The expression “Don’t judge a book by its cover” isn’t really about books, of course. It’s about people, and how, in our eagerness to make assessments, we sometimes base too much of our opinions on superficial trappings. Is a person attractive or unattractive? Well- or badly-dressed? Well-spoken or inarticulate? Are they of the “right” race … Continue reading Of Books and Covers

We all know that UU’s are predominantly white, but did you realize that we are also largely upper-class: well-educated, professional-class, economically secure? Such class similarities may lead us to make inaccurate assumptions about how others think, work, or live, assumptions that may hurt or alienate them. With the aid of materials from the “UU Class … Continue reading Class Conversations

Fresh from their triumphant Stone Soup appearance, the ESUUC Players return in Brenda S.’s new holiday play. When foul weather forces a group of people to take shelter in a local church, they are sure their holidays are ruined. It takes some very unexpected visitors to give them a different perspective.  

Pittsburgh has a storied place in the history of the American labor movement. In honor of Labor Day, join union member Brenda S. (UFCW Local 1776 Keystone State) for another famous chapter, the 1909 McKees Rocks strike. Activist Eugene Debs described it as “the greatest labor fight in all my history in the labor movement,” … Continue reading The Greatest Labor Fight

This morning’s service was pre-recorded for UU congregations around the continent to view from GA. Enjoy music and messages from the annual gathering of UU’s. Brenda facilitator.

We live in a country that is constantly involved in military conflicts, either our own or those of our allies. Who gains, and who loses, from this “forever war”?

A theologian, a suffragist, and a pacifist, Olympia Brown was the first American woman to be ordained with the consent of her denomination. For Women’s History Month, Brenda S. introduces us to our fascinating Universalist forebear, a woman who strove to change the world.

As an industrial center, Pittsburgh has had a unique, and volatile, place in the history of organized labor. Brenda S. discusses the Homestead Strike of 1892 and how it changed the future for workers in the United States.