023) The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) is very pleased to announce the appointment of Ebony C. Peace as Director of Human Resources (HR). In the executive position of Director of HR, Peace helps to lead the UUA’s…
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Alum Story: Rev. Sarah Osborne, MDiv ’22
Rev. Sarah Osborne, MDiv ’22, serves as the Director of Religious Exploration for Neshoba Unitarian Universalist Church in Cordova, TN. She shared how her career led to MLTS, why she chose MLTS for her seminary, what she regards as the best experience at the school, and some advice for those who are thinking about entering…
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Sacredness of Trans Lives
There is a hard lesson I had to learn, and learn it well I did. It goes like this: in any interaction in which I find myself in a position to make a case for my dignity and self-worth, I run two great risks. The first risk is ceding too much ground to attempts to…
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Spiritual Resilience and the Climate Emergency
As someone who has been teaching and writing about climate change for many years, I am painfully aware of the gravity of the crisis. But I’ve come to believe that the moral complexity of the climate problem creates an opportunity to discover the practice of spiritual resilience. Climate change imperils everything that matters to us,…
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From Prosecution to the Ministry: Rev. Viola Abbitt, MDiv ’19
[This article was first published on February 27, 2023, on UUWorld.] Long before becoming an ordained Unitarian Universalist minister, Rev. Viola Abbitt, MDiv ’19, aspired to address failures in our criminal justice system by working within it. Abbitt—who is now a minister at the Coastal Virginia UUs in Virginia Beach—graduated from Fordham University School of…