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Women’s History Month: A Time Reflect
March 2026 is Women’s History Month, and March 8 is International Women’s Day. Both celebrate the contributions of women throughout the world – and provide a time to look critically at the status of women and girls. This year’s commemoration finds that after decades of progress, rollbacks are leading to shorter lifespans, increased food insecurity […]
December Holidays
By Rev. Robert (Bob) Murphy A major holiday celebration is like a mobilization. For every December festival, for every holiday concert, and for every poetry reading in the community, the questions for people of conscience are the same: “What’s the message?” “What’s needed in the world?” Organizers work for weeks to bring everything together. Attention […]
Harvest Holidays and Unitarian Universalists
By Rev. Robert (Bob) Murphy Winter is coming, bringing the harvest season in North America. The need for food justice during this harvest season is especially important this year. In the United States, politicians boast about national prosperity and say that their goal is to “make America healthy again.” In reality, consumer prices are rising. […]
Hurting Those with the Least Class Privilege
The U.S. House of “Representatives” has passed legislation that makes the largest cuts to healthcare in American history, including Medicaid cuts totaling $700 billion and $500 billion in Medicare cuts. These programs make the difference between good health and sickness or even death for those in the United States who have limited social class […]