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Presented at the Sunday Service of the EUU Fall Retreat 2025, in Cologne, Germany. Devised, created and presented by retreat volunteers; inspired by Diane Rollert’s reading. © European Unitarian Universalists. 2025. All rights reserved. The screen is black. A needle drops on an old record—something twangy, ironic. The voiceover kicks in, low and cool: VO: … Continue reading Chicken Little: A Tarantino Retelling
Opinion, by John Eichrodt, EUU member This article is based on the presentation by John Eichrodt at the NAUA Summit Panel entitled Liberal Religious Faith, Unity and Diversity (October 4th, 2025). Introduction Main question under consideration: Can our UU faith be considered a worldwide faith? Is it a worldwide faith? Is it on the world … Continue reading Unity and Diversity in Our Global UU Faith
As Autumn approaches the northern hemisphere, many towns and cities are ablaze with the colors of the changing leaves, as the trees prepare for their winter sleep. In many countries, holidays and festivals focus on the harvest and the abundance of nature. For many of us, as Unitarian Universalists, this is also a time when … Continue reading Abundance: Paying Attention to Its Temporary Blaze
By John Eichrodt, EUU Member at Large In 2012, I was invited by my friend, Agnes Muller, to visit a Dalit project she was supporting in Tamil Nadu in S.E. India. My wife Cornelie and I went in the month of January, before it became too hot. We lived for several weeks with the Dalits … Continue reading Meeting the Dalits
by Dallis Radamaker, Netherlands UU Fellowship So last night after dinner, Diana and I decided to go for a walk in the cool of the evening and headed for a beautiful spot we particularly love in front of the main entrance to the Palace of the Popes. The “Cour d’Honneur” of this magnificent palace is … Continue reading Look what they’ve done to flamenco, Ma
By Eva Kortekaas, Netherlands Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (NUUF) From May 20 to May 23, I joined ministry students from the UK, US, Ireland and the Czech Republic for a Residential at the Noddfa Retreat Centre in Penmaenmawr, North Wales. During a Residential, ministry students from the Unitarian College, mostly from The General Assembly of Unitarian … Continue reading Adventures in Ministry Studies in Wales
by Bonnie Friedmann, EUU Member at Large Did you know that U.S. citizens can vote from abroad? Apparently many don’t because in the last presidential election only about 17% of overseas voters actually voted. What’s important to know, though, is that those votes made a critical difference in a number of swing states. I have … Continue reading Get Out the VOTE – US Citizens Living Outside the US CAN VOTE for President and Congress
by Janet Mac Nair, EUU member at large On behalf of my garden group, VHS-Biogarten am Thurner Hof, I’d like to thank the EUU Social Action Committee for donations we have received under the category of “planet”. A little background I came across this group – and this urban paradise – two and a half … Continue reading Thank you, Social Action!
by John Eichrodt, EUU member Introduction In the Spring of 2024, we will have a workshop on Safety Policy* for our EUU Communities. This follows the EUU Town Hall Meeting on the subject in October 2023, and the presentation of the Draft Statement* on Safety at the EUU’s AGM in November 2023. In my opinion, … Continue reading Opinion: About Safe Communities
Opinion, by John Eichrodt, EUU member Preliminary remarks For the last several years, there has been considerable concern in UU communities in the U.S. about losing our Seven Principles and thus the core of our UU faith that is expressed in them. This article intends to give just a short overview of the concerns and … Continue reading Let’s Save the Seven Principles
